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After winning the Michigan Senate primary Democratic nominee, Abdul El Said is looking
forward to a different kind of general election. NPR is more or less in reports on what's ahead for his campaign. Al Said won the primary by doing very well with young people and white college-educated voters,
“but he wasn't able to win African-American voters, an important part of the Democratic”
party's base. The electorate in November will be older, wider, and less college-educated, unlike deep blue places like New York City, where progressive Democrats were assured of victory once they won the Democratic primary, Michigan is a swing state where Donald Trump won twice. And Al Said will have to get votes from independent and moderate voters.
His Republican opponent is former representative Mike Rogers, who was unopposed in the Republican primary. Mar Alias and NPR News.
Iranian officials now say the Strait of Hormuz International Waterway will never fully
reopen until the United States corrects its behavior. Meanwhile, Vice President J. D. Vads said yesterday, the U.S. negotiations with Iran have progressed, but the conflict is not over. Former Defense Secretary Mark Espert tells ABCs this week, the Iranians are straying from the earlier memorandum of understanding and making unrealistic demands.
“While that agreement sits on a precipice, they've put forward demands of the United States,”
which frankly are ridiculous, and should be rejected out of hand, demands such as the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from the region, reimbursement for the costs of the war. Espert served as Defense Secretary during President Trump's first term. Over a million people have been evacuated from China's east coast, as typhoon dolphin made landfall earlier today.
The tropical cyclone is the strongest to hit China this year. It's bringing with it heavy rain and winds of up to 93 miles per hour, affecting the entire region. From Taiwan, Jan Carmasin Brumby has the details. Authorities warn that the typhoon could dump up to 20 inches of rain in some parts of the
country. In the eastern province of Jujang authorities warn rainfall has raised flooding and landslide risks. In the Chinese city of Shanghai, more than 1,300 flights have been cancelled, while the nearby
“city of Wenjou has opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters for those in need.”
Before making that for, in China, typhoon dolphin passed by both Taiwan and the Philippines, where it exacerbated monsoon rains. In Japan, the typhoon has already injured six and left more than 50,000 buildings without electricity. Femphian news, Amyan, Cummins and Rumbi, in Taipei.
Authorities say all passengers on a quarantine riverboat near Kanshasa have tested negative for Ebola. The announcement by Congo's health authorities has eased concerns that the rare virus could spread to the capital more than 200 passengers had been placed in quarantine in the port of Maluko outside Kanshasa.
You're listening to NPR News. Skywatchers will have a chance to witness a solar eclipse this week. NPR Shandalese Duster reports on where you can see it. A solar eclipse will be visible across Europe and parts of the U.S. on Wednesday. While people in northern Russia, Spain and Iceland will see a total solar eclipse, some
parts of the U.S. from Alaska to North Carolina and most of Canada will see a partial one. NASA says the partial eclipse is expected to begin around 111 pm eastern time in Washington, D.C., where at least 4% of the sun will be blocked. But in Alaska, more of the sun will be blocked out during the eclipse.
The American Academy of Optimology says those who plan to watch a solar eclipse, even if it's a partial one, should wear special glasses for eye protection. Looking at the sun can cause significant eye damage, such as burns and even permanent vision loss. Shandalese Duster and PR News.
In addition to the eclipse, you can also see the percid meteor shower. Viewing conditions in the northern hemisphere will be best on Wednesday, 9/30. NASA says as many as 50 to 100 meteors per hour may be visible under certain conditions. The American Meteor Society estimates 30 to 50 meteors per hour could be seen in rural regions.
Random meteors are visible in dark skies on any given night, but meteor showers are quite a different thing. And they come as the earth plows through trails of debris left behind by comets and sometimes asteroids. Those remnants then collide with the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds.
I'm Linda Kenyan and PR News in Washington.
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