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says inspectors have been on the ground in Iran, but they did not go back to the places
“that were attacked. Instead, they visited small labs and other facilities. Here's NPR's”
Ayabatrawi." Rafael Groszi of the International Atomic Energy Agency says there's very limited to no activity in Iran now in uranium mining and enrichment. Groszi was directly involved in nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. in February, just before the U.S. and Israel's struck Iran.
Asked by NPR if Iran had agreed then to zero stockpiling of its highly enriched uranium, Groszi said it's hard to say because talks were truncated by war. "There were a number of alternatives that were being discussed at that time. One is what you mentioned, but it was not the only one." Groszi says other options included Iran halting or limiting enrichment. Now he says it's
yet to be seen what can be agreed on. Ayabatrawi, NPR News, Abu Dhabi.
"President Trump's endorsement streak did not pay off and I was gubernatorial contest yesterday. His candidate, representative Randy Fiendstra, narrowly lost the Republican nomination of farmer and businessman Zacklant. The Democratic Party nominee for governor is State Auditor Rob Sant, he ran unopposed. NPR Stephen Fowler has been watching the gubernatorial and Senate primary.
"The Democrats chose their nominee for U.S. Senate Republicans chose their pick for governor. Three of the four house races are indeed viewed as some of the few competitive races in the country this fall. For the Senate, the nominee is State House representative Josh Turric. He's a pair of limpian who holds a seat that voted for Trump and argued that
“his background in campaign strategy is the best way for Democrats to win in a red state.”
Primary voters agree, picking him over a progressive state senator by a two to one margin." Stephen Fowler reporting the California gubernatorial primary has yet to be called. The three leading candidates buying to succeed governor Gavin Newsom are Democrats of Europe, Sarah, and Tom Styer and Republican Steve Hilton. Federal investigations or investigators, rather, are examining the prediction market trades
of former New York Republican Congressman George Santos and PR's Bobby Allen has details. Four months after George Santos had a seven year wire fraud prison sentence commuted by President Trump, he took to social media. He said he planned on attending Trump State of the Union address. What he didn't say publicly is that he was betting tens of thousands of dollars on the prediction market site, Calshy,
that he would not attend. Before it was revealed, he did not go. He cashed out. That's according to three sources with direct knowledge of Santos' trades, the Justice Department
“and the Community Futures Trading Commission are investigating.”
When reached by NPR, Santos said the investigations were news to him. He said, "I'm not saying yes. I'm not saying no. When asked if he has an account on Calshy." Bobby Allen and PR news. From Washington, this is NPR. Scientists have launched an ambitious effort to develop new gene therapies for brain disorders,
such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and ALS, and PR's John Hamilton has the latest. The Allen Institute in Seattle is running the collaborative effort, known as the Brain Health Accelerator. It's an outgrowth of the federally-funded brain initiative, which was launched by a president Obama in 2013. Ed Lane of the Allen Institute says scientists now know how to tweak a particular gene
in certain brain cells. And that opens up the possibility for very specific precision genetic therapies for brain disorders.
Lean says one of the first targets will be Huntington's disease, a fatal inherited disorder.
It's caused by a genetic mutation that tells nerve cells to make too much of one type of protein, scientists think gene therapy can prevent this. John Hamilton and PR news. Ukrainian long-range drones have struck oil storage facilities in Russia sending smoke billowing above St. Petersburg.
President Vladimir Zelensky said on social media today it all happened while the city was hosting an economic forum. St. Petersburg is Russia's second largest city and present Vladimir Putin's birthplace. The attack took place a day after Russia carried out a series of drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital in other cities.
A seatbelt defects prompting four to recall about 420,000 of its expedition and link navigator vehicles dating back to 2018. The automakers also recalling thousands of Broncosport and Maverick vehicles for issues related to suspension systems. This is NPR News.
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