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joint base Andrews before leaving Wednesday on his first flight aboard a new air force wand.
“This was a gift from a country that's greeted us very well and there were ally”
of us over in the release guitar and I went to Boeing, I said who has the best
one, they said guitar is no there's never been a play like it before flying to North Dakota
for the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Trump also defended his latest mandatory financial disclosure that shows he took in more than a billion dollars in crypto earnings alone last year, saying he made the money because the stock market is up. The White House has Trump has no financial conflicts with his government role and only
acts in the public interest, a dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the country with tens of millions of Americans under heat warnings. This comes as many are preparing to head outdoors to celebrate over the fourth of July weekend from New York Steve Castenbaum reports. The high heat is already causing a strain on the power grid in the Northeast in New York,
the utility company reduced voltage in some neighborhoods. Mayor Zaron Mamdoni.
“We are talking about a level of heat that the city has not seen in more than a decade.”
The heat wave coincides with major events that are expected to draw out millions of people
over the next few days, including two parades of tall ships and naval vessels. We will also host the Mayce's Fourth of July fireworks on the evening of Saturday, July 4th. To cap off the weekend, the Brazil versus Norway FIFA World Cup match will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, July 5th.
Hundreds of cooling centers and drinking water stations have been open to the public. For NPR News, I'm Steve Castenbaum in New York. New World Cup soccer, the U.S. men's national team through to the World Cup's round of 16. U.S. B. Bosnia Herzegovina, two goals to nil Wednesday night reporters Steve Futterman
was there. The match was scoreless until just before halftime.
“That's when the Americans top score, flow balligan, put the ball into the net, that gave”
the U.S. a one nothing lead at the midway point.
In the second half, balligan would be in the spotlight again, but for all the wrong reasons
with around 25 minutes left in the match, he stepped on the ankle of a Bosnian player and was given a straight red card. The U.S. was forced to play minus a player the rest of the way. Bosnia put on a furious offensive attack. The Americans were able to withstand it.
Then the U.S. with eight minutes left, wrapped it up as Malik Tillman on a free kick, made it two nothing U.S. Next for the Americans, a round of 16 match against Belgium. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman at the World Cup in Santa Clara, California. The whole jump made it into the round of 16 with a dramatic comeback from two goals down
to beat Senegal, you're listening to MPR News. In Venezuela, eight workers say last week's back to back-earth quakes are leading to a major medical crisis. They're warning that unless it's brought under control quickly, the crisis will take even more lives. The latest death toll tops 2200 teams from more than a 2 dozen countries are
pressing on with rescue operations. Parts of Ivory Coast and Ghana are experiencing heavy floods and landslides, local authorities say at least 24 people have died. And there is a manual I can walk to reports on Ghana's response. Entire buildings and roads have been submerged across Ghana's capital Akra following days
of torrential rains. Authorities say more than 7,000 households have been displaced with many missing, including a mother and her child in Akra, who rescuers say was swept away by flood water. Countries in Western Central Africa are in the rainy season, and floods and landslides have been reported across other major cities in the region, including Abijan, the capital
of Ivory Coast, and Lagos, Nigeria. Experts have criticized government across the region for failing to provide proper drainage infrastructure in towns and cities. They say it is worse than the effect of the floods, which are increasing due to the climate crisis.
In manual, I can go to MP on use, Lagos. Two Russian climbers were arrested Wednesday after they scaled the Empire State Building Xantena, and I'm for old abandon about the power of love and peace. The climbers have been identified as a couple known as Angela Nicolao and Ivory Coast. They were featured in a 24-netflix documentary in their climb was apparently part of
a high-altitude marriage proposal. I'm trial Snyder, NPR News. It's something we protect together. Power of truly independent press support the NPR network at plus.npr.org.
