Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan.
Among the world leaders congratulating President Trump on the 250th birthday of the United
“States, Russian President Vladimir Putin and PR's Charles Maynes reports from Moscow.”
Putin and Trump talked for some 90 minutes in an exchange Cremanade. Yuriushakov says was focused heavily on the war in Ukraine. Yushakov said Trump reaffirmed his readiness to work towards a rapid end of the fighting, while Putin expressed support for a diplomatic resolution if it took into account Russia's fundamental demands.
Putin accused Kiev and its European allies of seeking to prolong the conflict through attacks on Russia's interior. He also informed Trump about the "real situation on the battlefield," one in which Putin says Russian forces are advancing rapidly. Only that claim runs counter-to-independent analysts who say the Creman's forces are making
incremental gains and with heavy losses. Trump also spent the holiday weekend talking to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Trump's mains impure news, Moscow. The preliminary hearing begins Monday for the man accused of fatally shooting convertible conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“The five-day proceeding in Utah is expected to provide the first detailed look at the case”
against the suspect. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports. Prosecutors are expected to present their case as they seek to have 23-year-old Tyler Robinson Stan trial on aggravated murder charges. Kirk's widow and parents are expected to attend the proceedings which will be live-streamed
from the courtroom. Investigators say Robinson turned himself in after the shooting. Court documents say he sent a text message confessing and left a note saying he had an opportunity to kill one of the nation's leading conservative voices. Robinson has not entered a plea.
For his death, Kirk, and the organization he co-founded, turning point USA, helped mobilize
young conservative voters as President Trump won as second-term in office.
Windsor Johnston and PR news. Firefighting continued through the weekend in Colorado as areas that are impacted by the wild fires.
“The Aspen Acres Fire has burned tens of thousands of acres and has been spreading in several”
directions. Colorado Public Radio's Kevin Beaty has more officials have so far stopped the Aspen Acres Fire in southern Colorado from reaching Colorado City. It's been under mandatory evacuation order since early Friday morning. The sky here is full of smoke and its windy which has some on edge.
Still residents have also felt some relief the city has made it this long. Eric Clark brought his dog Jack to this lookout spot to see if his house was still standing. I'm safe, Jack is safe, pray for the firefighters and joyful what I'm looking at right now. A evacuation orders are still in place for at least two other fires. For MPR News, I'm Kevin Beaty and Colorado City.
And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News. Museum curators and scientists routinely need to have animal skeletons cleaning to have their flesh cleaned this for the natural history exhibition in study researchers have discovered a new way of doing just that, employing some small, special larvae, called superworms. NPR's Ari Daniel reports existing techniques to strip the flesh off a dead animal have
their drawbacks, potentially degrading the skeleton or harming the environment. Then several years back, a team of researchers in Iran considered the superworm. A hefty, nearly finger-sized beetle larvae with large, chewing mandibles available at many pet stores' feed. When the superworms were offered dead animals, ranging from fish to wolves, they clean
the skeletons masterfully. It's so surprising that how superworm can work so fast and at the same time super gentle. Nielufar al-a'ikaki is a bioinformatician now at the state museum of natural history in Stuttgart, Germany. She hopes the superworms' success could be good news for institutions with fewer resources.
Ari Daniel, NPR News. Michigan State Senator Mallory McMurro is ending her race to be elected to the Democratic be the Democratic nominee in the upcoming U.S. Senate race. Her decision creates a two-person race between progressive Abdul al-Sayed and moderate Congresswoman Hayley Stevens, the winner is expected to face Republican Mike Rogers in November.
The Senate seat is being vacated by a retiring Democratic Senator Gary Peters. It is one that Democrats must hold if they are to reclaim a majority in the upcoming midterms. This is NPR. Support for In.
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