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Find us wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Fentland state authorities will work together to prosecute the man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails into a peaceful gathering of demonstrators in Boulder over the weekend. Colorado Public Radio's Allison Sherry reports. Officials say the 45-year-old man is an Egyptian national who was not on their radar before he allegedly threw homemade explosive devices into a group of people raising awareness for hostages being held in Gaza. So far, 12 victims have been identified. Police say the man tried to buy a gun but was turned away due to the fact that he does not have legal status.

And that as far as they know, he acted alone. He faces both state and federal charges so far, including a federal hate crime charge. Convictions could result in hundreds of years in sentences. For NPR News, I'm Allison Schery in Boulder. A second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey today failed to reach any progress toward a ceasefire. NPR's Charles Maynes reports from Moscow. These talks saw Russia and Ukraine exchange competing proposals for ending the war.

Neither peace plan was acceptable to the other. The talks lasted little more than an hour. Yet Moscow and Kiev did agree to exchange all heavily wounded prisoners of war, as well as captured soldiers under the age of 25. They also agreed to return the remains of thousands of war dead. But Russia rejected Ukraine's calls for a month-long ceasefire, that despite threats of possible new sanctions against Moscow from the Trump administration, instead Russian negotiators offered short-term stoppages in fighting, but framed it as a sanitary issue

going into the hot summer months, a chance for both sides to collect their dead. Charles Maines, NPR News, Moscow. The runway Newark at Liberty International Airport in New Jersey has reopened ahead of schedule after construction. As NPR's Joe Hernandez reports, the closure contributed to a recent wave of delays and cancellations there. Staffing shortages, technical problems and ongoing construction have converged to create a major headache for travelers at Newark Airport.

But officials say the reopening of one of Newark's three operational runways signals some improvement. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy praised Port Authority officials, unions and construction workers for getting the runway rehabilitation project done nearly two weeks early. What is interesting is, I think you were going to beat the time frame by a couple days, but when they saw some of the issues that were happening here at Newark, they actually ramped it up even more.

Federal transportation officials say they're also working to upgrade aging technology at airports across the country and hire more air traffic controllers. Joe Hernandez, NPR News. While President Trump's so called big beautiful bill has cleared the House, it still faces hurdles in terms of convincing Republican senators, the financial markets and even former Doge Hedy-Long Musk doesn't drive up the deficit too much, but one estimate the House version could add upwards of $5 trillion to the national debt over 10 years.

You're listening to NPR. A new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna has gotten the green light from the Food and Drug Administration, but there will be some limits on who can use it. Moderna's new vaccine is a lower dose version that represents a step towards next generation vaccines. The FDA says it's approved new vaccine for all adults 65 or older and younger people at high risk from the virus. Comedian Mark Maron announced he's ending his podcast WTF. NPR's Mendeleet Al Barker reports he began his interview show before podcasts were popular.

Since 2009, Mark Maron has recorded his podcast from his garage studio interviewing famous people such as Robin Williams, Nicole Kidman and former President Barack Obama. Before talking to comedian John Mulaney on his latest show, Marin broke the news that he's calling it quits. We have put up a new show every Monday and Thursday. We're tired. We're burnt out. And we are utterly satisfied with the work we've done. We've done great work. WTF with Marc Marin podcast runs twice a week and has had more than 1600 episodes

and boasts 55 million listens every year. Maron says when he and his producer started, there were very few other podcasts. The genre became popular and his became one of the most streamed and downloaded podcasts. Mandelita Barco, NPR News. Stocks drifted modestly higher today coming off a strong May. The Dow is up 35 points to 42,305. The NASDAQ was 128 points today. The Standard & Poor's 500 closed up 24 points.

I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.