"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright.
In the primary for Wisconsin Governor, moderate Democrat, David Crowley, beat Democratic Socialist Canada at Francesca Hong. Jessica Taylor is the Senate and Governor's editor for the Cook Political Report. She says the vote showed the meaning of "pull results can be uncertain."
“This race, it was hard to even track who is in and who is out, so I think the polling”
in some ways didn't capture that. But I also think that we saw this in the Michigan polling last week, it over relied I think on younger voters, which was Hong's base and which was L. C. Ed's base in Michigan, Abjua's I Ed, that one, it pulls also showed him winning Big Thore over Hailey Stevens and it was much closer and sort of under-sampled older voters and black voters.
Jessica Taylor, from the Cook Political Report, "The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold. The price tag, according to the Associated Press, quoting a source familiar with the deal,
is $12.5 billion, and PR has not confirmed the amount just yet."
That price tag would be the highest-ever paid for a sports franchise. Steve Futter-Mitt reports. They are considered one of the crown jewels of the NBA.
“"The Lakers, creepy facts of that time!"”
The L-A-Lakers have won 17 championships featuring some of the game's all-time grates, including Kobe Bryant, Karim Abdul-Jabar, and LeBron James. Now for the second time in a year, the team is being sold. The new owner is subject to approval. We'll be Josh Kushner, the brother of President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Bob Eiger, the former CEO of the Walt Disney Company.
Last year, a majority stake in the Lakers was sold to Mark Walter. He also leads the group that owns the L.A. Dodgers. Walter is currently the subject of a federal probe into whether he improperly disclosed loans to other companies.
A spokesman for Walter says he's always acted in good faith.
For impure news, I'm Steve Futterman, in Los Angeles. And attack on a cargo ship on the Red Sea by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels killed
“six people, according to Yemen's Ministry of Transportation.”
And PR's Hadil Al-Shalci reports on yesterday's attack. Yemen's Ministry of Transportation said in a statement that the ship was carrying food supplies and moving through the Babelman-Dab straight. The ministry said that four crew members were killed when a fire broke out on board. The Yemeni Coast Guard said that two members of the Yemeni armed forces were also killed during a rescue operation when the Houthi's
launched a second missile attack. The Houthi military arm released a statement claiming that the ship was carrying Saudi military equipment. The rebels have been targeting Saudi ships transiting the Babelman-Dab straight, which connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden. Hadil Al-Shalci and PR news, Vaan Turkey. U.S. immigration and customs enforcement is planning to give officers gloves that can deliver
electric shocks, civil rights advocates, are alarmed. Your listening to NPR News from Washington. The government of Puerto Rico is a rationing water to residents, cutting service to homes on a rotating schedule. A recent route has contributed to the territory's deteriorating water pipes. It's been ongoing, though, for decades. NPR's Adrian Florito spent time in a building in the capital San Juan where people have been dealing with dry faucets for
months. The tidy three-story condo building on Puma-Rosa Street last reliable water service about a year ago. Many days, like today, they get none. Other days, there's just enough water
pressure for a trickle to reach the first floor. To not have water, it's like a handicap.
This is normapena. If there is some water, you go to the chat and let everybody know, there's water, at least in the first floor. When that text message arrives, the families up on the third floor come downstairs to their neighbors' padios and fill their jugs from garden hoses. They know they need no permission if there's water. 10 families navigating Puerto Rico's water crisis. Adrian Florito and PR news San Juan Puerto Rico.
Bugmaker Eli Lilly has filed multiple lawsuits against companies. It says are illegally selling black market versions of its experimental obesity drug read a true tide. Lilly says the drug is still in clinical trials and hasn't been approved by regulators for human use. Based on today's inflation numbers, investors think it's less likely the federal reserve will raise interest rates when it meets next month. I'm Christian Wright NPR News
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