"Live from NPR news in Washington.
more than 30 deaths and widespread destruction from a pair of powerful earthquakes that struck
“the country yesterday. The U.S. Geological Survey says the first quake had a magnitude”
of 7.2. That was followed about a minute later by a stronger 7.5 earthquake. The country's acting president says dozens of buildings collapsed north of Caracas. Reporter Maria Grateral is in Caracas. We see people out in the streets they are liking groups with their families, with the pets, cats and well, they are basically waiting outside the buildings and outside their houses and they're covered with some sweaters, they have some blankets and they
are just trying to wait for something because they can't really enter their houses." "That's reporter Maria Grateral in Venezuela's capital. A day after passing a war power's resolution on Iran, the Senate rejected a similar measure. The late night vote was 50 to 47, with one G.O.P. Lawmaker, Rand Paul of Kentucky voting present. The vote came
“hours after President Trump went to Capitol Hill and criticized senators in his party”
for supporting Tuesday's resolution, denouncing the lawmakers as losers. Afterwards, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana told reporters he defended his position during the closed or meeting with Trump, saying the war with Iran lasted months not weeks and the original objectives have not been achieved. Cassidy says he later received a briefing on Iran from Vice President Vance and the President's special envoy Steve Whitkoff before voting
with fellow Republicans last night against the latest war powers resolution. The cost of fertilizer is on the decline for the first time since the start of the war between the US and Iran and PR's Kirk Sigler says American farmers don't expect to see much relief from higher prices for months. Farmers are watching the tentative piece deal with Iran closely, the conflict and the straining of global shipping of diesel and fertilizer has been just the latest
economic shock for the heartland. Most of the fertilizer farmers like Dave Walton are using right now was bought by local co-ops before the straight of Hormuz reopened Walton grows soybeans in Iowa. He'll take a while to move through the system, so I mean right now there's high price fertilizer in storage that has to get work through before the cheaper stuff gets, you know, hits the markets. Walton is also now trying to figure out whether he should start buying fertilizer he'll need
for the fall now with the prices finally going down. Kirk Sigler in PR News, the federal reserve says all 32 of the nation's largest banks have passed the central banks annual stress test. This is NPR News from Washington. The one-time chief of staff to then New York Mayor Eric Adams is under arrest as part of a federal bribery investigation. The charges against Frank Serone stem from a probe into a migrant shelter contract. Authorities say Adams is not accused of wrongdoing
in the Serone indictment. At one time the Democratic Mayor faced charges that included bribery but they were later dropped. Serone has pleaded not guilty. Shares of micro-onteknology are up sharply as a result of the tech companies' latest earnings report. Micro-onteknology is the largest manufacturer of memory chips in the U.S. NPR's John Ruich says the profit numbers are seen as assigned the AI data center boom is still going strong. Micro-onteknology is revenue in the latest
quarter beat expectations to hit 41.46 billion dollars and its profits soared the company also
“raised its guidance for the next quarter, citing strong demand for its products which are crucial”
for the data centers that produce artificial intelligence. And the market seemed to like it, this comes on top of a stellar year so far for micro-onteknology which are up more than 700 percent. The strong results come on the back of an acute supply shortage for memory chips. That's been fueled by the hundreds of billions of dollars being poured into AI data centers. Micro-onteknology says it sees no end in sight yet to the supply and demand mismatch.
John Ruich and PR News A member of the NFL's Detroit Lions is under arrest in Florida on felony charges connected to a kidnapping and armed robbery, 23-year-old Terry and Arnold is accused by police of being the primary conspirator. I'm Dave Maddingley and PR News in Washington. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.
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