Russia Intensifies Attacks On Ukraine, Summer Travel Season, Wildfire Forecast

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Ukrainian officials say Russia launched its largest airstrikes since the start of the conflict. Sunday's attack, which killed 12 people, happened only hours before a prisoner exchange. Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of summer and the summer travel season, but a deadly midair collision in the nation's capital in January and reports of air traffic control outages have raised safety concerns. Also, government forecasts predict an above normal wildfire risk for some parts of the country yet cuts to the US Forest Service makes fighting fires harder.

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0:00.0	Ukrainian officials say Russia launched its largest airstrikes since the start of the conflict.
0:07.0	Sunday's attack killed 12 people and happened only hours prior to a prisoner exchange.
0:11.4	What's it mean for potential ceasefire talks?
0:13.4	I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez.
0:15.2	And this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.9	Memorial Day is considered the unofficial start of summer and the summer travel season.
0:25.4	Millions will take to the roads and skies this holiday weekend, but a deadly air collision
0:29.5	in D.C. in January and reports of air traffic control outages have raised safety concerns.
0:34.6	What should you know before you go?
0:36.2	And the summer wildfire season is here.
0:39.0	Forecast predict an above normal fire risk in some parts of the country. It cuts to the U.S.
0:44.0	Forest Service makes fighting fires harder. Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start
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