Supreme Court Scuttles Bump Stock Ban, Ukraine Peace Summit, Latest on Bird Flu

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🗓️ 15 June 2024

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The U.S. Supreme Court of Friday tossed out a ban on bump stocks - modifications that make semi-automatic rifles work more like machine guns. Also Ukraine is hosting a peace summit in Switzerland, but some key players, including Russia, will not be there. Plus, a series of new reports released this week tell us more about the bird flu is speading through cattle in the U.S..

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0:00.0	The US Supreme Court has struck down the federal ban on bump stocks.
0:07.0	That's a gun modification that was banned in 2018 a year after a gunman using bump stocks killed 58 people in just 11 minutes in Las Vegas.
0:16.0	I'm Danielle Kurtzlevin.
0:17.5	And I'm Lauren Freier. This is up first from NPR News.
0:21.0	Bump stocks allow semi-automatic weapons to fire much faster like machine guns.
0:26.0	And they are now legal again.
0:28.0	We'll tell you what that means for gun owners and gun control advocates.
0:32.0	Also, Switzerland is hosting a Ukraine peace. owners and gun control advocates.
0:32.6	Also, Switzerland is hosting a Ukraine peace summit, but two key players, Russia and China,
0:37.9	won't be there.
0:38.9	We'll tell you who will be there and what they can realistically accomplish.
0:43.0	And more cattle are getting infected with the bird flu.
0:46.2	But it looks like humans are a factor in spreading the virus.
0:48.6	We'll tell you more.
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