"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skiewone, Republican Senator Li...
of South Carolina has died at 71. His office said in a statement he died Saturday night
after a brief and sudden illness, and PR Sam Gringles has details." "Since his election to the Senate in 2002, Graham has become known for promoting muscular
“military intervention abroad, and as Judiciary Chair played a key role confirming”
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, around his own bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, Graham called Donald Trump a bigot and said Trump would destroy the GOP. But it's since become one of the president's closest allies, and PR asked Graham about that evolution in 2019." "He's proven to me that he's been a better president and not thundering on it. I really
had very low expectations. But what he does is he listens to people, including me and others." Trump called Graham one of the greatest people and senators I have ever known. South Carolina's Republican Governor can immediately appoint a replacement. Sam Gringles and PR News Washington." Graham had recently survived a rough political primary and was heading confidently toward
November elections for a fifth Senate term. In the state of Maine, the contest for U.S. Senate has been complex. With Democratic hopeful Graham Platner abandoning his candidacy in the face of sexual assault allegations which he's denied, now the Democratic Party is looking at a nominating convention on July 25th. Party director Devin Murphy Anderson says it will be a scramble to revive momentum.
"The challenge that we face right now is the timeline. And how do we get people involved in this timeline? And so the grassroots energy that we had up until this moment needs to find a home." However, wins the party nod will face Republican senators Susan Collins who's seeking a sixth Senate term.
Iran says it's closing off the straight of Hormuz completely after a third round of U.S.
strikes overnight. Pakistani and Omani officials have urged diplomacy, but as NPR's Emily Feng reports both the U.S. and Iran, say a temporary ceasefire is over.
“Pakistan has been an important intermediary in the Iran War, and its deputy foreign minister”
told Iran's foreign minister to consider, quote, "The diplomacy remains the only viable path to resolving disputes." On Saturday, Iran also wrapped up talks with Oman and how to manage the straighter for Muz. But later, U.S. sent comms that it struck more than 100 targets across Iran, and assaulting
its news agency reported Iranian drones had struck some sites in Oman. Iran's top negotiator, Muhammad Bagger, Gullibha, wrote on X, quote, "The era of one
sighted deals is over, and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had fired
on a ship trying to get through the straight, Emily Feng and Pyrenees." And the American west of dangerous heat wave with temperatures in the triple digits is settling in over parts of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and the Dakotas. This is NPR.
“The Eiffel Tower end to other Paris landmarks are closing early again today because of another”
brutal heat wave. It's Francis III, this year, NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. In addition to the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum will close early due to temperatures forecast to sore above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Paris is mostly on air conditioned as temperatures are usually in the mid-80s this time a year.
Scientists say the frequent and prolonged heat waves are due to global warming, caused by man-made greenhouse emissions. Europe is warming faster than any other continent. Paris is extending heat wave measures with parks open all night and drinking water stations available. Docs set up along the sand river for swimming are attracting huge crowds as people cast
aside reservations of a cleanliness in order to cool off. Eleanor Beardsley and Pyrenees, Paris. Ukraine's military is saying today it has hit an oil refinery and rushes summer region. Local officials say one person was killed, three were injured, Keith has increased attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure, including oil refineries, which have provided support
for Russia's war against Ukraine. The final four teams in the FIFA World Cup are set now that the quarter-finals of wrapped France will face Spain on Tuesday, then England will face the defending champions Argentina Wednesday, Saturday's two games both went to extra time with England snatching victory from Norway to the one last night following a controversial yellow card ejection Argentina
beats Switzerland three to one. I'm Luis Givone and Pyrenees, 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 embedded podcast from NPR.
