"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
at half-staff in memory of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who died late last night. President Trump also ordered flags lowered at federal buildings. Proliminary findings from the Washington D.C. medical examiner show the cause of death as a "ordic dissection" due to a type of heart disease. South Carolina Public Radio's Luis Alfredo Garcia has more. The 71-year-old Senator was known nationally as an ally of President Donald
Trump and in South Carolina, he was an ever-present political figure. Edward Reynolds is the volunteer fire chief in the town of Central. It's the town of about 5,000 people where Graham grew up. "We're going to miss him, but he helped him a lot of local issues, grants, different things like that. We're going to wait that question. We'd call his office and he'd get back to us.
“So I think a lot of people are going to realize what a hard work he did do."”
Reynolds says no matter what national responsibility Graham had, it never felt like the
Senator forgot about Central. For NPR News, I'm Luis Alfredo Garcia in Central, South Carolina. The U.S. launched more strikes this evening against Iran as the two countries continue to exchange 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
along a southern route that hugs the coast of Iran. According to U.S. Central Command, that ship caught fire and the crew member is missing. The U.S. and the U.N. have been urging ships to use this alternative route that's away from the Iranian coast, but Tehran says,
“"That's a violation of the memorandum of understanding."”
If yours Caricon has more. "Aran speaker of the Parliament, who has also been a lead negotiator with the U.S. posted on social media that, quote, "The era of one-sided deals is over. We told you keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking."
It'll be a busy week on Wall Street with a slew of earnings from major banks and a critical
inflation report expected. If yours Rafael Nam has more. Earning season is kicking off again and major banks from Bank of America to J.P. Morgan 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 and PR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. In Thailand, a fire that broke out at a pub in Bangkok left at least 27 people dead, several
others hospitalized before firefighters could get the blaze under control. The radio shared online shows flames raging at the front door of the pub with black smoke filling the sky as people were trying to flee. It took firefighters about a half an hour to bring the fire under control. In tennis, Italy's Yonnex Center is one of the men's singles tournament at Wimbledon
for a second straight year. The keeperker has more from London.
German-born Alexander Severeth came to Wimbledon fresh from winning the French open and won the first set 7-6. But World No. 1 Yonnex Center fought back hard, dominating the next three sets and overpowering his opponent as he had in all nine of their previous encounters. At one point, Zverev slipped and fell, rocking on his back in apparent agony and clutching his right knee. Sinner ran to his side of the net and held him up and played resumed
to applause from a center court crowd that included Prince William, wife Kate and two of their three children, George and Charlotte. The final score was six, seven, seven, six, six, three, six, four. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. And for the women at Wimbledon, Linda Nuskova, bit beat Carolina Mujava in the all-check Women's Final yesterday for her first grand slam title. I'm Janine Herbst and you're listening
to NPR News from Washington.
