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abuse spanning decades at a prestigious arts boarding school in summer camp in Michigan,
“the interlock in center for the arts higher and outside law firm two years ago to look”
into allegations of sexual abuse. The resulting report has more than 70 allegations from students from the 1970s to 2010s involving nearly 50 adults. NPR's Eva Berger says a big question is how this could happen. This is a school that is prestigious with alums like Chapel Rhone and Josh Grobin. The report's findings offer us some clues and many cases it says adults were able to meet alone with students. At the same time, the
children at the school had limited communication with their families. They were vulnerable because of their age, sexual identities, and lack of experience, and some were scared to report their abuse. The report includes allegations of sexual abuse by the late convicted
sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, who was an alumnus and donor. NPR first reported in February
that Epstein met and groomed two young teenagers at the campus. China has evacuated more
“than 1.6 million people from their homes at risk from typhoon dolphin. Over 2,600 flights”
have been canceled as of this morning. The tropical cyclone landed in China over the weekend in Shujong Province, which is where Jennifer Pack reports. Financial rainfall has drenched China's East Coast. Parts of downtown Shanghai have been flooded with knee deep water. Heavy rain is forecast to continue for a whole week. It says meteorologists tongue-shoutying from the China Meteorological Administration. The rainfall will cover
more than 10 provinces in cities. She tells state broadcaster CCTV. Authorities have suspended some train services and canceled thousands of flights in multiple cities. Typhoon experts say the tropical storms are becoming more intense because of global warming. Jennifer Pack and PR news, Tienhua City, Zhijong Province. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing back against claims that Israel is
“retreating on several fronts, speaking at the opening of a government meeting Netanyahu”
says Israel will stand firm, even against pressure from its closest ally, the U.S. and PRs and a Spabbat reports from Gaza. Netanyahu went front by front this Sunday. On Iran, he praised President Trump and the U.S. Israel-Eli Partnership against Iran's nuclear ambitions, saying that with or without an agreement, Iran discussed with Washington. He said Israeli forces will not withdraw until Hamas is fully
disarmed. Saying, quote, "The heavy weapons, the less heavy weapons, all the weapons." He also said there will be no Palestinian state in Gaza or the West Bank as long as he remains Prime Minister. On a Spabbat reporting, it's NPR. Hollywood keeps setting new box office records this summer, but as NPR's Bob Mandelo tells us, while dollar totals are up, attendance is down.
Despite her man brand new day, the Odyssey, Toy Story 5, movie theaters are raking in so much cash.
The forecasters say the film industry is on track to have its first 10 billion dollar
years since 2019. But through the end of July in 2019, cinemas had sold 747 million tickets. This year's ticket sales are way down, fewer than 500 million. What's keeping the dollar totals high is prices. Seven years ago, the average movie ticket cost $9.16 today, audience fondness for premium formats like IMAX, has pushed the average ticket price above $13, which means fewer patrons for bigger event films.
Whether that's sustainable is a big question, but this summer it's led to a slew of box office records, including the biggest overall weekend in Hollywood history, Bob Mandelo NPR News. Two drivers of Mercedes AMG cars have filed a class action lawsuit against the luxury car company, saying that the logo on their driver's seat can get so hot from the sun that it causes burns and literally branded them. The plaintiffs' alleged design defect puts
the raised metal logo in contact with a driver's skin. They want Mercedes to compensate them for medical and other costs.
The first and only person to break the sound barrier by car will try again this week.
British driver Andy Green's at the Land Speed Record for a diesel power car 20 years ago in Utah, he'll try it again tomorrow this time with the hydrogen powered car. It's NPR News 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, why coal miners and Appalachia are getting sicker faster. Listen out to the Sunday story from the up first podcast on the MPR app.
