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The control of Congress could rest in the outcome of primaries taking place in five
states today.
“Attents and closely watch race is in Michigan, where a four-term Congresswoman Haley Stevens”
a moderate, faces progressive candidate Abdul Elsaid, a former healthcare director. Both are hoping to reclaim the chamber for Democrats. Pair Congressional reporter Sam Greenglass says he's also watching other competitive house seats. It is also primary day in Kansas, Missouri, Washington, and Virginia.
One race I'm watching is in the St. Louis area, where former Congresswoman Cory Bush is challenging representative Wesley Bell from the left, another test of how much an anti-establishment mood is powering this political moment. Pair Congressional reporter Sam Greenglass in Michigan, authorities in Spokane, Washington have arrested a man suspected of arson in connection with one of three wildfires burning
in and around the city. And Pair's croaked signal reports, the blazes have burned hundreds of homes and displaced more than 60,000 people. The Spokane County Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect in connection with its investigation into the old trail's fire, the most destructive wildfire of the three burning in and
around this eastern Washington city. Authorities say 37-year-old Aaron Ferranacci, a convicted felon, was arrested at his home
here without incident and is being charged with arson in the first degree.
All three wildfires have displaced tens of thousands of people since last weekend and forced the evacuation of businesses, the VA hospital and other health care facilities. Firefighters are trying to take advantage of a brief reprieve in the winds before another heat wave is forecast to arrive midweek. Perxicular impure news, Spokane Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against three
more people accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Pair's Rachel Treesman reports. The Trump administration has long accused vandals of damaging the pool's liner, but the U.S. attorneys office for DC moved Friday to dismiss the case against a former Olympian who was indicted last month.
Prosecutors said new evidence points to a rushed paint job, then they dropped misdemeanor charges against three other people, attorney Alan Dale represents one of them. They're all charged with doing about the same thing, putting their hand in the reflecting pool.
“So how would you dismiss against one and not against all?”
President Trump has since pushed back on prosecutors assessment, continuing to blame vandalism, Rachel Treesman and PR News. The weekend rush of some 50-60,000 migrants from Morocco to the Spanish territory of Seuta, which led to more than 70 dead apparently began after false viral Instagram and other social media posts suggesting the border was opening up.
This is NPR News from New York City. There's widespread fear that artificial intelligence is taking away people's jobs, but in Utah, Arizona, and Pennsylvania, a legal startup is using AI to help people overcome barriers to employment, and PR's Andrea Xu explains. Tens of millions of Americans have some kind of criminal record.
This might be a felony, a misdemeanor, or even an arrest without a conviction. Still any kind of record can scare off employers. The most states allow for some records to be sealed or expunged after a period of time, but the process can be expensive. Now a startup called Rossa Legal has wittled down the costs by using AI to figure out which
records can be cleared, and to draft court petitions. Rossa's founder, Nuala Sudbury says, "Loyor still review everything." But with AI, we can scale our impact far beyond what would be possible if we were reliant on human beings. So far, Rossa works in three states, but the goal is to go nationwide and issue NPR News.
The world's third smallest country, the Pacific Island of Naudu, population may be around
12,000, has a new name, a true native name, Nau Edo. Its people internationally will be known as "Day Nau Edo" instead of Nau Uduin. The Republic of Nau Edo is only about eight square miles and is threatened by rising seas. It was a former colony of Germany, then occupied by Japan, and later administered by Australia.
It's been an independent Republic since 1968, this is NPR. The midterms are coming, and if you think the news cycle feels intense now, just wait until the fall.
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