Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
Frustration is growing in Venezuela, following last week's earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people.
“His John Otis reports, survivors claim the government's response has been slow and inept.”
"That's a backhoe digging through the ruins of a 12-story building that collapsed. Here in the coastal town of Los Corales.
But local residents say the government backhoe operator never showed up, so they had to
pay for one." Many are insensed by government paralysis and bureaucracy. The security forces have been accused of alluding. Doctors and rescue workers have faced delays getting to the disaster zone because they lacked government permits.
All this is costing lives. Says Rosalia Bustamante, who lost several friends when the building collapsed. "There were people in the ruins responding when we called out to them." She says, "But now they are dead. For NPR News, I'm Jan Otis in Los Corales, Venezuela."
"Tense of thousands of people are still missing, following the quakes." House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, he's sending a bipartisan housing affordability
bill to President Trump on Monday.
Trump had canceled a signing ceremony for the measure last week. In an effort to pressure Republicans to pass a controversial voter ID bill. Johnson met with Trump on Thursday to reschedule a signing for that bill. The housing bill really is a Republican priority because it will lower housing costs. We made a lot of promises to the voters and we're fulfilling those every single day of
this Congress. And this is a big part of that because it will increase the availability, the access to
“more housing, bring down cost, cut regulations, do the things that we know are very important”
for that market. The President, I talked about that. It linked a course he wants to do all those things." Johnson was speaking on Fox News, the measure had overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats.
It passed the House on the 358-32 votes. Colorado's governor is mourning the loss of three wild land firefighters who died in a blazed near the Utah border. And his Colorado Public Radio Steena Sieg tells us two firefighters were also seriously injured in the Snyder Mesa Fire, which is now covering almost 30,000 acres and is still
0% contained. In a statement, Governor Jared Polis said he's quote devastated by the loss of three heroic firefighters who died in the line of duty. He expressed his solidarity with their families and crew members. Five firefighters in a federal crew deployed their fire shelter Saturday as they battled
a blazed near the Utah border.
“Only two survived both with serious injuries.”
The governor is declared a state of emergency for the Snyder Mesa Fire. Even if many large wildfires burning across the west, for MPR News, I'm Steena Sieg, in Grand Junction, Colorado. And this is NPR News. Pakistania officials say security forces have launched a major operation along that country's
border with Afghanistan. The operation follows a number of attacks by militants across Pakistan, officials say the effort is targeting militant hideouts so far they say they've killed 29 militants. The knockout stage of the World Cup started Sunday with Canada beating South Africa 21.
The knockout means that starting now any team that loses is out of the competition and Piers Jasmine Garz reports. From here on out, there is no such thing as a game ending in a draw. If after a 90 minute game, the teams are even, they play an extra 30 minutes. If they're still tied after that, the game goes to penalties.
And if after all that, they are still drawn, it becomes sudden death. If team A misses a penalty and team B makes the next one, team B gets to stay. Here is Team USA, striker, a fuller in balligan, talking about what this moment means. It's crunch time, you know, it's knockout, knockout football and, you know, you lose you go home.
So, you know, this is the stage where, in my opinion, you know, the big player stepped forward. 31 teams are still left including the USA who plays Bosnia at Herzegovina on Wednesday. Jasmine Garz and PR News Houston. Toy Story 5 continued to roll through North American theaters this weekend, bringing
in another $70 million in ticket sales. Supergirl was the weekend's big new release, but it did not fare as well, bringing in $38 million. That was far below expectations. And obsession, the horror movie that cost less than $1 million to make, was in
third, bringing in another $9.8 million.
I'm Dale Wilman and PR News. One of the world's most famous art detectives was on the hunt for a stolen Van Gogh. He turned to an unlikely source for help. You have born soccer players, born teachers, born policemen, I'm a born burger. On the Sunday Story, how an art thief in an art detective set out to recover a missing masterpiece.
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