Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Maine Senator Susan Collins hit the campaign trail today one day after her democratic
“opponent, Graham Platner, officially withdrew from the race that following an accusation”
of rape by a former romantic partner, which Platner denies. Maine Public Radio's Susan Sharon has more. Appearing at Maine's moxie day parade with about 60 supporters, Collins said she has no strong feelings about Platner's departure, following an ex-girlfriend's allegation that he raped her.
Instead, Collins 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.
“In Texas, a memorial was held today for the man fatally shot by immigration officers in Houston.”
Icephicals claim Lorenzo Solgado Arajo rammed a federal vehicle during an attempted arrest and was allegedly shot in self-defense, but a lawyer for two witnesses is now disputing the official account of the killing of the 52-year-old Mexican National. Several members of Congress spoke with the vigil, including Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, whose district includes parts of Houston.
"We will continue to fight for a complete independent talk-to-bottom investigation to find out exactly what happened." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an American in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola. "In a statement, the agency said that the individual are U.S. citizens who works for
a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for
“the Bundesliga strain of Ebola, which has been identified in the current outbreak in Congo.”
The CDC added that it is working with the patient's employer, other U.S. federal agencies and partner organizations in Congo to help prevent further transmission of the disease by performing risk assessments that would identify people that the patient had been in contact with. Earlier this week, the U.N. said that Ebola is continuing to spread in Congo, warning that
the true skill of the outbreak has not yet been fully established." Michael Coloque reporting from Nairobi. This is NPR.
In Cuba, another island wide blackout this week left nearly 10 million people dealing
with a crumbling power grid amid fuel shortages from the U.S. energy blockade. Authorities say they've already restored power, though, to some areas. The electrical grid in Cuba is particularly fragile, both the lack of maintenance of its aging infrastructure, some power plants are over 30 years old, and the scarcity of fuels on which it depends."
In tennis, newcomer Lyndon Oscova has won the Women's Singles title at Wimbledon. Vicky Barker has more from London. Wimbledon's first all-check women's final turned into a nail biker, 21-year-old Lyndon Oscova dominated the first set, beating her one-time Olympic doubles partner 6-2.
But the more experienced Carolina Mukava came from behind in the second set, winning that
75 with an agonizing five-missed championship points for Oscova. But the Oscova fought back in the third set, the final score was 6-2-7-5-6-3. The match was played under blistering hot skies before 15,000 tennis fans, including the Princess of Wales. The Czech Republic is a rising superstar in the world of tennis, Noscova is the third of
her country women to win Wimbledon in four years, four NPR news, I'm Vicky Barker, in London. "And tomorrow, Yannick Center faces Alexander Severov in the men's final at Wimbledon. I'm Janine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington." This week on Wayway.com tell me we talked to legendary musician Jason Nerducey about being
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