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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder, the Trump administration assigned a nuc...

as Saudi Arabia, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and the Saudi Energy Minister signed the

deal today, despite concerns about nuclear weapons proliferation in the Middle East,

here's Imperial School Lawrence reporting. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has long sought U.S. reactor technology with the stated goal of developing a peaceful nuclear power program. The American nuclear industry is interested in doing business with the oil-rich country, but previous U.S. presidents had worried it could lead to a weapons program, and a nuclear

arms race in the Middle East with the Saudi's arch rival Iran. In the past, nuclear cooperation was held out as an incentive if Saudi Arabia recognized the state of Israel, or if the Kingdom addressed human rights concerns. According to a memo seen by NPR, this deal requires none of those concessions, and may not include the strictest international inspections to make sure the Saudis don't begin a weapons

program. We'll launch NPR News. An independent autopsy failed to identify the cause of death for Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old

in Mississippi, whose body was found shortly after he disappeared, following a July 4th

boat trip with France, to hear a Jackson with Mississippi Public Broadcasting reports. Attorney Ben Kromp, who has been representing Willes' family, presented the results of the independent autopsy, conducted by Washington D.C. forensic pathologists, Dr. Roger Mitchell. Kromp says, "Mitchels find is more limited because they received the body after the initial autopsy in Mississippi."

"For these reasons, this pathologist cannot rule out if any intervening non-accidental factors contribute it to or cause the death of Nolan Wells." Autopsy and toxicology results by authorities in Mississippi have not been released. For NPR News, on Teary Jackson, in Jackson, in Mississippi. In Washington, President Kromp says he will impose tariffs on generic drugs to spur companies

that make them to move manufacturing to the U.S., in Piersitny Lupkin has more. President Kromp announced on truth social that he would impose a 100% tariff on generic drugs in August, 2028, and year after that, the tariff would double.

More than 90% of prescriptions in the U.S. are for generic drugs, and most generic drugs

are made outside of the U.S. So, the president says this is an effort to push companies to build facilities here. The generic drug trade group called the Association for Accessible Medicine says, "That's already happening."

It's president and CEO, John Murphy, the third, says the generic's industry has already

"grown significantly in the U.S. over the past two years." But he says, "Generes have faced purchasing and reimbursement problems that have made U.S. growth challenging." City Lupkin and PR News. This is NPR.

Tropical Storm, birth-a-made landfall today, birth that came ashore on the southern tip of Louisiana, with damaging winds and heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center says a tropical storm warning includes New Orleans and Lake Pantutrain, birthed expected to track a long Louisiana and the upper Texas coasts through tomorrow. The electric car maker Tesla reports strong earnings in the latest quarter, but a share

price dropped after the announcement, as impairs John Rua, which reports heavy spending cut into his profitability. Tesla sold more than $480,000 electric vehicles last quarter, up 25% year-on-year, and its revenues

came in strong too, growing by a similar percentage to hit $28 billion.

But the company spent nearly $6 billion during the quarter, mostly on efforts to develop artificial intelligence and optimism-humanoid robots. Tesla reported a drop in net income and earnings per share that missed expectations by a lot. The company's share price fell by as much as nearly 5% in after hours trading.

The CEO Elon Musk was bullish on an analyst call about the earnings, but he sounded cautious notes around Tesla's development of Robotaxies and humanoid robots, saying the safety concerns are keeping the taxi roll out in check, and the technical challenges of developing autonomous robots are complex. John Ruaich and PR News.

"Asian financial markets are rising in Thursday trading, after tech firms outline spending plans that are likely to benefit the region's chipmaker, South Korea's benchmark is leading the way, a 1.7% at the moment. I'm trial Snyder, this is PR News." The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son, it was in a note, the 16-year-old

laughed in the family's garage. "He told me he would not make me cry." Antonio Jr. left home to join a protest in Seattle, a week later, he was shot in "Killed there." "I need some a ref me, just as for my son."

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