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has been killed in the war with Iran, and it has identified two other casualties of
“an Iranian attack in Jordan, Friday. We have more from NPR's Jainarath."”
Central Command says the service member was killed in a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and the Pentagon announced the names of two military personnel killed in an Iranian missile strike Friday. On an air base in Jordan, it said
they were first lieutenant Tyler James Fiend, 25, of Eva Beach, Hawaii, private Isabella
Gonzalez of Carrollton, Texas, died a day later. She was 19. Both were with air defense artillery regiments. The U.S. military says 17 service people have now been killed in the war with Iran. Iran says about 3,000 Iranians have been killed, many of them civilians, Jainarath, and Pyrenees, among. As the U.S. war with Iran escalates the impact on energy as noticeable with gas prices going back up, Triple A says on average people are once again
“paying more than $4 for a gallon of regular gasoline. The source of the rapidly expanding”
cyclist Spora outbreaks in multiple states remain murky. After regulators reviewed,
and retracted, a previous test tracing the parasite to let us groan by one company. We have
the latest from NPR's Yuki Naguchi. The food and drug administration and other investigators have been trying to trace the possible source of cyclist Spora. The diarrhea causing disease is linked to 94 hospitalizations and 1600 confirmed cases, plus thousands of suspected ones across 34 states. Late last week, Taylor Farms recalled iceberg lettuce, groan and processed in Mexico, including from Taco Bell
and Walmart stores. The FDA still tells consumers to avoid the product, though the agency has retracted its initial test results calling the finding a false positive. The pathogen can
“be challenging to trace with its weak, long incubation period, Yuki Naguchi and PR news.”
The Spanish men's soccer team have returned home heroes after they de-throwed Argentina when nothing to win the FIFA World Cup title. Today, the players are greeted by massive crowds gathered in Madrid, including around the Prime Minister's official residence.
Spain's victory was the second for the country since 2010. Second lady, Ushavance and Vice
President J.D. Vance welcomed a baby boy yesterday. First child to be born to a sitting vice-president in more than 150 years. U.S. stocks are mixed the sour the dows down more than 100 points. It's NPR news. Members of the U.S. House are expected to soon head back home to their districts for the August recess, leaving one week for the chamber led by Speaker Mike Johnson, a push through major legislative priorities, and Pierre Zerk McDaniel reports poll show
significant support for both a congressional stock trading ban and voter ID requirement. There's a chance that the combined bill could narrowly pass if Mike Johnson can convince Republicans to stay united on a procedural step required before a final vote. That's a big if, and it's already doomed in the Senate, where it would need 60 votes to pass, including seven Democrats. Some Republicans have objections, because this version of a stock trading
ban allows members to keep stocks they already own, meaning in theory they could still be swayed to vote in their own interests rather than the interests of their constituents. That's also true of Democratic concerns. In Pierre Zerk McDaniel reporting, Hamas says it has chosen a new leader nearly three years after it's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel triggered the war in Gaza. More from NPR is on us, Baba.
Hamas says Khalil Alhaia was chosen through an internal vote involving representatives from Gaza. The occupied West Bank Israeli prisons and leaders are prone. Alhaia joined Hamas during its founding years, a professor of Islamic studies, he led the groups negotiating team in indirect ceasefire and hostages talks with Israel. He was a close ally of formal leader here in Sinwar. Israel has repeatedly targeted Alhaia, including in an astrike in Doha Qatar.
That he survived. Hamas says four of his sons were killed during the war. That's NPR's Anaspaba reporting. I'm Lakshmi Singh and PR News in Washington. Everyone wants to know if AI is conscious, but consciousness is really hard to define. It's the experience we're having right now. What it is like to eat chocolate or to look at the blue sky? So how do we know who or what is conscious? Check out the new way scientists are finding
to measure the elusive phenomenon on shortwave. Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcast.
