"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivone.
For term U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has died from a brief and sudden illness according
“to his Senate office, the South Carolina Republican died last night, two days after marking”
his 71st birthday. The day before he died, Graham was in Ukraine and had met with President Vladimir Zelensky about boosting Ukraine's air defenses. Graham was known as one of the most outspoken Republican advocates of Ukraine, following Russia's invasion.
Graham was up for reelection in November and in June after a bitter primary fight, Graham told his supporters that he was optimistic. "And President Trump, I'm coming back to the Senate in 2007. I'm going to win in November. I don't know how to help you change this world and change this country."
Senator Graham had allied himself with Donald Trump after Trump's first election win in 2016, writing on his social media platform Truth Social. The president is calling Graham one of the greatest people and senators that he ever
knew always working a true American patriot.
“The U.S. and Iran are again exchanging fire for the third weekend in a row.”
The back-and-forth strikes began after Iran fired warning shots at a tanker attempting to transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. retaliated striking multiple sites in Iran and PR's carry-con has more. Iran's Navy says it fired the warning shots at a container vessel after "several ships attempted to travel along an unapproved route through the vital waterway."
The U.S. has urged ships to use a southern route through the Strait that hugs the coast of Oman. Iran says that is a violation of the memorandum of understanding sign last month between Iran and the U.S. Posting on X, the U.S. military says it completed a third round of strikes overnight,
hitting more than 100 targets, to hold quote Iranian forces accountable for its attack on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran says it responded with fire toward Jordan and other Gulf states, the U.A.E. and Qatari officials report intercepting incoming missile attacks. Carry-con and PR news, Tel Aviv.
“Investors on Wall Street headed for a busy week with the slew of earnings from Major”
Banks in a critical inflation report, and PR's Rafael Nam has the preview.
Another link season is kicking off again, and Major Banks from Bank of America to JPMorgan are set to report the results this week. Netflix will also report its earnings. Investors are also looking forward to the latest inflation report out on Tuesday. Consumer prices have searched in the past few months.
Mainly as energy prices have spiked over the war with Iran. And Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Worsh is set to testify before Congress as part of the traditional semi-annual event. It will be a great opportunity to hear what he makes of the current state of inflation and economy, Rafael Nam in PR news.
This is NPR. Eastern China is facing torrential rain and high winds from Typhoon Bavvy, which is now weakened to a severe tropical storm. After the storm made landfall yesterday, there were massive evacuations in Shanghai and other cities and hundreds of flights were canceled.
The final four teams in the FIFA World Cup are set now that the quarterfinals have wrapped, France will face spained on Tuesday, then England will face the defending champions Argentina. NPR's Becky Sullivan has more.
Saturdays two games both went to extra time, first in Hot and Muggie Florida, England,
outlasted Norway in their thrilling, hooking star striker, Erling Holland. The 23-year-old English phenom, Jude Bellingham scored both goals in it. A two-to-one victory to send the three lines through, and Kansas City, Argentina, was taken to the brink yet again. Switzerland went down a man after a video review led to a second yellow card for forward
Braille and Bolo. Yet, they clung to a one-to-one tie for the rest of the second half and much of extra time before Argentina finally took the lead. Superstar Lionel Messi did not score goal, breaking a streak of nine straight world cup games in which he had found the net, still he has eight goals overall for this tournament
and now two more chances to score even more. Becky Sullivan and PR news, Kansas City. 21-year-old Linda Noscowva has won the Women's Singles title at Wimbledon. She beat Carolina Mochova in three sets, six, two, five, seven, six, three. It's her first grand slam win.
Noscowva became the third check woman in four years to win the Women's trophy on the grass courts. Wimbledon, champion, Martina Navarto-Lover was there for the match. I'm Louise Skivone and PR News, Washington. For three weeks in 2020, part of my Seattle neighborhood was taken over by a protest
occupation. We were here to protest police brutality, but it ended in tragedy. The whole space felt darker and angrier. Join me as I investigate the unsolved killing of 16-year-old Antonio Maze Junior. Listen to We Keep Us Safe on the Abetted Podcast from NPR.
