Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton, the late South Carolina R...
Senator Lindsey Graham's sister Darlene has won the nomination to run for a full term
“in the Senate that's according to a race call from the Associated Press.”
"I continue to miss Lindsey every day and there is still a big hole in my heart. But I know he's looking down right now very proud of everyone in this round." Darlene Graham was appointed by the governor to serve out the remainder of her brother's term. Her win came after an endorsement from President Trump backing her over more experienced members
of his party's establishment, she'll run against Democratic physician Annie Andrews in the general election this November. Country music legend Dolly Barton has died. She was 80 years old, a prodigious and hardworking singer, songwriter actress and businesswoman
Barton was also a powerful advocate for literacy through her imagination library kids
five and younger can receive a free book each month, NPR's Andrew Limbong has more on the program's legacy. "Hello, kiddies! You want me to read a book to you?"
“This is Dolly Barton, at an event at the library of Congress celebrating the imagination”
library sending out 100 million books. That was back in 2018, now that number is over 330 million. The program started small in 1995 covering Barton's home county in East Tennessee. Barton has said that she was inspired by her father who couldn't read or write. Since then, the imagination library has collaborated with local nonprofits and governments
to expand access across the country, and beyond too, including Canada, the UK, Ireland, and Australia.
At that library of Congress events, she said that her goal was to deliver one billion
books to kids. Angela Limbong and Pyrenees. "Global ocean temperatures have hit a record high, according to European forecasters. That's having major effects on marine ecosystems around the world as NPR's Lawrence Summer Reports."
The temperature at the surface of the ocean is now about 70 degrees on average, outside of the polar regions. That's the highest in almost 50 years of record keeping, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which is run by the European Union. There are two big reasons why.
First, as the atmosphere has gotten hotter from burning fossil fuels, most of that heat has been absorbed by the ocean. Second, a strong El Nino has developed, which is a natural climate pattern that heats up the planet. Former oceans can affect fisheries around the world.
It's also threatening many coral reefs which are highly vulnerable to heat. Lauren Summer and PR News
SpaceX plans to spend $100 billion to build a new space port in Louisiana to launch rockets.
The space port would be located on 125,000 acres of land along Louisiana Southern Coast. State officials say it would be the company's fourth and largest launch site, playing a
“key role in ramping up missions of its reusable star ship launch system.”
This is NPR. In a legal filing, the DOJ argues that if President Trump's name isn't on the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., donor money will dry up and it will close a board of Trump's appointees has been trying to add his name to the center, and that was established as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
It's fallen on hard times during Trump's second administration with several artists cancelling performances and attendance dropping. The life expectancy of the average American has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, and PR's Rob Stein reports. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics says, "The average baby born in 2024
could be expected to live to age 79." That's because life expectancy inched up again between 2023 and 2024, marking the third annual increase in a row. The increase to 79 slightly surpasses the average life expectancy before the pandemic, and was due to a combined drop in deaths from COVID-19, as well as drops in unintentional
injuries like drug overdoses, heart disease, cancer, and homicides. While the rebound is good news, U.S. life expectancy still trails other rich countries, like Canada, Japan, and the UK. Rob Stein and PR News The Southeastern Conference of College Sports has passed a role banning athletes who have
played for pro teams. The SEC joins the big 10 conference after this month's surge of pro players trying to return to college. It comes after court rulings and as name, image likeness earnings make college sports more lucrative for some players.
This is and PR News. Hey, you know that nagging voice in your head, the one telling you to put the phone down and stop doomsgrowing while it's time. Look up, take a daily curiosity break with shortwave and pair a science podcast. Let your mind wander to the edges of outer space or wonder about what's lurking in the
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