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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louis Skivoni.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is accusing some of his European Union counterparts

of being selfish and their response to a dramatic influx of migrants from Morocco to the Spanish

Enclave of Ciuté. Cherry Schultz reports most member countries are worried about their borders. Spings had none of the roughly 50,000 people who crossed into its northern Enclave Ciuté from Morocco made it even to the Spanish mainland, much less. It was through Spain into other EU countries, but the fear that the EU's passport-free

travel zone would make it too easy for them to do that has provoked great angst inside the block. Ciuté is not part of this so-called "Shangan Zone" and Spain checks incoming visitors, but Italy nonetheless suspended the travel privileges with Spain for a month, and 22 of the 27 EU Prime Ministers called for a meeting of interior ministers to discuss

how to reinforce borders, a video conference that will now take place on Tuesday. Spain says this attitude is polarizing and even unlawful calling for more solidarity. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz and Brussels.

President Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, has begun selling a controversial

news service for up to $100,000 a month, Truth Social, is offering early access to major posts from the president and others about global affairs and the economy. But how close does this get to insider trading? And PR's Bobby Allen has more. I talked to lawyers who formerly worked at the Securities and Exchange Commission and they

said the service looks like it violates insider trading laws against misusing public information to give certain investors in upper hand. Say, the president posts about the straight of her moves and her trader uses that to make money on oil futures. Democrats too have taken notice.

They've been criticizing this, senators Elizabeth Warren and Adam Schiff wrote a letter to the SEC demanding an investigation. And PR's Bobby Allen reporting the National Weather Service has issued extreme heated

advisories or warnings for a wide swath of the country.

Nearly 15 million people are under heat alerts as temperatures climb into the triple digits

and record highs are expected across parts of the west throughout the weekend. And PR's Chris Arnold reports the brunt of the heat wave is being felt from Southern California through the southwest as far north as Montana. But as 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 at their daily record up to 109 in T-Son tomorrow 106 in Billings on Tana today. Health officials Warren 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 and PR News. This is NPR. Louisiana's largest school district is hanging up posters of the 10 commandments before the school year starts next week.

This after a federal appeals court cleared the way for the posters. The Gulf states newsrooms Aubrey Uhus reports the fifth circuit allowed Louisiana as law requiring public schools to display the 10 commandments in every classroom to take effect in February, ruling a lawsuit filed by families and civil rights groups was premature because the posters hadn't been displayed yet.

Some districts hung them right away, but others waited, including Jefferson Parish, a New Orleans suburb that enrolls more than 45,000 students. In July, the districts chief legal counsel told principals to install donated posters before teachers returned to campus. The spokesperson for the ACLU of Louisiana said they planned to ask the U.S. Supreme Court

to decide if the state's law and a similar one in Texas violate the first amendment.

For NPR News, I'm Aubrey Uhus and New Orleans. You may have wondered at some point if those dear devil's circus performers who shoot arrows at a partner's head ever missed the mark. Last night in Middletown, New York, the answer was a frightening yes. When a duo performing a crossbow sharp shooting demonstration had a slight mishappy.

The sharp shooter accidentally struck her partner in the neck as he held up a foam target. The ringmaster at the Orange County fair says it was a lucky break. The arrow missed major blood vessels and only struck soft neck tissue. The performer was airlifted to a hospital where the arrow was removed and the wound was sewn up.

I'm Louise Skivone and PR News, Washington. There's something wrong with the plumbing and Cincinnati. The millions of gallons of raw sewage ends up in waterways every year. And for some, that raw sewage is a lot closer to home. When it's coming out of the drain down there, it's sewage is stench was terrible.

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