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“A merger would effectively give the Trump Allied Ellison family control over some of the country's”
largest movie studios, television newsrooms, and other entertainment properties." South Carolina will prepare to hold a special primary election for a new Republican Senate nominee following Senator Lindsey Graham's death over the weekend. Under state law candidates have a one week filing period that begins a week from tomorrow. A preliminary medical examiner report said Graham suffered a tear in his aorta.
Graham had just returned from another trip to Ukraine, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal, says he and Graham were pushing for stronger sanctions against Russia over President Vladimir Putin's ongoing war against Ukraine. These sanctions would be pivotal in getting Putin to the peace table. That was his objective and my hope is that his death tragic as it is will provide an
impetus to President Trump and my Republican colleagues to pass the Russia sanctions bill. Republicans, Senator Mitch McConnell, as broken weeks of silence about why he was in the
“hospital yesterday the lawmaker from Kentucky disclose he had fallen, but did not break”
any bones, he was also being treated from mild pneumonia. The main Democratic Party has two weeks to select a new candidate to replace Senate nominee Graham Platner and Pierre Samarky reports a process as now said, but voters are still reeling. Independent voter Joseph Bariby had been disengaged from politics for decades, but Platner drew
him back in. Now Platner is out after an allegation of rape, he denies, and Bariby is mad. "I am more upset than I've ever been around a political figure in my whole life. I mean, no, it's just devastating." And he blames the Democratic establishment.
States Senate President Maddie Dottree says she wants to believe Platner's success was about his message and not the man. "You can have grief for the moment and also anger, but also opportunity and hope that we can turn this around."
“Platner's replacement will be selected at a convention on July 25th.”
Hammer Keith and PR News, Brunswick Maine. A court finds President Trump's lawsuit against the internal revenue service sought
to use the system to help legitimize an early $1.8 billion taxpayer back compensation fund
for Trump's allies. Today, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams recommended attorney sanctions in disciplinary action. In South Korea, former President Yoon Seung-Yol has been sentenced to two years in prison over election related corruption, it is the latest in a string of criminal cases against
the ousted leader who authority say "master-minded and illegal insurrection in 2024." This is NPR News. European countries, in Japan, have agreed to contribute about $1 billion to a new fund to help rebuild water and health systems in Gaza, more from NPR as Emily Fang. "Much of Gaza's buildings are destroyed and the United Nations says about 70% of Gaza's
or about 1.7 million people are internally displaced, many living in makeshift tense. Rebuilding has been slowed down by ongoing Israeli strikes and because Israel restricts what can go into Gaza, including heavy machinery and construction materials.
The UN has requested $2.8 billion to address critical needs only in Gaza."
That's NPR's Emily Fang reporting from Tel Aviv. 31 states have reported cases of an intestinal illness that causes diarrhea. NPR's Al-Shanabri reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating to identify likely source. Michigan has more than 1,500 cases of cyclists for a and 44 reported hospitalizations.
The CDC is working to confirm cases and investigate the source. Food safety experts say heating food to 158 degrees is the most effective way to kill cyclists for a parasites and martin bug Navig of food safety expert, formerly with Penn State, says rinsing produce under warm water can help remove pathogens, but cyclist Fora is challenging. "The crops that we're looking at, whether it's basil, it's raspberries, are very gentle,
handling. And so it's not an easy thing to get rid of." Symptoms can appear anywhere between two days and two weeks or more after a person was infected. The last phase of the World Cup is underway and the NPR network has been there since
the first whistle. "K-Bird is a small African island nation that's priced everyone by making it to the world." "No doubt it's something no man or woman has done before." "He scored goals in six different World Cups for a tool." As we enter the final matches of the tournament, head to the NPR app for all things World
