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is the winner of the state's Republican gubernatorial primary. Wilson defeated the state's
“lieutenant governor, Pamela Evett, in yesterday's runoff. Speaking to supporters last night,”
Wilson thanked President Trump for his late endorsement. The president originally backed Evett for governor, Wilson will face democratic state representative, Germaine Johnson, in November. Jenny Abamu, with Member Station W. AMU reports on primary results in Maryland. When Maryland's fifth congressional district, state delegate Adrian Waffell has won a hotly contested race to succeed retiring congressman Stiny Hoyer. Waffell,
who works as a lobbyist for the tech company Oracle, bended off challengers who questioned
those ties, and who criticized millions and outsides spending that boosted his campaign.
Much of it from pro Israel and crypto currency aligns super PACs. In other high-profile races, governor Westmore easily won his democratic primary,
“and in one of the most expensive house races in the country, incumbent April McLean Delaney”
held off former congressman David Trone in the six district. For MPR News, I'm Jenny Abamu. Former congressman Ben McAdams has won the Democratic primary in Utah for a redrawn congressional seat expected to favor Democrats in November. McAdams will face Republican congressman Riley Owen in the fall. Cruz continued battling large wildfires and nearly a dozen states, mostly in the western U.S., they include Alaska, Washington, Oregon,
and Utah. NPR's Kirk Sigler says the fires in Utah have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes. The cotton would fire in southern Utah's threatening homes and a mom and pop ski area, it went from just a few acres to 10,000 acres in a day, which is not a surprise to fire managers who had been warning that the West is extraordinarily hot and dry. Utah's governor
“Spencer Cox has been pleading with the public to stay vigilant and be careful, upwards of three”
quarters of most wildfires these days are caused by humans, be it a spark from a semi-truck on dry grass by a highway or in a legal campfire. The weather is forecasted to stay hot with now an increasing chance for thunderstorms. These could do more bad than good, the rain is badly needed, but the winds and lightning could spark more fires. Kirk Sigler in PR News. The state of California has notified the federal government that intends to sue the Trump
administration for ending an offshore wind project, it was supposed to be built off the state's central coast, the Department of Interior was notified of the pending litigation, the administration bought back the lease for Golden State Wind a floating offshore wind project. This is NPR News from Washington. A former forensic analyst with Colorado's Bureau of Investigation is facing up to 16 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Ivonne Missy Woods pleaded
guilty yesterday to four felony charges. Prosecutors say Woods omitted and manipulated data to try to speed up DNA testing for the Bureau, calling into question the validity of hundreds of criminal cases. Dozens of other counts against Woods were dismissed as part of that plea deal. She'll be sentenced in September. A watchdog group is calling for the state of New York to investigate crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of lying to potential patients,
and PR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports. The campaign for accountability, a non-profit watchdog group sent a letter this week to New York Attorney General Latisha James. Michelle Cooper Smith is the group's executive director. Crisis pregnancy centers appear to lie to potential clients about their ability to actually diagnose problematic pregnancy like a topic pregnancy is. For letter asks the AG's office to investigate instances of this in New York. Surprisingly,
a lawyer who represents crisis pregnancy centers agrees, in part, here's Anoconor of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates in a webinar last year. Do not advertise we can rule out an exact topic because it is near impossible. The group did not respond to NPR's multiple requests for comment. Selena Simmons Duffin and PR News. Wall Street Futures are mostly higher this morning. I'm Dave Maddingley and PR News in Washington. This is our glass. On this American life,
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