NPR News: 08-14-2026 8AM EDT
Summary
NPR News covers growing calls for a Pentagon investigation into poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln and a record-breaking cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce. The broadcast also reports on Nigel Farage’s by-election victory in Britain, a federal judge dismissing the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Harvard, and a regulatory probe into prediction markets.
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Calls for investigation into USS Abraham Lincoln conditions
CDC reports record cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce
Nigel Farage wins by-election against joke candidate
Judge dismisses Trump admin lawsuit against Harvard
Federal regulators review prediction markets on words
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