Live from NPR News, I'm Jial Snyder, a wildfire near Reno, Nevada has burned ...
of acres, about 2600 households are under an evacuation order, and Governor Joe Lombardo has declared a state of emergency.
“The fire is part of a wave of Western wildfire, threatening major cities as Caleb Rado,”
a member stationed KU in our reports. The bug fire started Saturday in California and is crossed into Nevada. The official say it was human-caused. Basil Numer Zitsky is a meteorologist with a US wildland fire service. He says the fire is showing extreme behavior.
"We've seen large plumes going vertically straight up, and it's basically kind of like the
fire getting so hot that it starts creating its own weather." He says winds could gust above 30 miles an hour in western Nevada in the coming days. That could cause the bug fire and other fires in the region to spread. For NPR News, I'm Caleb Rado in Reno. President Trump is dismissing Iran's demands at the U.S. pay for the damage caused by
five months of war, a spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry said Monday that reopening the state of U.S. is tied to reparations and other concessions. Trump responded on social media demanding that Iran paid for American troops killed and wounded by Iran back militants over decades.
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegg Seth was in South Carolina Monday for a ceremony, renaming”
joint-based Charleston for the late Senator Lindsey Graham. "So my fellow Americans, it is my honor to say, "Welcome to joint-based Lindsey Graham." May God bless the United States. Thank you." And in his remarks, Hegg Seth praised Graham saying Graham dedicated his life to his
home state of South Carolina and to the U.S. military. He also used the Trump administration's talking points about Democrats saying the hard laugh declared war on the military, Senator Graham died last month, he served in the Air Force and the Air National Guard in reserves. When Republicans go to the polls in South Carolina today, they'll choose from 10 candidates
buying to fill Lindsey Graham's seat in a special primary. They include his sister, Darlene Graham, who was serving out the rest of his term, South Carolina public radios Gavin Jackson reports. The crowded field includes representatives at Russell Fry and Ralph Norman, former Congressman and Governor Mark Sanford, and local businessman Mark Lynch.
Pauline has indicated no clear frontrunner and the race is expected to go to a run-off in two weeks between the two top vote getters. The late Senator was known for his foreign policy positions, but candidates seeking to replace him are focused more on domestic issues, such as cutting the federal deficit and affordability.
Senator Darlene Graham, a mother and grandmother, has said her brother wasn't expert on the federal budget, but she's an expert on the family budget. The Republican nominee will face Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician in November. For MPR News, I'm Gavin Jackson and Columbia, South Carolina. This is MPR News.
Authorities in Colombia say they are concerned about aftershocks following the powerful
7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck Monday. The Colombian geological survey says it has recovered. It has recorded rather more than 20 aftershocks and says more or likely. The initial quake is being called the strongest hit Colombia this century, hundreds of buildings toppled rescuers searching the rebel for survivors.
Nearly 30 years after two packs of core's death, a trial started Monday for the man accused of orchestrating his killing. Steve Thuderman reports from Las Vegas. "Doesn'ts a potential jurors jam the courtroom as lawyers began the process of selecting a jury?
Dwayne Davis, a former gang leader, is accused of putting together a plot to go after Shakur after Shakur, after Shakur assaulted another gang member. Some of Shakur's relatives were at the courthouse, including his cousin William LaSain. He is reluctant to call this justice being served." "We hear 30 years later, so justice is a little bit weakened.
“I think now I will prefer to call it accountability, that accountability may be served."”
The prosecution case will center on Dwayne Davis's own words from his memoir in interviews where he says he supplied the gun that was used. The defense claims that those were embellishments and fabrications. For MPR News, I'm Steve Thuderman, in Las Vegas." "It is driving Randy Green out to set another speed record.
Green is the first and only person to break the sound barrier in a car.
He has returning to Utah's famous Bonaville salt flats today to try to beat the market set 20 years ago this time in a hydrogen-powered car. This is MPR 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 now to the Sunday story from the up-first podcast on the MPR app.
