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To find out, host Scott Detrow visits a hot dog eating contest in Washington, D.C.
And producer Matt Ozug unpacks the evolution of eating as a sport, from a 17th century farmer to today’s televised competitions.
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The court struck down President Biden’s student debt relief program. It also sided with a Colorado website designer who wants to refuse business to a same-sex couple, and it effectively killed affirmative action in college admissions.
All three rulings were a 6-3 split. All of the court’s Republican-nominated justices voting against the three justices who were put forward by Democratic presidents.
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with two legal experts, journalist Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Leah Litman from the University of Michigan, about what this term tells us about the current Supreme Court.
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The mercenary leader is now in exile in Belarus and no charges are being filed against him or his followers. So where does that leave Putin, who has a reputation for being ruthless with his enemies?
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In two cases, the court decided that the admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina – both of which consider race – are unconstitutional, ruling the policies violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
The decisions reversed decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices. The rulings could end the ability of colleges and universities, public and private, to do what most say they still need to do: consider race as one of many factors in deciding which of the qualified applicants is to be admitted.
NPR’s Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg reports on the ruling and what it means for college admissions. NPR’s Adrian Florido looks at how colleges and universities in California adjusted their admissions policies when the state banned affirmative action 25 years ago.
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NPR’s Lauren Sommer reports on how climate change and the El Niño climate pattern are increasing the intensity and frequency of heat waves. And Monica Samayoa from Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on how one county is suing oil and gas companies for damages caused by a heat wave.
This episode also features reporting from KERA’s Toluwani Osibamowo in Dallas.
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But just how did the Sunshine State end up the center of the political universe? NPR’s Political Correspondent Kelsey Snell and National Correspondent Greg Allen explain.
The group’s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, eventually called off the uprising. He’s apparently accepted a deal to live in exile, and claims the weekend’s events were a protest, not an attempt to overthrow the government.
NPR’s Charles Maynes in Moscow, and Greg Myre in Kyiv, explain what the turmoil could mean for the future of Putin’s rule and the course of the war in Ukraine.
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While reproductive health providers had been fearing, and preparing for the possible reversal for years, it still left millions of people seeking reproductive health care in flux.
A year on, state controlled access to abortion continues to shift in many locations across the country.
We hear from people who have been forced to make decisions that they never imagined. And, we learn how lawmakers plan to defend reproductive rights.
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But one of the most intractable and volatile issues continues to be the fate of Taiwan. And a new report sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations says that the U.S. and China are ‘drifting toward a war’ over the island.
Two of the report’s authors, former Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon and Admiral Mike Mullen, formerly the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, argue the U.S. should take action now to prevent that outcome.
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