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poor conditions on board the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln.
“It'll soon be replaced in the Middle East, Steve Walsh, a defense official told NPR that”
the Navy is sending the carrier USS Washington to relieve USS Lincoln. The Lincoln has been at sea continuously for over 250 days, breaking record set during the COVID era, when ships were intentionally kept away from ports. Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from the Pentagon after reports of food shortages and lack of adequate mental health care on board the carrier.
Sencom says a sailor was rescued after falling overboard August 3rd. Supply lines have been stretched as the Navy's hub in the region at Bahrain has been under periodic attack since the start of the war with Iran.
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President Trump today dismissed reports that families of service members on board the Lincoln are concerned for their loved ones' health and safety. Luigi Manjoni, the 28-year-old accused of killing a health care executive on a Manhattan street pleaded guilty to stalking charges in federal court today. He was charged in connection with the December 2024 shooting death of United Healthcare CEO
Brian Thompson, sentencing will happen at a later date earlier this year a federal judge struck down charges that might have brought the death penalty. Retail sales fell more than four casters expected last month, and PR Scott Horsley reports. Retail sales fell by six tenths of 1% last month as consumers dialed back their spending
on both cars and appliances.
Internet sales also fell during July, partly because Amazon moved its prime day promotion up into June this year. Spending was also down at gas stations and grocery stores, which was mainly the result of lower prices, spending at restaurants and clothing stores rose last month. Oil prices are mixed after two tankers from the United Arab Emirates were attacked while
trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, retail gasoline prices showed little change overnight. Triple A says the average price of regular gas is hovering around four dollars seven cents a gallon. Scott Horsley and PR News, Washington. Colombia is still grappling with the aftermath of a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck
Monday. Authorities have confirmed at least 281 dead and nearly 100,000 affected hundreds remain missing. Colombia and President Abelardo de la Espría has promised a strong government response.
“Aid groups are also crucial as resources are spread across urban and remote areas that”
is asked to follow recent earthquakes in Venezuela, raising concerns about donation fatigue, major US stock index is egged back today, this is NPR. An American missionary kidnapped in Niger and October has been released, missionary organization S.I.M. International says Kevin Wright out is in good health and in the care of U.S. officials, no group has claimed responsibility, Niger has faced attacks from armed groups, including
those linked to al-Qaeda in the Islamic State, a military junta took power in 2023, outsting Western partners in a lining with Russia. Britain's anti-immigration leader Nigel Faraj is returning to the parliament after winning one of the strangest elections in recent British history, his opponent campaigned with a giant trashcan on his head as NPR's Fatima Al-Qasab reports.
Faraj received more than 63% of the vote in the special bi-election, which he triggered after coming under scrutiny over his campaign finances, and which all of Britain's mainstream parties decided to boycott, Faraj's closest rival, Joe Candidate, Count Bimface, who has ran in multiple elections, got more than a quarter of the vote. Faraj didn't attend the count, earlier saying he didn't want to be demeaned and humiliated
by nobodies. Count Bimface, for his part, said he was gratified after what was his best electoral performance yet. Fatima Al-Qasab MPR News London The California legislature has approved a bill in centivizing Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels to add their hometown of Anaheim back to their name. The bill would give Anaheim an exemption from state law requiring affordable housing to be included in
a new planned entertainment district around the team's stadium, but only if the team is once again called the Anaheim Angels. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. This week on Consider This, stories about the Trump administration. Here how a former Olympian was targeted by the Justice Department over damage to the reflecting pool. Plus, inside Trump's
“secret decoy flight out of Turkey that left press and cabinet officials on Air Force”
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