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Maine said it her Susan Collins hit the campaign trail Saturday, a day after her Democratic
“opponent Graham Platner officially withdrew from the race, this following an accusation”
of rape by a former romantic partner, which Platner denies. Maine Public Radio's Susan Sharon reports. Appearing at Maine's moxie day parade with about 60 supporters, Colin said she has no strong feelings about Platner's departure, following an ex-girlfriend's allegation that he raped her.
Instead, Colin says she's been focused on recruiting town, city, and county chairs across the state in an off-presidential year election.
"You always worry about voter turnout, so we've placed a lot of effort on encouraging
people to vote and having a lot of direct voter contact." Maine Democrats meanwhile are regrouping. They've scheduled a nominating convention for July 25th to choose a candidate to take on Collins in November. For NPR News, I'm Susan Sharon.
It was a mixed week on Wall Street NPR Scott Horsley reports, traders mostly shrugged off the renewed
“fighting in the straight-of-horn move, and the effect on retail gasoline prices has been”
limited. prices jumped after President Trump declared an end to the U.S. ceasefire with Iran, bond yields rose, and so did mortgage rates. The average rate on a 30-year home loan is just under six and a half percent. The National Association of Realtors says home sales dropped in June, which is ordinarily
one of the busiest months for selling. The average sales price for home jumped to a record high, the more than $440,000. The Nasdaq got a boost on Friday when chairs the giant South Korean membership maker SK
high next weekend, trading there for the first time, for the week that Nasdaq rose one
and three quarters per cent, the S&P 500 index rose one and a quarter per cent, and that Aljo's industrial average fell about four tenths per cent. Scott Horsley, and pair news, Washington. The U.S. is conducted air bombing operations against Iran after the U.S. has Iran violated the ceasefire.
“The on-again off-again negotiations to end the war are off for now, Swathmore College”
Professor Dominic Turner says it's likely to be a long, slow process. Arguably, the single most difficult task that an American president can face is extricating the U.S. from one of these failed wars. The U.S. was negotiating for two years to get out of the Korean war. It took five years to negotiate a way out of the Vietnam war.
We spent three months in Vietnam, just negotiating the shape of the table around which we would negotiate. And similarly, it took years to get out of Afghanistan. So this is not going to be a quick process. A bipartisan bill designed to improve the American housing market became law overnight.
After President Trump did not sign it, he had 10 days to either sign it or veto it. This is NPR. More than 200 people, including children in camp counselors were rescued Friday when flash floods hit several counties in central Missouri dumping more than a foot of rain in a few hours.
Missouri's governor says some of the people saved were taken from trees, rooftops and stranded vehicles at Camp Tomsock in Lesterville, Missouri. Eight helicopters were used to get the young people to safety. One person is still missing.
A new UN report says 120 million women and girls around the world are a need of basic assistance
and protection. But the aid organizations that are meant to help the model running out of money. NPR's Fat Martana's report. UN researchers surveyed hundreds of organizations serving women and girls in 52 countries, many of them in crisis.
Since the Trump administration's aid cuts in 2025, the report says women who live in remote areas or unstable environments have seen a decrease in basic services like education, health, food and water. Many of the groups reported that women and girls also face sharp increases in mental health distress, school dropouts, gender-based violence and forced marriages.
At the same time, aid groups say severe budget shortfalls have led to major layoffs within their organizations and impending closures. Fat Martana's and PR News. As Cuba deals with an ongoing fuel shortage, many on the island nation are turning to Chinese made electric powered tricycles to get around.
The tricycles have in many cases replaced the vintage automobiles of the 1950s and 60s that have vanished pretty much from most roads. This is NPR. This week on Wayway.com, we talked to legendary musician Jason Nerducey about being in a punk band when he was just 11 years old.
We broke up when I was 12. And yeah, I just felt like I needed to go through puberty without bandroman. Don't miss our full conversation and the rest of our game. Listen to the way way. Don't tell me podcasts in the NPR app or wherever.
