Live from NPR News in Washington, on Ryland Barton, a powerful 7.
Colombia today, killing at least 111 people and damaging hundreds of buildings, authorities
“are concerned about aftershocks and flights have been suspended in several airports.”
Todd Blanche is now the 88th Attorney General of the U.S. and PR's Kerry Johnson reports Blanche took his oath in the Oval Office as President Trump watched. Blanche started his legal career as a federal prosecutor in New York, but he came to national attention, defending Donald Trump, in several criminal cases after Trump finished his
first term in the White House.
Blanche says he loves the Justice Department during his swearing in-serum, only he pledged to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The Senate narrowly confirmed Blanche last weekend, several lawmakers worried he'd be more loyal to Trump than the rule of law, but Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana who cast the deciding vote said Blanche would be better able to push back on Trump if he
had the backing of the full Senate. Kerry Johnson in PR News, Washington. Voters in six states head to the polls tomorrow, Connecticut Vermont, Alabama, South Carolina, Minnesota and Wisconsin, the demands of massive data centers are casting a shadow over the elections as NPR's Tamar Keith reports.
The giant windowless buildings use a lot of power and face growing bipartisan opposition. It is able to cross a partisan coalitions in a way that a lot of other issues can't. Amanda Litman is the founder of Run for Something, which works with Democratic candidates for state and local office. People are bringing it up to them, so they really are responding to what they're hearing
from voters.
“I think it is the most tangible physical representation of the threat that AI feels like it's”
making in people's lives. A recent Gallup poll found seven in 10 Americans oppose a data center being built in their community, Tamar Keith and PR News.
Some voters in Alabama will be casting ballots for a second time in a congressional primary
tomorrow. And PR's Debbie Elliott reports, the special elections, the result of redistricting pushed through after the Supreme Court removed race as a consideration for drawing district lines. The map approved by the Republican-controlled legislature creates a more difficult path to reelection for the two black Democrats in Alabama's congressional delegation.
Voter Willy Dixon of Loundsboro is in a new district now, and says it's confusing. Creating of chaos, people will give up and go home. The United States Republicans are vying to challenge Democrats Shemari figures, state representatives Red Marks has President Trump's endorsement.
“We have a chance to flip a Democrat seat back to the Republicans.”
He says the stakes are high with control of Congress in the balance. Debbie Elliott and PR News. Major U.S. stock indexes closed down today. This is NPR News. The National Oceanic and atmospheric administration says the "contiguous U.S. set a record
for its hottest month-ever July average 76.89 degrees Fahrenheit across the lower 48 states that clipsing the dust bowls July 1936 by an eighth of a degree, although it was unusually cool in Alaska hotter than normal conditions, blanketed the lower 48 with the most excessive heat in the mountain. West, southwest, northern plains, and southeast.
Prime Watchers will have a chance to witness a solar eclipse this week, in PR's Shandali's Duster reports. 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, 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. Shandali's Duster and PR news. The full blown tanked season is no longer trending in Major League Baseball after the Rocky's lost 111 games last season.
The White Sox lost a record 121 games in 2024. The worst teams have been much more competitive this year as a decent chance at no team will
lose 100 games for the first time since 2017.
It's NPR. 50 years ago, Congress set out to protect coal miners from black lung disease. Today, it's back at rates not seen in half a century. These guys are being treated like disposable widgets, not human beings. On the Sunday Story, White coal miners and Appalachia are getting sicker faster.
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