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The U.S. and Iran traded strikes for a second day after President Trump said on the
“sidelines of the NATO Summit in Turkey this week that the ceasefire was over.”
And Pierre's Emily Fang is in Tel Aviv monitoring the latest outbreak in hostility. Despite the straight-in-fire, and Trump's comments that the ceasefire is over in his eyes, Trump did not rule out more talks with Iran, but both the U.S. and Iran seemed to be playing hard, but with each other. And they seemed to be waiting for the other country to back down first, yet again, Iran's top negotiator, Muhammad Bagger Ghalibafro on X, the social
media site, after the second day of U.S. strikes began. And he was warning quote, "If you strike, you will get hit, and he wrote that the straight-in-her-moose would only fully reopen on Iranian terms." The U.S. and Iran today mourners fill the streets of Mishad, and waived Iranian flags as they prepared
to bury Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali-Humanay. He was killed on the first day
“of the U.S. his role-war with Iran in late February.”
David Hurn has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of damaging the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pull the former U.S. Olympic enduice made his appearance in court in Washington, D.C. with Jacqueline Diaz reports. "In a crowded, stuffy courtroom today, Hurn's attorney entered his not guilty plea. Hurn sat between two defense attorneys and kept his comments to a minimum. But outside, a group of supporters chanted in help signs in support. Hurn and
his attorneys claimed this charged is trumped up, and that he simply touched the pull he did not damage it. The federal government says he purposely cut into the reflecting
pull and caused serious damage. President Trump had the pull renovated for $14 million
earlier this summer, but shortly after, paint was peeling and algae started growing. Hurn's next hearing is set for next month. Jacqueline Diaz and PR News. "Prediction Market Calshy's launch new program of fight political insider trading with some bets are getting through more from NPR's look at it." Calshy now uses federal election commission data to actively track campaign staffer trades,
since launching the new program, Calshy has blocked dozens of staffers from trading on their own races. Robert Denolp is the company's head of enforcement and legal counsel. "We're looking at election markets with a very close eye here. They obviously bear a really
“important integrity issue." Calshy's election tracking program launched just days after an NPR”
report on campaign insider trading. Former FEC commissioner Lee Goodman called the program a good first step. "However, it's not a panacea and it's, you know, because it leaves still many people who are involved in campaigns who will not show up on FEC reports." At least one campaign staffer was able to trade on a race they were involved in on Calshy, despite this new program. Luke Garrett and PR News. Washington. "This is NPR."
A new study from Johns Hopkins University finds the number of gun homicides falling. They'd reach record highs during the pandemic. With the study, shows an increase in other gun related deaths. Scott Masiani of conversation of EYPR with details. "Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions tracked U.S. gun mortality data from 2024. And they found that while firearm homicides dropped about 16% from the previous year,
the U.S. still notched the fifth ever highest total gun deaths that year. The reasons because gun suicides are reaching record levels. And total there were about 44,500 gun deaths in the U.S. that year. The study found that black women experienced the highest increase in gun suicides over the past 10 years with a 169% increase in the rate. Overall, gun suicides among the Latino population and Asian women also dramatically increased.
For NPR News, I'm Scott Masiani, and Baltimore. "The extreme heat blanketing much of the Western U.S. could drive temperatures as high as 117 degrees in some desert communities. The National Weather Services projecting the punishing heat will cover large swaths of the southern U.S. flow from California to Florida." By the way, PBI is now D. J. T. As of today, Florida's Palm Beach International Airport joins a growing list of places that now
bear President Donald J. Trump's name, in January a four-mile stretch of the main road linking Trump's Mar-Lago estate with the airport was also renamed for the president. I'm Lakshmi saying, NPR News. "One of here this podcast without sponsored breaks, Amazon Prime members can listen to NPR News now, sponsored free through Amazon Music. Or you can also support NPR's Vital Journalism and get NPR Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.
