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President Trump announced the new round of global tear of San Frade as Katherine Osborne
“reports the new levees are getting sharp blowback from around the world.”
The Trump administration put new tariffs of 10 to 12.5 percent on more than 80 countries,
saying they didn't do enough to fight forced labor. Brazil rejects that claim. It says it's ratified more treaties on the issue than the United States at the International Labor Organization. Trump has often tussled with Brazil's left-wing government.
But other South American countries with more pro-Trump presidents also got the higher 12.5 percent tear of level. They include Chile, where one official says the US accusations did not match the facts. For NPR News, I'm Katherine Osborne in Rio de Janeiro. Gasoline prices remain high across the country because of the instability in the Middle
East. According to Triple A, the average price of a gallon of gas in the country right now is $4.10
“In Pennsylvania, it's a little higher at $4.22, that's up $1 from this time last year.”
Angela Ronseman is heading to Binghamton, New York this weekend. She says she's definitely noticing the difference. Well, I just topped off the tank in PA. It was 409, around St. Claire, driving up this a variety of different prices, you know, ranging like between 409 and 409 and so forth.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott says a third person has died in this month's devastating floods
As recovery continues along the new AC's river in South Texas. Texas Public Radio's Cory Cook has our story. Governor Abbott says a third flood related death has now been confirmed from this month's floods. On July the 20th, there was a report that in Balvirty County, a report of a death of someone
who was driving through high waters and got swept away and lost their life. It made the announcement after visiting flood damage to the South County Texas, where he praised local leaders for warning residents days before the New AC's river surged through the town of Katula. The river crested it more than 29 feet and remains above flood stage as flood waters slowly
moved downstream. Previous fatalities were reported incurred, you've all the counties. I'm Cory Cook and San Antonio. Health officials say declining vaccination rates in the U.S. are most likely contributing to large measles outbreaks in Utah, Arizona, and South Carolina.
The CDC says it is log more than 2300 cases so far this year, which is more than all of last year and they say the cases are likely much higher because of under-reporting. Cases have been reported this year in 43 states as well as the District of Columbia. U.S. Central Command says the military fired on a merchant vessel Friday that was attempting to breach the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.
It's the second commercial ship to be disabled since the blockade was re-established.
Forces from Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, struck targets in Yemen after Houthi rebels attacked Saudi tankers in the Red Sea. You're listening to NPR news. A police boat responding to a report of a person in the River Thames in London crashed Friday into Westminster Bridge in the central part of that city.
Officers were sent flying into the river five of them received injuries and four of them remained in the hospital, but officials say all are expected to survive.
“A slate of popular peptide therapies is one the backing of a key advisory panel to the”
federal government. It's a step that could eventually open up broader access to the experimental drugs and PR's will stone reports. The panel of advisors recommended the Food and Drug Administration reclassify almost all of the compounds under consideration, so that specialized pharmacies in the U.S. could
begin offering them the outcome represents a win for health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who has publicly supported peptide therapies and the broader wellness and longevity industry which stands to profit substantially. The Yes Votes run counter to the FDA's own position, scientists repeatedly cautioned there was limited data on safety and efficacy in humans.
These peptides are not approved drugs, they are promoted widely online for uses like injury recovery, muscle growth, and more. The final decision is up to the FDA, which typically follows the panel's recommendations. Will stone and PR news. After two rounds, Michael Kim sits in first place at the PGA Golf Championship underway
in Minnesota this weekend. On Friday, he shot a 59 that's only the 15th time that's happened in PGA history. He made five straight birdies and founded it up with three more before finishing with the birdie on the 18th after sinking a 24 foot foot. I'm Dale Wilmann, NPR News.
