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has announced a six-month review of U.S. forces in Europe. And Pierre's Quill Lawrence
“reports Heggseth spoke at NATO headquarters in Brussels today."”
Heggseth repeated Trump administration talking points about European allies paying too much attention to gender equity and climate change. He slammed NATO allies for not joining the U.S. in Israeli war on Iran and claimed U.S. lives had been put at risk because some NATO countries refused to offer bases or even overflight for that war. Heggseth said the U.S. would adjust its NATO dues depending on which countries increased defense spending.
The Trump administration has said it will reduce military support even if a NATO country comes under attack. But the U.S. is bound by NATO's article five that an attack on one is an attack on all. The only time in history article five was invoked was after 9/11. And NATO countries sent troops and material to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. Quill Lawrence and Pierre News.
“"Motoring club AAA says the cost of regular gasoline in the U.S. is fallen to $4 per gallon.”
The price has dropped twenty-four rather fifty-two cents in the last month. And Pierre's Joel Rose reports it could take a while before airline passengers see cheaper fares." In jet fuel prices, shot up the spring airlines responded by raising ticket prices and fees. Now fuel costs are coming back to Earth. The average price for a gallon of jet fuel in the U.S. dropped this week to less than three dollars according to the tracking firm
Argus. That's down more than two dollars per gallon from the peak in April. But aviation consultant Michael Boyd says don't expect the airlines to give those price hikes back right away. "If people will pay it, why would you take a bet?" Boyd says travelers have shown they are willing to pay higher air fares, at least so far. And airlines face rising costs across the board,
“including labor. Joel Rose and Pierre News, Washington.”
The Obama Presidential Center opens today in Chicago, and Pierre's Don Gagne says former
President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama will preside over the dedication.
"It's traditional for former presidents to create a library to house records and documents from their presidency and to highlight their time in the White House. The Obama Center is different. First off, it's not a presidential library. The logic being that records from the Obama era were digital and are accessible online. There's a museum, but the center also features a branch of the Chicago Public Library. There's ample park space,
even a regulation and B.A. size basketball court. Guess that the dedication ceremony will include former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Joe Biden, not invited President Donald Trump who's known to regularly insult and demean Obama in speeches and to the press. Don Gagne and Pierre News, Chicago." You're listening to NPR.
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that the government's prosecution of a man who uses marijuana and owns a gun went too far. The Justice's rule unanimously, that the prosecution
conflicted with the Second Amendment. People in Democratic Republic of the Congo flooded
streets to watch the DRC's first game in the world cup. This comes as Ebola cases continue to spread, and at Livingstone reports on soccer fans in the Congolese city of Bunea. There were ecstatic scenes in Bunea on Tuesday night as hundreds of people flooded the city's central plaza. They had come to watch Congo play Portugal in the world cup. At the last minute, the local government cancelled a screening of the game. Ebola is spreading across
Bunea with fatalities rising every day. But for soccer supporters, none of this mattered. Congo hasn't competed in the world cup since 1976. In a country torn by conflict and disease, the national team's participation in the competition is a rare feel-good event. The match ended in a draw. But in Bunea, people stumbled home afterwards, wearing huge smiles. Fans said the result was a significant achievement. Portugal is one of the great soccer nations
and Congo held its own. For NPR News, I'm Emmett Livingstone in Bunea. The remnants of a tropical storm are hitting the southern Gulf Coast. The National Weather Service has now declared a particularly dangerous situation now exists in southwestern Mississippi. This is life-threatening flash flooding occurring and some rivers could rise to record levels. I'm Core of a Coleman, NPR News.
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