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clear signs of what voters want heading into the midterm elections. Minnesota Public Radio's
“Clay Masters reports on Wisconsin's closely watched Democratic primary for governor.”
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who is considered a more moderate candidate narrowly beat out a state representative, Francesca Hong, who identifies as a Democratic Socialist. That's according to an AP race call, and this race was closely watched of course to see if it would replicate the results of another swing state near by Michigan where progressive Abdul El Siyad recently won the Democratic primary there. While that
did not happen, this was a very close race. Clay Masters with Minnesota Public Radio reporting elsewhere in a soda-lude tenant governor Peggy Flanagan won the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Connecticut former Hartford mayor, Luke Bronon, defeated
longtime Democratic Congressman John Larson, and in South Carolina Senator Darlene Graham
advanced to a Republican runoff for the seat held by her late brother, Lindsey Graham. Wall Street will get the latest look at inflation in the U.S. economy when the Labor Department releases data on consumer prices this morning, and PR Scott Horsley has a preview. The reports expected to show a modest slowdown in inflation, but prices are still climbing faster than most people would like. Forecasters expect the report to show consumer prices
in July were up about 3.4% from a year ago. That's a smaller annual increase than in May or June. The war with Iran and a resulting spike in gasoline prices pushed inflation higher this spring. Cooler inflation would be welcome by the Federal Reserve, which is found to bring price hikes under control. The Fed is also keeping a close eye on the job market. U.S. employers cut jobs last month, but at 4.1% the unemployment rate is still
quite low. Scott Horsley, in Pyrenees, Washington. The University of Michigan says it will do away with grades for a freshman next fall.
Instead, first semester classes will be passed fail, and PR is a listen-adworthy report
on the ever-te-e students' mental health struggles on campus. The new pilot policy hopes to acclimate new students to the demands of college, allow exploration into different classes, and gets students not to worry about how a low grade
“freshman year might have long-term consequences. How college is grade students varies greatly?”
Read College in Oregon records letter grades, but they're only shared with students upon request. At Harvard, faculty voted to give out fewer grades to try and battle what they say is high grade inflation. All of this comes at a time that stress on campus remains quite high. In a 2024 survey about 70% of college students reported struggling with mental health.
Alyssa Nadwarnie and Pyrenees. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Pennsylvania Attorney General is suing TikTok over the platform safety claims involving children. The lawsuit accuses the company of deliberately making its app addictive to keep young users scrolling. TikTok calls the allegations misleading, and says Tina counts already
include dozens of safety and privacy settings. A growing number of Americans are relying on artificial intelligence for financial advice, and P.R. Stephen Bassaha reports a new survey found 40% of people said they've used AI in the last three months to manage their finances. Most people using AI for advice are trying to find ways to stretch their budget according
to JD power. The advice could also strengthen their long-term finances too, according to a yet-to-be published paper. Taha Shokman co-authored the paper and is an associate professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He says AI offered the kind of big picture tips you went expect from a finest professor like him.
It tends to push people to our saving more participating more into stock market, the risking as they get older, and so it gets a lot of things right. AI did worse when asked about specific life circumstances like after losing a job. Stephen Bassaha and P.R. News. A federal judge in Boston has temporarily blocked President Trump's executive order seeking
to limit voting by mail. The judge cited with voting rights groups on Tuesday, preventing the postal service from implementing the order before the November midterms. The postal service is a financial supporter of NPR. This is NPR News Attention, a PSA from SureWave and PR Science Podcast.
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