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The Treasury Department says the federal debt has now passed $40 trillion a record, and pure Scott Horsley has more. "A lot of the increase spending is the result of our aging population, which drives up costs for things like Medicare. But Carolyn Bordeaux, who heads a deficit watchdog group called the Concord Coalition, says
some of it's driven by the growth of the debt itself."
“"The 40 trillion itself is just a number, but you have to think about the impact that that”
will have on the interest payments. We are now spending more on interest than we spend on national defense. It is one of the highest categories in terms of our expenditures, and it's one of the fastest growing." "The government is spending more than a trillion dollars this year, just paying interest
on the debt, and that's about 15 percent more interest than the government had to pay last
year." And Pierscott Horsley reporting. At least 12 people are dead more than 40 wounded following a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. The Russian strikes come as Ukraine says air defense capabilities remain low, and Piers'
Charles Mayans has more." Russia's defense ministry said it attacked Kiev with missiles and drones, hitting drone production factories as well as a military depot and a logistics hub. Yet at least some of the Russian fire destroyed apartment buildings as well, driving civilians
“out of their homes in the middle of the night.”
Russia stepped up air attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks, trying to exploit Ukraine's lack of interceptors to down ballistic missiles and turn Ukraine as up long-range drone attacks on civilian and military infrastructure in Russia, and latest Ukraine struck an oil terminal in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, part of a wider campaign targeting Russia's energy sector that has caused gas shortage of nation-wide.
Charles Mayans and Piers News Moscow. "He is really military, has announced rare criminal investigations into two high profile attacks during the Gaza war, including one in which a five-year-old Palestinian girl was killed. Film about her death was nominated for an Academy Award, as NPR's Daniel Estrant reports." The film is called the Voice of Hind Rajab.
She was the sole survivor of her family, who was killed by Israeli fire as they fled Gaza city. She called Palestinian paramedics for help in this recorded call. As the paramedics tried to rescue her, they too were killed by Israeli fire. Later, the girl's body was found.
Now more than two years later, the Israeli military announced a criminal investigation into that incident, and into last year's killing of 15 Palestinian rescue workers in a single attack. Soldiers crushed their vehicles and buried the dead in a mass grave. Israel says it will not open criminal probes into three other attacks that killed aid workers
from world central kitchen and doctors without borders. Western NPR news, Tel Aviv, U.S. features counter-exitrating and mixed territory at this hour, Dow futures down about 64 points, you're listening to NPR news from Washington. Zillow says rent rose nearly two and a half percent in July, compared to a year ago, that's the fastest pace in more than a year.
And if your Steve and Vassaha has more. An apartment construction boom in recent years had led to high vacancy rates and that tempered rent hikes. Now those increases are speeding up as construction slows down. Negotiating power for renters is waning, but Zillow's senior economist, Karen Ing, says
about 40 percent of rental listings are still offering concessions, like a month or two of
free rent. And it also means that if you are renewing your lease, it doesn't hurt and negotiate right now. Because right now, this is the highest negotiate power you're going to get in the next couple of years.
Note, while rent is rising, Ing says it's not going up nearly as fast as it did during the pandemic. Steve and Vassaha and Virenus California has passed some of the toughest rules in the country on landscaping to help protect communities from wildfires. Homeowners and fire prone areas will be required to limit plants within five feet of their
houses. A protective measure while fire experts say can help keep their homes from igniting. Huns and flowers and non-woody plants up to 18 inches tall will be allowed as long as they're not under the roof line of a house. Trees are also allowed, but branches have to be trimmed five feet back from a structure.
The new rules apply immediately to new construction, but they will be phased in for existing houses. This new rule comes after years of debate and delays. I'm Janine Herbst and PR News in Washington. It's hard to refine your taste when everything in your algorithm is buying for your attention.
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