"Live from NPR News and Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Russia launched another deadly barrage of missiles they'd keep before dawn today, killing
“at least nine people and injuring more than 30.”
NPR's Greg Myri reports the attack comes as President Trump appears to be backing away from an offer to strengthen Ukraine's air defenses." Russian ballistic missiles struck five separate parts of Kiev as explosions rang out through the night. The attacks set off multiple fires and emergency teams rescued dozens of residents from burning
and damaged department buildings. Russia has stepped up its air strikes in recent months to exploit Ukrainian shortages of air defenses against ballistic missiles. Ukraine's President, the Vladimir Zelensky, met President Trump on Tuesday and said the U.S. was giving Ukraine a license to make its own patriot air defense missiles.
The Trump said Friday, quote, "We're talking about it, but it's a hard thing to give away that kind of technology." Greg Myri, NPR News, Kiev.
“Tens of millions of Americans are under heat alerts as temperatures climb into the triple”
digits and record highs are expected across large parts of the Western U.S. this weekend. NPR's Chris Arnold reports the brunt of the heat wave is being felt from southern California through the southwest and as far north as Montana. This he wave could set temperature records in several states. Mark Shnard is a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.
Today could be around 116 in Phoenix right out there daily record up to 109 in Tucson, tomorrow, 106 in Billing Fontana today. Health officials warn heat exhaustion and heat stroke can sneak up on people and recommend moving to a cooler area if you feel dizzy, nauseous, or weak. They also recommend calling 911 if a person seems confused or becomes unconscious and
possibly cooling them in a tub of cold water immediately. Chris Arnold's NPR News. It's been two weeks since the Trump administration said it had found 250,000 non-citizens on the voter rules and four states.
“NPR's due joffy block reports the White House still hasn't provided details.”
The letters the Department of Homeland Security wrote to California Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania were not as definitive as the public announcements the agency made. Instead the letters said a preliminary review of the four states' public photo rolls found they may contain as many as 250,000 non-citizens combined. The letters gave the states a July 30 deadline to respond and P.R. reviewed three states
responses back. They asked for details about how DHS did its calculations and expressed a commitment to ensuring eligible voters would not be removed from the rolls based on unreliable data. DHS did not respond to NPR's questions about its methodology. Jude Jaffy Block and Pernus.
This is NPR. The Justice Department says it's dropping criminal charges against former Olympian David Herm, who was accused of damaging the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial. Prosecutors say newly uncovered interior department record showed the damage was caused by a contractor's botched installation and a rush to finish the work before America
to 50 celebrations, not by vandalism. A recent inspection also found similar damage throughout the pool, including areas prosecutors say a vandal would have been unlikely to reach. The men are, once again, stepping up to the plate, the new women's pro baseball league plays its inaugural game today, and P.R.s he me held reports, all games will be played
in Springfield, Illinois.
It's not women's first league of their own, immortalized in the 1992 film about women
who really did pitch in when men left to fight World War II. The hit movie helped inspire ladies league baseball in 1997. Low interest played a part ending both leagues, but recently, elite women's sports have exploded in popularity and revenue. And now the women's pro baseball league is taking a crack at it.
With 60 players across four teams, Rocky Henley manages and coaches the New York heights and says it's a natural fit for fans of major league baseball. There's not much difference is just women playing, and it's phenomenal for step is New York against the Los Angeles Queens, Amy Held and P.R. News. I'm Windsor-Johnston and P.R. News in Washington.
Death has never stopped the grateful dead.
60+ years after their first gig and 30+ years after the death of Jerry Garcia, the dancing bears are still dancing. This August, come along with us to meet deadheads wherever they are, and hear the different ways they plan to keep the jam going. Listen to dead after death, a two episode series available starting on August 1st, find
