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Flooding remains a major threat in Indiana after severe storms hit parts of the Midwest.
“Samantha Horton of Member Station, WFRI reports at least 6 people have been killed, including”
a four-year-old boy. The white river continued to swell Saturday as more rain came pouring down. Questions indicate water could rise more than 20 feet in some areas. The city of Indianapolis erected floodgates to try to contain the water, but for some communities, prevention was futile.
Lisa Lamont has lived in her house near the white river for more than 40 years. She said as the water crept up to her house, that this is the worst she has ever experienced.
We've never been flooded out before, usually it came up maybe to our driveway.
President Trump approved federal aid to assist in the emergency response efforts. For NPR News, I'm Samantha Horton, Indianapolis. President Trump's envoy, Jerry Kushner, will try to advance the ceasefire agreement in Gaza during a trip to Egypt today.
“NPR's Daniel Estrin reports is real recently rejected a plan for Gaza backed by Trump.”
Kushner is traveling to the region with Tony Blair and Nikolai Maladinov, top officials on Trump's board of peace. After meeting Egyptian officials to discuss next steps for Gaza, Hamas's top leader is meeting separately with Egyptian officials. On Monday, Kushner and the board of peace officials head to Israel to meet Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and discuss Israel's concerns about their 15-point proposal for Gaza. That's according to a board of peace official speaking anonymously ahead of the meeting. Netanyahu has rejected the proposal, which calls for Hamas to give up their weapons and exchange for Israel with drawing from Gaza.
Hamas and Israel don't agree on who should make the first move.
Daniel Estrin and PR News, Tel Aviv. While Martin, other big retailers, are set to report their earnings this week, giving us a glimpse at how consumer demand is shaping the economy. NPR's Rafi Al-Nam has a look at the week ahead on Wall Street.
“For the most part, consumer's continued to spend, and that's important, given how critical”
consumer spending is to the U.S. economy. We'll get another glimpse into household finances when Wallmart and Target report earnings. And investors will also keep a close eye on the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting. The minutes are becoming even more important at a time when Fedcher, Kevin Worsh, is pairing
down communications with markets. Worsh believes that gives the Fed flexibility to act as needed, and that the Fed doesn't need to telegraph its movements. But it does leave markets less shortened about the Fed's thinking, hence the eagerness to look at the minutes from the meeting, Rafi Al-Nam and PR News.
This is NPR. A 46-year-old man has been charged in an attack on a woman and a security officer during services at a New York City synagogue, and PR's Twachley Psych Hotel reports the incident was captured on video. Larry Montez is from a neighborhood in the Bronx.
But on Friday, he was recorded in a livestream video attacking a woman during prayers at Central synagogue on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, who wrote on social media that she grew up in the
synagogue, said, "A place of worship should never be a crime scene.
Mayor Zoran Mombani says every New Yorker must be able to observe their religion without fear of violence, but New Police data released this month, show crimes targeting Jewish people, is on the rise. Dwah Lee, Psych Hotel, and PR News, New York." Preservationists have until Tuesday to respond to the Trump administration's emergencies
Supreme Court appeal over President Trump's $400 million white house ballroom. Chief Justice John Robert set the deadline after the administration asked the justices to keep construction moving while the case is appealed. If federal appeals court ruled, Trump lacked congressional approval for the project. That ruling is temporarily on hold, but in order stopping construction is scheduled to
take effect on August 21. The administration argues the project also involves national security upgrades and says stopping the work could cause significant delays. Time with Sir Johnston and PR News in Washington. Go inside the stories from then that shape the world we live in now.
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