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President Trump has turned the national mall in streets of downtown Washington DC into
“an Indie car race track for the weekend.”
Trump bypassed Congressional approval and issued an executive order earlier this year to fast track the event. It's the latest in a series of events celebrating America's 250th birthday that critics say have turned the nation's capital into Trump's personal playground and PR's Adam Beeren has been checking out the track.
Crews are putting the final touches on a transformation of the national mall. It's normally the home of many of the city's museums and monuments. This weekend the wide streets are being taken over by race cars. It's part of the celebrations for America's 250th birthday. But Denker is the event's chairman.
He says we can expect to see much higher speeds than on an average day. Legally, the speed limit here is between 25 and 30 miles an hour for our race. It's unlimited. For thanks, the drivers will hit 180 miles an hour on Pennsylvania Avenue. Qualifying for the race is Saturday, the main event is Sunday afternoon.
Adam Beeren and Beeren use Washington.
“The federal government is out with a new plan that calls for significant cuts to the amount”
of Colorado Riverwater flowing to Arizona, California, Nevada. From member station KJZ, Alex Hager reports the main states and the river's lower basin will rain in demand by about 20%. The cutbacks will last through 2028. It's an attempt to prop up the nation's two largest reservoirs which both hit record
low levels earlier this month. The cuts could have been nearly double this amount, but the federal government negotiated with Arizona, California, and Nevada to soften the blow of water reductions. Cities in the Phoenix and Tucson areas will be the hardest hit, but most have robust backup plants to keep taps flowing normally.
The upstream states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico will not have to take cut backs under the new plant. That's after years of failed negotiations. The federal officials said they want to keep working with states that use the river to come up with a consensus agreement for cutting back on demand.
“For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.”
The Trump administration is taken another step towards potentially changing the way children get vaccinated against infectious diseases and PR's Rob Stein reports. The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking public comment on possible changes in how the federal government categorizes childhood vaccines. For example, federal officials are asking whether more vaccines should be in a category
called shared clinical decision-making. That's where parents are advised to consult with the health professional about whether or not a vaccine is absolutely necessary.
This is the first concrete step taken by the administration to implement a controversial executive
order, President Trump signed last week about childhood vaccines. The federal order calls for children to receive fewer shots and space out the shots they do get more. Rob Stein and Pyrenees. Major U.S. stock indexes rose today.
This is NPR News. The editor-in-chief of military news outlets stars and stripes says the Pentagon has fired him as well as its publisher and a reporter Eric Slaven cited an interview he gave in which he objected to any potential censorship by the U.S. military stars and stripes is partly funded by the Pentagon, but has a long legacy of editorial independence recently.
It reported on challenging conditions for the U.S.A. Abraham Lincoln Aircraft carrier. Several states looking for new ways to crack down on homelessness, if past laws that make it a crime to camp on public property and PR's Mauritia J. Lang reports Tennessee has some of the harshest camping penalties in the country. Three people in Tennessee this summer have been charged with felonies for camping on public
property. Two in a Nashville park and recently a chat nuke man who was found sleeping in his car. Under state law, he could face up to six years in prison. Lindsey Krinks of housing for all Tennessee says these increasing arrests don't actually help solve homelessness.
These kind of laws are just punishing people for their poverty. They're prolonging homelessness and they're doing nothing to solve our housing crisis. Those who support camping bands say they give states and local law enforcement more power to forceably move hard to reach people off the street. Marissa J. Lang and PR news.
Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay nearly $13 million
to the publisher of Britain's Daily Mail. This follows their failed invasion of privacy case. The group lost a high court case last month, which alleged illegal phone hacking. The publisher denied the claims. The judgment comes as Harry and his family plan to move back to the UK.
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