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Russia Steps Up Ukraine Attacks, and America’s Drinking Drops to Record Low

Russia Steps Up Ukraine Attacks, and America’s Drinking Drops to Record Low

The Headlines
Aug 14, 2025 9 min
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<p>Plus, a C.I.A. secret up for auction. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/world/europe/russia-ukraine-battlefield-pokrovsk-trump.html" target="_blank"><strong>Russia Makes a Swift Battlefield Advance, Seeking an Edge in Trump Talks</strong></a>, <i>by Constant Méheut</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/border-bakery-undocumented-immigrants.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bakers on Texas-Mexican Border Are Found Guilty of Harboring Illegal Workers</strong></a>, <i>by Edgar Sandoval</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/well/us-alcohol-drinking-low-poll.html" target="_blank"><strong>U.S. Drinking Drops to New Low, Poll Finds</strong></a>, <i>by Dani Blum</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/us/mark-zuckerberg-palo-alto.html" target="_blank"><strong>What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door</strong></a>, <i>by Heather Knight</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/kryptos-sculpture-cia-solution-auction.html" target="_blank"><strong>You Can Buy One of the C.I.A.’s Greatest Mysteries at an Auction House</strong></a>, <i>by John Schwartz</i></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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