"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Russia and Ukraine carried out a series of airstrikes, the killed and wounded civilians
on both sides of the conflict.
“As NPR's Greg Myri reports, the two militaries are currently having extensive air power,”
but they're not nearly as strong when it comes to air defenses." In Ukraine, a Russian missile hit a high-rise apartment building in the northeastern city of Harkiv, a short distance from the Russian border. Local officials said three Ukrainians were killed and more than 30 wounded. Across that border in southern Russia, Ukrainian drone attacks killed five people and injured
more than two dozen in the Belgorod region. The Associated Press reported. Ukraine says it's desperately short of U.S. made missile interceptors and has no reliable
way of defending against the nightly missile strikes. However, Ukraine's offensive drones
are now capable of reaching deep inside Russia, where Russian forces usually shoot down some, but not all of them. Greg Myri, NPR News, "Keeve." Democrats in the swing state of Wisconsin hold primary elections Tuesday, and the governor's
“racist crucial. The Democratic frontrunner is progressive state representative Francesca”
Han, who is polling way ahead, fueled by a populist campaign focused on voters' concerns about the cost of living. She's trying to make taxing the rich a part of her campaign, free trial care, and she wants to raise state income taxes of over 1% on couples making at least $431,000. And Piers Maralayason has more on the Republicans. The reason why the stakes are so high in the Wisconsin governor's race for Democrats is not
only that Wisconsin is a swing state. Actually, it was the closest swing state in 2024. But the likely Republican nominee for governor Tom Tiffany, whose a member of Congress, voted to overturn the 2020 election back in January of 2021. He denied the 2020 presidential election. Piers Maralayason reporting. Water levels at the nation's largest reservoir have reached their
lowest levels ever. From member station KJZZ, Alex Hager reports like, "Mead hasn't
“been this low since it was filled about 90 years ago." The Hoover Dam straddles the Arizona”
Nevada border and holds back water from the Colorado River to create the reservoir. It's water flows to big cities like Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, plus a massive agriculture industry that puts produce on grocery shelves across the country. Climate change and drought have been cutting into those backup supplies for about 26 years. And policymakers have struggled to respond with a plan that rains in demand. The federal government has
been working on a deal with California, Arizona, and Nevada to cut back on the amount of water flowing to those states. It's part of an effort to leave water in Lake Mead and boost the dropping reservoir. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. In California, after a year's long fight hundreds of thousands of right-shared drivers are set to former Union, giving them a place
at the bargaining table with companies including Uber and Lyft. Stay regulators say the California gig workers' union got at least 30% of active driver's support that it needs to form a union. It anticipates regulators will certify the results in about a month, when formed it will allow independent contractors to fight for better pay and benefits. France is banning unsolicited telemarketing calls following years of people's complaints. And
NPR's Eleanor Bearsley reports the new law starts this week, and it's aimed at protecting consumers from intrusive sales pitches and shielding vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices. The calls will become illegal beginning on Tuesday, August 11th, and companies making them will face hefty fines. Exceptions include calls to existing customers or those who have given explicit consent. Previously, people had to opt out of marketing calls.
France is hoping, and a obligatory opt-in system will be more effective. Similar measures have been implemented in neighboring Germany. Other countries like the U.S. and Britain rely on opt-out systems. The new French law has raised concerns in Morocco, where the Minister of Employment set up to 50,000 jobs were at risk in the country's call centers. Eleanor Beardsley and Piano's Paris.
You as futures contracts are trading lower at this hour. Dow futures are down about 102 points. I'm Janine Herbst and PR News in Washington.
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