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There are primary elections in four states today, Maine, Nevada, North Dakota and South Carolina.
In Maine, there has been a lot of attention on the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate for Maine Public Radio, Kevin Miller reports on Graham Platner's campaign. Platner is widely expected to clinch the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican senators and Collins this fall, despite multiple controversies surrounding his past. The Marine Corps veteran says he struggled with PTSD for years after four combat tours
in Iraq and Afghanistan. But Platner's progressive populist campaign continues to resonate with Democratic voters like Glenn and Friedwin.
“"I believe that Graham Platner and his wife are working out their personal issues and that”
the real scandals are that half the people living in Maine can't afford to live here."
Governor Janet Mills's name is still on the ballot, although she suspended her campaign
weeks ago. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller. NASA has lined up four more astronauts to help get human safely back to the moon in the next two years, the men, three Americans and an Italian, are scheduled to launch next year into low-earth orbit to demonstrate rendezvous and docking capabilities with test
versions from one or both landing systems by rival contractors Blue Origin and SpaceX. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman explains Artemis III, builds on the success of Artemis II's April flight and sets the stage for the next big mission expected in 2028. "We are returning to the moon, a granted venture, back to the lunar surface, to build the moon base and to do so for all of its scientific, its economic potential and to master
the skills for where we will inevitably go next."
“The Artemis III crew includes Commander Randy Breznik, pilot Luca Parmitano and Mission”
Specialist Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas. More than a hundred deaths are now blamed on the Ebola outbreak and the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and Piers Jonathan Lambert reports death rates varied depending on where more people are getting sick. The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa shows no signs of slowing down.
Over five hundred and sixty cases have been confirmed in just three and a half weeks and most of these are in the Atari province of Northeastern DRC. Marie Rosaline Bellazaire is WHO regional emergency director for Africa. She says Ebola can strike anyone. "The death are not limited to all the people.
They also occurred in a young adult and in some cases also injured when." A bit further south of the turret, the death rate is much higher. In North Kiwu and area beset with armed conflict nearly 70% of cases have died.
“Officials say that more than 520 security incidents have made it harder for response teams”
to care for patients. Jonathan Lambert and PR news. From Washington, this is NPR News. In the US people were able to sell their homes last month at the fastest clip since December following the slow start of the US Spring buying season.
The National Association of Realtors says sales in May rose 3.2% from the previous month and the previous year, the typical price of an existing home ticked up to $429,300. A college football player who admitted to sports gambling will be allowed to keep playing at least for now, in a ruling that stunned college sports a Texas judge blocked a decision by the NCAA to revoke Texas Tech star Brendan Soursby's eligibility.
Here's NPR's Kristen Wright. A Texas judge restored Soursby's NCAA eligibility and said the Texas Tech quarterback would suffer a reputable harm if he didn't get to play college football anymore. Soursby's attorneys have argued the NCAA ban is discrimination. Soursby says gambling is an addiction, he entered a treatment program and was diagnosed
with a gambling disorder. The transfer to Texas Tech acknowledged betting thousands of dollars, including on his own team when he played for Indiana University. The NCAA said in a statement on X, the court's decision undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports and that it is committed to supporting student-athlete mental health.
The athletic reports the NCAA has filed a notice of appeal, Kristen Wright and PR news. Open AI filed confidential paperwork with the securities and exchange commission to potentially become a publicly-traded company. The maker of ChadGPT made the announcement days after it's AI rival ethropic did the same.
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