Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Wildfire smoke from Canada is seeping into large parts of the United States pushing
“air quality to unhealthy levels from the Dakotas to the Midwest and East Coast.”
NPR's Kristen Wright reports pollution has reached dangerous levels in some areas with the Washington monument sitting behind a haze of smoke. The air quality is expected to get worse throughout the day in DC, where you can smell the smoke at times. Detroit Chicago and New York are experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world,
according to rankings by IQ air. And meteorologists say it's among the worst in years. Parts of Pennsylvania hit code purple, which is worse than red. Smoke from more than 800 wildfires burning in Canada is able to travel long distances,
and the summer heat can make the air quality even worse.
Officials are advising people to stay indoors, especially older adults, children, and those with health issues.
“Kristen Wright and PR News, Washington President Trump and his team have been teasing”
what they called a bombshell announcement on election integrity this week, but as NPR's Miles Parks reports, Trump's speech to the nation last night provided no new evidence for the fall claims the president has been making for years. Last night's unveiling of newly declassified material, tracked with what was already known about the 2020 election.
Trump's claims about China for instance, he described a sinister plot to interfere in the 2020 election, involving access to millions of voter records, but it was known China favor Joe Biden as a candidate, and the data Trump is talking about is generally public record and widely available since David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation and Research.
Having the voter data itself doesn't allow you to change anything. I can have my kids class list, but that doesn't mean I can change the grades of everybody in the class.
“Trump provided no new evidence for any fraudulent votes cast in American elections.”
Miles Parks and PR News Washington People in Venezuela continue digging out from last month's
pair of powerful earthquakes that left widespread destruction in more than 4,800 people
dead, as John Otis reports the quakes have put the country's return to democracy on the hold and net sparking protests. And in Machado from returning to Venezuela, before holding new elections, experts say that Venezuela must first reform its pro regime electoral council and judicial system. Another challenge is reviving political parties for MPR News.
I'm John Otis in Caracas. This is NPR News in Washington. Federal health officials have linked a major cyclospora outbreak to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell in five states. More than 1,600 cases have been reported in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
The FDA traced the lettuce from Mexico to a single supplier, which has not been publicly identified. Taco Bell says it's not using the lettuce from that supplier as the investigation continues. More rain is expected in Texas where days of downpours have triggered widespread flooding at least two people have died and more than 200 others have been rescued.
The Homeland Security Department is changing its rules for foreign students. NPR is a listen at where any reports the department is adding fixed limits to how long international students can stay in the U.S. Historically, international students could remain in the states as long as they were making progress in their academic program.
Under the new rule, most foreign students will be admitted to the U.S. for a fixed period of time up to four years. If they need more time to finish, which many students do, they will now have to apply for a formal extension. Fanta, the Executive Director and CEO of NASA, the Association of International Educators,
called the move misguided and unnecessary, a solution in search of a problem. Durses worry this could impact programs with variable durations such as graduate programs, medical schools and PhDs. Already international student enrollment for graduate programs is down compared with last year. Alyssa Nadmourney and Pierre News.
This is NPR News. The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son, it was in a note the 16-year-old left in the family's garage. He told me he was going to make me cry. Antonio Junior left home to join a protest in Seattle.
A week later, he was shot and killed there. I need some a ref me, just as for my son.
