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The Sunday Story: The 13th Step
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The Sunday Story: The 13th Step

It started with a tip. Eventually, multiple sources said it was an open secret: the founder of New Hampshire's largest addiction treatment network was sexually harassing or assaulting women – allegations he denies.

The Sunday Story: The 13th Step

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Turmoil in Russia, Trump Attorney on Trial, SCOTUS Immigration Ruling

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Turmoil in Russia, Trump Attorney on Trial, SCOTUS Immigration Ruling

Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses a former ally of treason. The California State Bar seeks to revoke the law license of a pro-Trump attorney. The Supreme Court upholds the Biden administration's priorities for which kind of migrants to detain.

Turmoil in Russia, Trump Attorney on Trial, SCOTUS Immigration Ruling

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Submersible Tragedy, Abortion Rights Today, Independent Voters Speak

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Submersible Tragedy, Abortion Rights Today, Independent Voters Speak

The search for a missing submersible ended in tragedy as evidence of a catastrophic implosion was found on the sea floor. What does reproductive health access look like a year after Roe v. Wade was overturned? Independent voters share their views on Trump and the current state of American politics.

Submersible Tragedy, Abortion Rights Today, Independent Voters Speak

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India State Visit, Missing Submersible, Train Derailment Hearings

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India State Visit, Missing Submersible, Train Derailment Hearings

India's prime minister is in Washington for a state visit, as part of the U.S. plan to counter China. The search for the missing submersible enters it's 4th day. Residents of East Palestine Ohio are hoping to get answers from hearings on a toxic train derailment that upended life in their town four months ago.

India State Visit, Missing Submersible, Train Derailment Hearings

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Submersible Search, Trump Attorney on Trial, Poll on Abortion

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Submersible Search, Trump Attorney on Trial, Poll on Abortion

Rescuers had an encouraging development in the search for a missing submersible. An attorney who assisted in the effort to overturn the 2020 election could lose his law license. A new poll asks American's how they feel about abortion a year after Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Submersible Search, Trump Attorney on Trial, Poll on Abortion

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Blinken in London, West Bank Settlements, Virginia Primary

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Blinken in London, West Bank Settlements, Virginia Primary

The Secretary of State arrives in London for a conference on Ukraine's economic recovery. Israel is speeding up construction of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank as fighting between Israelis and Palestinians intensifies. Today is the final day of voting in Virginia's expensive and competitive primary election.

Blinken in London, West Bank Settlements, Virginia Primary

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Blinken in China, US-China Trade War, Juneteenth History and Symbolism

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Blinken in China, US-China Trade War, Juneteenth History and Symbolism

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Beijing hoping to lay the foundation for better US-China Relations. Why has President Biden kept in place Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods? Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 but it's still unknown to many Americans.

Blinken in China, US-China Trade War, Juneteenth History and Symbolism

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The Sunday Story: "I didn't know I was Black until I came to this country"
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The Sunday Story: "I didn't know I was Black until I came to this country"

One in ten Black people living in the U.S. is an immigrant, and many Black immigrants—particularly those born in African nations—have settled in the South, according to a Pew Research report from 2022. This statistic caught Code Switch editor Leah Donnella's eye. And she wanted to know: how have Black immigrants redefined their sense of identity in the South, while confronting American racism? In this episode of The Sunday Story, Leah tells host Ayesha Rascoe about the people she met in Tennessee.

The Sunday Story: "I didn't know I was Black until I came to this country"

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DOJ Minneapolis Police Report, Blinken Visits China, Yemen's Lost Decade

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DOJ Minneapolis Police Report, Blinken Visits China, Yemen's Lost Decade

The Justice Department releases its investigation into the Minneapolis police that began after the 2020 murder of George Floyd. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits China to improve communication between the two countries. After a decade of war, Yemen is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, but there once was hope in the country.

DOJ Minneapolis Police Report, Blinken Visits China, Yemen's Lost Decade

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Migrant Boat Sinks, Wildfire Smoke Returns, Deadly Street Drug

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Migrant Boat Sinks, Wildfire Smoke Returns, Deadly Street Drug

Hundreds are feared dead after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Wildfire smoke is again drifting South from Canada impacting air quality in several states. A deadly chemical is being mixed with street drugs all over the country, why do we know so little about it?

Migrant Boat Sinks, Wildfire Smoke Returns, Deadly Street Drug

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