Live from MPR News, I'm Giles Snyder, a closely watched Democratic primary fo...
U.S. Senate seat in Michigan has yet to be called.
Volts are still being counted, but progressive candidate Abdul Alsaid spoke to supporters saying he over performed expectations. Right now, we are on track to vastly out vote. The historical numbers that we should have expected. And that tells you about the kind of movement that we were able to inspire.
Now, say it also called on Democrats to unite whatever the outcome heading into the November mid-term elections.
“The contest between Alsaid and Congresswoman Haley Stevens has seen as a key test of the direction”
of the Democratic Party, but also also went to the polls of the primary polls Tuesday and Missouri, Virginia, Washington State and Kansas. AI companies are meeting with Trump administration officials to discuss regulating the cyber security capabilities of what are known as Frontier AI models, here's Ampira's John Rouge.
Two sources familiar with the situation, but not authorized to talk about it publicly, confirmed the meeting to NPR. They say it may result in a final version of a framework for cyber regulation to deal with cutting-edge AI models. One source told NPR, at the heart of the matter, is a benchmarking process to determine which
AI models are covered. They're also discussing a process through which companies will voluntarily submit their models for testing and assessment of their cyber capabilities.
“The meeting comes after a string of new models hit the market, including anthropics, mythos”
that can quickly find and potentially exploit cyber security vulnerabilities, something experts and policymakers see as a major AI risk. John Rouge and PR News. "The man accused of starting one of the three wildfires that had burned hundreds of structures in Spokane appeared in court Tuesday, north West Public Broadcasting, Santa
King, reports he's charged with first-degree arson." The purpose of the hearing was to determine release conditions for the 37-year-old Aaron Forest Farranachi. He was arrested Monday by investigators who found a lighter and waterproof matches in his possession.
The Spokane Sheriff's Office said a witness saw him crouching in the grass near where the old trails fire started. That was the first of three fires that started on Saturday, burning through neighborhoods in Spokane. At the court hearing, Judge Tony Hazel read the release conditions.
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His arrangement is set for August 6th. For NPR News, I'm Anna King in Spokane, Washington. "I want yours waiting for part of a SpaceX rocket to crash into the moon, impact at high speed around 54-hundred miles per hour. I've expected in about a half an hour of a school bus-sized piece of space junk left over
from the moon mission launched in January 2025." You're listening to NPR News.
“Air rate alerts in key, emergency officials in the Ukrainian capital, say 14 people have been”
killed and more than 20 others injured in the latest Russian missile strikes had started after midnight Wednesday, authorities say buildings have been damaged in several areas of key. The Trump administration is revoking the visa for Brazil's ambassador to the US, but says it can be restored if Brazil agrees to accept President Trump's ambassador to the country.
NPR's Michelle Kellerman, as more on a tit-for-tat diplomatic dispute." The Trump administration says Brazil has been holding up the formal approval of the administration's nominee to be ambassador, Florida State Representative Daniel Perez. A top-state department official tells reporters that the Brazilians are signaling that they will delay this until after elections in October.
President Luis Ignacio Lula de Silva recently accused the U.S. of trying to metal in those elections, and he denied visa requests for two state department officials. The department says those two were planning to do, quote, "routine common work," adding the U.S. regrets the current tensions with Brazil, but will insist on reciprocity. Michelle Kellerman and PR News, the State Department.
The financial markets in Asia advancing and wins day trading, Japan's benchmark up more than 3%, South Korean shares have added more than 4%, the advances follow Tuesdays rally on Wall Street amid stronger than expected profit reports, the S&P 500 jumped 1.8% topping its all-time high-set and June. I'm child Snyder, this is NPR News.
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