Morning Edition Wednesday, the 20th of May

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At the top of the news, California police officer charged over alleged possession of child sexual abuse material.

Also in the digest... Jessica Vosk, Stephen Colbert, and United States.

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World
Racist Florida Art Teacher Fired, Under Investigation for Hanging Black Baby Doll in Classroom
World
Canada faces calls for investigation into death of woman after plasma donation
National
Ohio woman accused of illegally voting as a noncitizen acquitted at trial
World
UK struggles to reassure Ukraine after easing new sanctions on Russian oil
World
Russian warplanes ‘repeatedly’ intercepted RAF spy plane over Black Sea
National
9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreement
National
AP Was There when Cuban fighter jets shot down two exile planes from Miami
World
US indicts Cuba's former president Raul Castro, 94, in connection with a 1996 incident
World
Bolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’
Sport
‘A Jackie Robinson moment’: Jeffries echoes NAACP calls for college sports boycott over voting rights
National
Arizona set to execute a prisoner for the killing of a man set on fire in 2002 attack
National
In South Texas House Runoff, It’s a Progressive Insurgent Versus the Establishment
Thomas Massie
Fox News finally let Thomas Massie on air 4 hours into election day. What he says they did for 18 months raises eyebrows
World
US puts pressure on Palestinian leaders to withdraw bid for UN vice-presidency role
World
Lithuanian leaders rushed to bunkers as drone violates country’s airspace
World
China Trained Russian Military Personnel For Fighting In Ukraine: Report
Politics
Nancy Guthrie Case Update: Former FBI Agent Suggests New DNA Theory, Questions Sheriff's Secret Leads
World
Forced disappearances, killings and torture: why is Ecuador’s brutal drug war being backed by the west?
World
Australia struggles to contain worst diphtheria outbreak in decades after over 220 cases reported
World
Trump’s allies in danger of scraping false hope from Maga victory in Kentucky primary