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A judge in Indiana allowing competitive eater Joey Chestnut to travel outside of the state, meaning he will be available to defend his hot dog eating title at the annual July 4th contest on Coney Island.
Last month, he was sentenced to 180 days probation after pleading guilty to slapping a man during a night out at a bar.
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
In Miami Wednesday, Cuban-Americans celebrated the criminal charges the Trump administration is leveling against former Cuban President Raul Castro.
The Justice Department unsealed an indictment against the brother of the longtime Cuban president Fidel Castro, Raul, now 94.
He's charged with murder for his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes operated by a Miami-based exile group.
Four people were killed, including three Americans.
Lourdes Marjon White celebrated with her father, a Cuban national who stood against Castro's rule.
House Republicans and Democrats passed a bill Wednesday banning large corporate investors from buying more homes.
NPR's Stephen Passaha reports the bill is also meant to address housing affordability.
Overseas, semiconductor maker Samsung Electronics has reached a tentative deal with labor unions averting a possible strike.
NPR's Anthony Kuhn is in Seoul.
For the second time in a week, President Trump said Wednesday that he will speak with Taiwan's leader about an arms sale opposed by China.
The conversation between the two would be a sharp departure from the diplomatic norm.
and Taiwan leaders have not spoken directly since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition to Beijing in 1979.
The Colorado Democratic Party has voted to formally censure the state's top elected Democrat, Governor Jared Polis, for reducing the prison sentence of a former election clerk allied to President Trump.
From Colorado Public Radio, Binta Birkeland reports.