Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyan.
Senator Darlene Graham has won the GOP primary runoff election in South Carolina.
“South Carolina Republicans, I humbly accept your nomination to serve as the Republican nominee for the United States Senate from the great state of South Carolina.”
Darlene Graham was serving as an interim senator filling her light brother Lindsey Graham Senate seat. She was endorsed by President Trump for full term, beating Republican representative Ralph Norman for the nomination. She will now face the Democratic nominee, pediatrician Annie Andrews in November. The nation is mourning over the death of country music icon Dolly Parton, including some of her most loyal fans in her hometown of severeville, Tennessee. Katie Myers has the story. As soon as he heard the news, Tom Aiken came to pay his respects at the Darlene Parton statue in the town square.
For Aiken, who is a severeville resident, her legacy is also about the way she always gave back to this rural community.
Coming down here and seeing everybody else and the sadness is not what you usually see here at the Darlene Parton statue. Everybody's usually very excited, so it's going to hit this town hard.
“Dolly funded a women's health wing of the hospital where Aiken's wife works.”
He says without it, women would have to drive 30 minutes for mammograms and reproductive care. After he lays a bouquet of roses down, Aiken watches as the community gathers here in the town square and the tears begin to fall. For NPR news, I'm Katie Myers in severeville, Tennessee. Darlene Parton was 80 years old. Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, saying it's matching President Trump's tariffs dollar for dollar.
As NPR's Alex Neff reports, the move comes amid a deepening trade fight between the countries. Canada unveiled counter tariffs of up to 50% on hundreds of U.S. goods that include steel, dairy, appliances, paper, and other products. Finance Minister Francois Philippe Champaign said the measures are meant to protect Canadian businesses and let them compete.
“It's all about fairness, it's all about level playing field, it's all about supporting Canadian workers and Canadian businesses.”
This comes after the U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods, and President Trump threatened more after talks broke down last week. Canada's tariffs take effect September 8th, Alex left NPR news Washington. evacuations have been ordered in rural Texas where wildfire has expanded to cover more than 78 square miles, some schools of canceled classes and shelters have opened for residents and for livestock. Wildfires have been popping up across the south and the west in recent days amid extremely dry conditions.
Firefighters in Nevada have made progress in slowing down a blaze in the Reno area. You're listening to NPR. The development from the Department of Health and Human Services is developing a new national alert system. This one would be used to help people find people with autism who may go missing. And Pira's Genalki method reports.
Children with autism are elevated risk of wandering or running away, and they can be at 160 times higher risk of drowning than other children. And recognition of autism is on the rise. According to the CDC, 1 in 31 kids age 8 has been diagnosed with it. Now, HHS says it's working on an alert system similar to Amber Alerts to improve coordination between first responders, law enforcement, and community members. When a person with autism goes missing, it's not yet clear exactly when the alert system will be rolled out, but HHS says it will work with the Justice Department and FEMA in addition to state and local partners to develop it.
Genalki method and Pira news. Target has pulled a children's Halloween costume from a shelves and is apologizing for what critics say is a costume that evokes caricatures from the Jim Crow era, a minstrel shows. The Big Box retailer pulled the costume after numerous social media complaints. In a statement, Target said, "As a company, we know we got this wrong and we are deeply sorry.
The costume is offensive and should never have been part of our assortment. It no longer is available for sale.
This is the latest controversy for Target which joined companies like Meta, Walmart and McDonald's in rolling back DEI policies, which went into effect when President Trump began his second term in the White House. Unlinda Kenyan and Pira News in Washington. 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 Pira Science podcast. Let your mind wander to the edges of outer space or wonder about what's lurking in the depths of the sea floor all in under 15 minutes.
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