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51 Men Found Guilty in France Rape Trial, and a U.S. Shutdown Looms

51 Men Found Guilty in France Rape Trial, and a U.S. Shutdown Looms

The Headlines
Dec 19, 2024 10 min
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<p>Plus, man vs. hornet.  </p><p> </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/us/politics/spending-bill-government-shutdown-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Chaos Consumes Drive to Avoid Government Shutdown, With 2 Days to Go</strong></a>, <i>by Chris Cameron</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/19/world/france-rape-verdict-pelicot" target="_blank"><strong>Dominique Pelicot Gets 20-Year Sentence in Rape Trial That Shook France</strong></a>, <i>by Catherine Porter</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/health/bird-flu-emergency-california.html" target="_blank"><strong>California Declares an Emergency Over Bird Flu in Cattle</strong></a>, <i>by Apoorva Mandavilli</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/business/starbucks-china.html" target="_blank"><strong>Starbucks Has a Pumpkin Spice Latte Problem in China</strong></a>, <i>by Alexandra Stevenson, Julie Creswell and Zixu Wang</i></p><p>‘<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/us/murder-hornet-washington.html" target="_blank"><strong>Murder Hornet’ Has Been Eradicated From the U.S., Officials Say</strong></a>, <i>by Mike Baker</i></p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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