Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Thousands of people are still displaced in Spokane, Washington, after a ten-state of wildfires.
Doug Ned Bordek from Spokane Public Media has more. Three major wildfires continue burning in and around Spokane, charring several thousand acres. Go now of accusations remain in place for all the areas affected. Wanted to 30 miles an hour, winds spread the fires quickly yesterday, local authorities say several
hundred structures burned. Spokane police chief Kevin Hall says he knows people are eager to go back and check on their homes, but he's urging patients. We understand there's a combination of property about your pets that you may need medication.
“Don't we can not allow you back into the area when it's unsafe to do so?”
The winds are abating a bit, but conditions remain challenging for firefighters. For NPR News, I'm Doug Ned Bordek in Spokane. And the state's governor Bob Ferguson declared a state of emergency and a burn ban across the area. It's one of ten large fires burning across the state.
It's a busy last weekend of campaigning ahead of Michigan's contentious U.S. Senate primary on Tuesday. As Michigan Public's Steve Carmedy reports, the primary has implications far beyond the Great Lakes state. The primary between Congresswoman Haley Stevens and former Detroit Public Health official
Labdule, L. C. Ed, is seen as a battle between the Democratic Party's establishment and progressive wings. Stevens has garnered a slew of endorsements from party leaders, including U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
“Meanwhile, L. C. Ed has the backing of progressive stars, including Vermont Senator Bernie”
Sanders, and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Michigan's primary battle is not only about the direction of the national Democratic Party, but also whether Democrats or Republicans control the U.S. Senate next year.
For NPR News, I'm Steve Carmedy, in second on Michigan.
In primaries will also be held Tuesday in Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington State Tennessee holds a primary Thursday Hawaii on Saturday. Three people are dead nearly two dozen injured after a bomb detonated outside of restaurant in central Moscow, and Pierce Charles Mains reports authorities are labeling it a terrorist attack.
Washington happened outside an upscale Italian restaurant in Kudronsky Square. One of the so-called seven sisters of Stalin-era skyscrapers ringing central Moscow. Russia's anti-terrorism committee said an unidentified woman tried to enter the restaurant's terrorist carrying a box. She was stopped by a security guard when the bomb exploded, killing them both as well as
a restaurant patron. Russian media reports several high-ranking military officials were at the restaurant at the time of the explosion for a private dinner on the terrorist. The security of the restaurant was heavy. Russia has stepped up protection of its top brass amid a spade of assassinations and attempted
killings that it blames on Ukraine. Charles Mains and PR News. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. A new report issued by the World Health Organization is warning the years of progress made on tackling HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and sexually transmitted diseases, are now at risk.
The organization says that's because of major delays caused by funding shortfalls and disruptions to programs. And PR has fought maintenance, has more.
Those diseases are responsible for the deaths of more than two million people every
year, according to the WHO. In previous years, data show many countries made significant progress on reducing cases and deaths of HIV. But in 2025, after the AIDS cuts made by the Trump administration, many programs lost funding. And infections of sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise due to lack of surveillance
and growing resistance to antibiotics. WHO's Director General Dr. Tedros Adonom Gabriacis said in a statement that the report tells two stories. It demonstrates what's possible when countries invest in health, he says, and it shows how quickly progress can be undone by funding disruptions and other inequalities.
Fatmitanists and PR News. Late attendance at West Jeth, Canada's second biggest airline, no instruct today over pay. The Canadian Union of Public Employees represents 4,400 workers at the airline, and the carrier had to cancel hundreds of flights.
“A key issue is how flight attendants are paid for duties performed while still on the”
ground. The Union says some of that work is unpaid, the carrier says, "It's compensated, both sides say they're willing to continue talking. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News." This week on shortwave, the Universal Vaccine. One vaccine that can protect against multiple diseases for years.
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