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And Pierre's Domenico Montanaro says some GOP candidates are appealing to very conservative party members in primaries, and it's not clear yet how that will appeal to all voters in a general election.
Tonight we're going to see results from Senate primaries in Alabama and Georgia where the Republicans, they're all trying to outmaga each other. Georgia is going to be particularly important in watch because it's a really important Senate race with Democrat John Ossoff as the incumbent Republicans wouldn't really love to flip that seat, but the Republican primary electorate in Georgia is very conservative and very different than the general election one, which has become much more purple.
“And Pierre's Domenico Montanaro reporting. San Diego police are investigating the shooting deaths yesterday of three men at the city's Islamic Center.”
They separately discovered the bodies of two males nearby who died by suicide, please believe the males are responsible for the shootings. They're investigating the attack on the Islamic Center as a hate crime. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced a fresh round of sanctions against Cuba, these target 11 people and three governmental bodies. And Pierre's Michelle Kellerman reports Rubio has been stepping up pressure on Cuba. The Interior Ministry, the National Police and the Directorate of Intelligence are now all facing sanctions.
Cuba's justice and energy ministers are among the 11 individuals singled out. Any property they may have in the U.S. will be frozen and Americans are barred from doing business with them. Secretary Rubio says in a statement that these, quote, regime aligned actors are to blame for the suffering of the Cuban people and the failing economy. Cuba blames a U.S. oil embargo for the latest humanitarian crisis. The U.S. rejects that, but the crisis began after the Trump administration ousted the leader of Venezuela, which was Cuba's main oil supplier, Michelle Kellerman and PR news, the State Department.
“One of the largest electricity producers in the U.S. could soon grow even bigger. Next era energy plans to acquire dominion energy.”
And PR's Steven Bisaha reports, this comes as electricity prices are already rising. The merged company would cover Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Dara West is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and says a big utility often comes with more lobbying power and stronger political ties. Anytime there's a merger, there's a worry the customers might end up facing raising rates. But he says state regulators still have power to oversee these companies.
And to make sure they're not gouging the consumers and that the large users pay their fair share. Specifically, the power hungry data centers fueling AI. Steven Bisaha and PR news. You're listening to NPR news from Washington. The House arm services committee will hear from the commander of the U.S. Central Command this morning Admiral Brad Cooper. This comes as President Trump says he's held off on ordering a fresh attack on Iran. He says this is at the request of mid-East allies because they feel a peace deal with Iran is close.
The New York Times is the latest publication to ban its reporters from using prediction markets. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, the sites allow bettors to profit from advanced notice of political and global events. In a memo to staff obtained by NPR, the New York Times standards editor told the newsroom not to bet on prediction markets, like Kaoshi and Polly Market, on subjects related to their coverage. The notes said doing so would be a violation of the paper's ethical guidelines. Since the betting sites have exploded in popularity, news organizations, sports leagues and corporations have banned placing wages using non-public insider information.
As has the White House, yet that hasn't stopped a flood of six figure payouts from suspiciously time bets connected to military strikes, war, federal policy, and things like movie box office sales and Spotify streams.
Last week on Kaoshi alone, $4 billion was wagered mostly on sports. Bobby Allen and P.R. News.
The World Health Organization says any Bolivirus strain continues to spread in eastern Congo and Uganda, more than 130 people have been killed by the disease in the latest outbreak. Health officials are now tracking more than 500 suspected cases of Ebola, the WHO and local officials are concerned about the quick spread of the virus. This week on up first one trend emerging this election season. President Trump actively opposing Republicans he sees as disloyal and endorsing their primary challengers who've toppled in combates in multiple states.
“We're watching key primaries on Tuesday in Kentucky and elsewhere to see if that narrative holds up.”
And what those races might tell us about November.
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