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Millions of Americans are getting ready to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday with
“parades, concerts and fireworks across the country this weekend, but as NPR's Anastasia”
Saluca's reports, record-breaking heat is forcing some cities to modify their plans. Some places have already decided to cancel our cut-back on their festivities. The city of Philadelphia, which, of course, is central to our independent story, has already decided to substantially cut its annual 4th of July parade route. Many communities in Colorado, like Durango and Vale, have canceled their fireworks
displays due to the risk of wildfires. And it's not clear yet what's going to happen in Washington, D.C., where President Trump has, of course, been emphasizing this 250th anniversary. That's NPR's Anastasia Saluca's reporting, for cancer 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 the nation's power grid. The war in Iran has caused a number of products around the globe to increase in price, including fertilizer.
“NPR's Joe Hernandez reports experts say U.S. farmers, knock consumers, will pay the additional”
costs. Around one-third of the world's fertilizer shipped by C passes through the Strait of Hormuz, which became a choke point during the war. For U.S. farmers, that's meant higher fertilizer prices due to an overall shrinkage of the global fertilizer market.
But food systems experts say those costs are unlikely to hike prices at the grocery store. fertilizer is just one part of a farmer's budget, and growers are typically unable to increase crop prices and response to rising operating costs. Some fertilizer prices have come down recently, but experts say it could take weeks or even months before the sector returns to normal.
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Spotify says it's removed more than a half million streams that sent a song surging on
music charts. The music platforms suggest the streams were purchased as part of a prediction market. NPR's Bobby Allen reports. The song earrings by Malcolm Todd shot to the top of charts over a 24-hour period on Spotify. Meanwhile on the prediction market site Cowcheat, better's replacing wages over what song
would be number one, and those who bet on Todd received a payout. But after Spotify looked into the streams, it determined that automated bots, which can be purchased, appear to have contributed to hundreds of thousands of streams. Spotify has deleted the streams and adjusted its rankings. It's the latest instance of suspected market manipulation on fast-growing prediction markets
where people can bet on elections, war, and White House policy. Critics have called for tighter regulation, but the Trump administration has embraced the industry. Bobby Allen and PR News This is NPR News in Washington.
Telecats of the World Cup are drawing record numbers of U.S. viewers for Fox Sports. NPR's Mandalitell Barco reports had 48% are watching telemundos Spanish language coverage. NBC Universal says no matter what language they speak, fans are tuning in to telemundos telecast, streaming it on peacock and viewing it's social media coverage of the Copa Mundial as it's known in Spanish.
Miguel Lorenzo is a senior vice president at telemundo deport this. Half of the country, of the United States, is watching the World Cup in Spanish on telemundo, but we also know that only 20% of the U.S. population is Hispanic. Last night as the U.S. men's national soccer team knocked out Bosnia and Herzegovina's team 2-nil, Giselle Rojas, and her mother Graciela Reyes cheered along with telemundos
famous announcer Andres Cantor.
Yeah, that's always part for everybody, gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.
“I think it's more fun to watch in Spanish.”
It's a million percent. We like the excitement. Mandalitell Barco and PR News Los Angeles. Mandatory evacuation orders are in place as a wildfire in southern Colorado keeps growing in size.
The blaze has burned nearly 48,000 acres and damaged or destroyed more than 150 structures. It's the largest fire burning in the state and a 0% contained. Fire crews say dry vegetation, low humidity and strong winds are fueling the flames. Cruiser also battling a number of other large wildfires across the west as hot dry conditions continue.
I'm Windsor-Johnston and PR News in Washington.
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