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Democrats are eyeing a U.S. Senate seat opening in Iowa after Republican and Kamajoni
Ernst decided not to seek reelection. Voters have chosen Democratic State Representative Josh Turg to face Republican U.S. House representative Ashley Hinson in November. Iowa has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 2008. PPR's Sage Miller is also taking notice of the governor's race in Iowa where Republican
Zach Lane beat President Trump's choice in the Republican primary.
“I think this outcome was surprising to some, but Trump's approval rating in Iowa has been”
flipping the cost of living mixed with tariffs in a huge agricultural state plus the war in Iran. The endorsement just didn't go as far as it has another state. NPR's Sage Miller on NPR is here and now. Kuwait temporarily closed its main airport after a passenger terminal was hit by Iranian drones,
an Indian citizen was killed, dozens more people were injured, in protest Kuwait expelled to Iranian diplomats. From Dubai NPR's Abetrawi is covering one of the latest developments in the months long U.S. Israel war with Iran. Kuwait's armed forces say they dealt with 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones fired at the country
Wednesday. Videos online show Kuwait's sky overnight lit up with interceptions and fiery debris crashing on a street as sirens ring out.
“Iran says its attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain were aimed at U.S. bases after the U.S. struck one”
of Iran's islands near the street of Hirmuz. Kuwait, though, says its airport was also struck, killing an Indian worker. Its health ministry says more than 60 people were also wounded. Kuwait has borne the brunt of Iran's counterattacks since the ceasefire deal between the U.S. and Iran in April, both accused the other of violating that agreement.
I Abatrawi and Pernus Dubai. Ukrainian long-range drones struck oil storage facilities in Russia, sending smoke billowing above St. Petersburg, President Vladimir Zelensky's set on social media to date all half and while the city was hosting an economic forum. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for Alabama to use congressional district
map favored by Republicans, here's NPR's Nina Totenberg. The ruling means that Alabama's 2026 midterm elections will feature six Republican-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning seat. In April, the Supreme Court's conservative supermajority sent the Alabama case back to the lower court to evaluate in light of the most recent decision.
The three judge panel that reviewed the case all agreed that the state legislature's redistricting plan was based on intentional race-based discrimination. That's NPR's Nina Totenberg reporting. At last, check on Wall Street, the Dow is down more than 400 points, it's NPR news. Authority say a hostage crisis in downtown Bakersfield, California, is over.
Local police said in a statement today that the FBI killed the suspect early this morning about 15 hours after reports of a standoff and a bomb threat at a building that houses a chased bank branch, police say all the hostages have been freed unharmed. R&B singing legend, people of Ryerson is being worn and celebrated. He died Tuesday, days after suffering a stroke.
“He was 75 years old, remember station W.A.B.E. in Atlanta, Lily Oppenheimer, has this remembrance.”
The two-time Grammy award-winning singer grew his career in Atlanta. Wilson was the voice behind Disney Love Songs Beauty and the Beast with Celine Dion and a whole new world with Bertina Bell, and hits in the 80s including "If Ever You're In My Arms Again." Fast forward to 2018 when Bryson spoke to W.A.B.E. about his 21st and last album release stand for love.
I could write about love every day for the rest of my life and never repeat myself because
love is a separate entity that is individual from one heart to the next heart. Atlanta Mayor Andrey Dickens wrote the A is proud to call Bryson one of the city's own and his music brought joy, comfort, and inspiration to millions. For NPR News, I'm Lily Oppenheimer in Atlanta. The automaker Ford is issuing separate recalls.
One includes about 420,000, but it's expedition and link and navigator vehicles that might experience seatbelt defects, it's NPR News. It's June and another big week in the run-up to the midterms, primaries and half a dozen states, including California, where new congressional maps are in place, and a chaotic race for governor is wide open, where also following gas prices and Iran.
So far, talk of a peace deal is just talk. We'll keep you posted.
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