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A dangerous heat wave is gripping much of the central and eastern U.S. ahead of the holiday
weekend. Forcasters say heat index values could climb as high as 115 degrees in some areas. The hot weather is also driving up demand for electricity, putting added strain on power grids in some regions. The FBI is directing more than 250 of its employees to join its investigation of the 2020 election
in Georgia's most populous county. Melissa Fato from Member Station, W.A.B.E. reports a memo obtained by the Associated Press calls the case at top priority for the agency.
“Fulton County has been a key part of President Donald Trump's unfounded claims the 2020 presidential”
election was stolen from him, the memo does not describe details of the investigation. People familiar with the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss internal decision-making confirmed with the AP, it's related to the probe, into the 2020 election in Georgia. The FBI field office in Atlanta declined a request for comment. The bureau raided a Fulton County elections office in January where hundreds of boxes
of elections records and ballots were seized. The county is sued to get its records back, but in May a judge decided the federal government could keep them. For NPR News, I'm Melissa Fato in Atlanta. Russia carried out another wave of drone and missile attacks on key, killing at least 30
people in the Ukrainian capital. The city is trying to recover as NPR's genetic cases reports. They're still very shaken, especially in Southeastern key where Russian missiles hit this high rise apart in complex, and if you walk outside this complex, you will see right next to a kindergarten where one of the missiles left this giant crater, an apartment building
collapsed, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to reporters outside the rubble. "Yeah, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know." "He loves me. He loves me." "He hired an angry, and he says, look, if our allies had the liberty, air defense supplies
“they had promised on time, I think we could have saved more lives in homes."”
NPR's Joanna Kiekesis reporting from Keith.
Search crews are still looking for survivors more than a week after two powerful earthquake
struck than as well. Time is running out, but rescuers pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from the rubble of a collapsed building yesterday. Los Angeles County Deputy Chief Chris Alender, helped lead the International Rescue effort.
"We work side by side with Chile and our Florida partners that are here as a heavy team as well, so it was a big collaborative effort and luckily it was a positive outcome, and the spirits and the morale in our camp from our rescuers couldn't be higher." The earthquakes have killed more than 2,500 people, thousands are still missing. This is NPR.
Philadelphia currently has more versions of the declaration of independence on display than any other city. Florida crimmons from member station W.H. My Y explains why someone would want to see multiple versions of the same document. There are 15 historic copies of the Declaration of Independence across five institutions
in Philadelphia. That's more than Boston, an important distinction, says the story in Emily Sniff. There is 100% a rivalry between Boston and Philadelphia. But why? The 15 different copies, Matthew Skick of the Museum of the American Revolution, says
you can witness the call of independence ripple across America one print at a time.
“"How it is being spread, who are the people involved in it?”
It's not only fun to know that, but it also gives you a sense of the reality of it. This is the boots on the ground at that time." The copies include the first print in Philadelphia on July 5th, 1776, and the first printing in Boston two weeks later. On PR news, I'm Peter Krimmins in Philadelphia.
A former Olympian has been charged with damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. David Hurn, a former Olympic canoe racer, is accused of ripping up newly installed sealant, causing more than $1,000 in damage. Hurn says he reached into the pool to examine the new surface during a 64-mile bike ride. President Trump says federal authorities have made several arrests in connection with
Fandalism, following in nearly $16 million renovation to the pool.
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