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where the three leading candidates for Governor are locked in a tight race. Republican Steve
“Hilton is leading the vote count at this hour ahead of Democrats Javier Bacera and billionaire”
Tom Styer. The Associated Press has not yet called the race for any gubernatorial candidate to candidates will advance to the general election in November. In the Los Angeles mayoral primary Democratic incumbent Karen Vass has advanced to the November runoff. It's not yet clear who she'll face, right now Republican and reality TV star Spencer Pratt is leading city council member Niti Araman. Businessman Zach Lane is the winner of the Republican
gubernatorial primary in Iowa. Lane will face Iowa's Democratic state auditor in November as Catarina's historic with Iowa Public Radio reports. Lane narrowly won the Republican nomination over Congressman Randy Fiendstra who was endorsed by President Trump last week. Lane was endorsed by the political arm of the Make America Healthy Again Movement.
“He says nobody thought he could win. We were outspent, opposed by the establishment, told”
to wait our turn. Well, tonight the people of Iowa had something to say about that. We're not going to wait anymore. Lane will face Democratic state auditor Rob Sand this
fall. It's the first time in 20 years. Iowa has a wide open governor's race without an
incumbent. The cook political report has labeled the race a toss up, even though Republicans have a major voter registration advantage in Iowa. For NPR news, I'm Catarina Sistaric and Des Moines. The U.S. and Iran have once again exchanged fire after central commands says American forces fired a missile at a ship to prevent it from reaching Iran's main oil terminal on Car Island. NPR's Abetrary says the U.S. continues to enforce its blockade
of Iranian ports. Iran fired missiles at U.S. forces in Kuwait and Bahrain. Kuwait says drones
“then hit its airport wounding several people. Iran's revolutionary guards says the attacks last night”
were in response to U.S. strikes on its Christian island near the street of Hermuz. The guard says it targeted the U.S. Navy's "fifthly in Bahrain" and air bases in Kuwait causing damage. U.S. central commands says Iran's attacks failed to hit their target. Sandcom also says it's attacks on a military ground control station on Plisham Island were "self defense strikes" in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the region without
specifying further. Meanwhile President Trump said the U.S. and Iran continued to exchange messages on a deal to end the war. I Abetrary NPR news, Dubai. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Capitol Hill yesterday he's optimistic the U.S. and Iran will resume talks on Tehran's nuclear program despite the two signs having yet to agree to extend their ceasefire. This is NPR news. A series of papers published in the American Journal of Public Health
argue ultra-processed foods are the new war on tobacco. Health advocates are saying it's time to regulate them as NPR's Maria Gadoi reports. The new papers add to evidence that links over consumption of ultra-processed foods to poor health outcomes including diabetes and obesity. But the papers also look at how tobacco giants fill it more as an RJ Reynolds used tactics learned from cigarettes to develop and sell ultra-processed foods when they owned large food
firms from the 1980s to the early 2000s. That includes using chemical additives to make products more appealing says UCSF researcher Laura Schmidt. "When people think about these foods, we should be understanding that they are very, very closely related to cigarettes, particularly in terms of the chemical additives. Those additives are the same." She and others are calling for marketing restrictions and other regulations to curb consumption
of ultra-processed foods. Maria Gadoi and PR News. Wall Street continues to set records, the Dow, the S&P and the NASDAQ all closed at all-time highs again yesterday. The Dow added 228 points to finish at 51,377. The S&P added 9 points to close above the 7600 mark for the
first time. The NASDAQ gained 7. Stocks were pushed higher by tech stocks including chipmaker
in video after its CEO said in video could become the next trillion dollar company. Las Vegas took game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup final last night after beating Carolina 5-4. I'm Dave Madingley in Washington. Every episode of its been a minute, NPR is what's happening in culture podcast. Starts by asking three questions. Who? How? Why now? If the culture is asking it, we're talking about it.
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