"Li," from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi, saying, "Dolly Parton has died, her family ...
in the statement today that the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist
“and businesswoman, passed away today in Nashville, she was 80 years old.”
Julie Hight looks back at the life of a superstar being remembered for the impact she's had on generations of fans." Throughout her life, Parton told stories of what it was like growing up with little but ingenuity and humor in the Smokey Mountains of East Tennessee. She came to fame as a star performer in country music, and went on to become one of the
genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture, saying Hollywood movie roles and popsmashes to her pile of country hits. She opened a theme park in the region she was from, and in her final decades, her celebrity status transcended generations and cultures. For NPR News, I'm Julie Hight.
On truth social president Trump says there's never been anyone like Parton, never will,
in her memory he has ordered flags below her to have staff. Canada has responded to the administration's decision to impose 50 percent tariffs on
“some Canadian goods with new counter tariffs targeting about 700 American products, a”
different duty rates, or from Dan Carpenter. Ottawa is targeting just under $20 billion of U.S. imports from smart phones and kitchen appliances to perfumes and makeup, steel, and dairy products. The tariffs will vary from 15, 25, and 50 percent depending on the product. From an official say the target list came after consultations with stakeholders.
The main goal being not to increase tax revenue, but to protect the domestic market share for Canadian companies.
In addition, Ottawa laid out a $7.5 billion support package for workers and businesses
hit the hardest by the latest round of tariffs from Washington. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpenter, and Toronto. In Pennsylvania, state officials are confirming the first measles related deaths in the U.S. This year, they say both patients were unvaccinated, details from PR's Marika Doy. Officials say both deaths occurred in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The deaths come amid a resurgence of measles in the U.S., which has recorded more than 2,770 cases this year alone. That's the highest number of cases in any year since 1991. Declining vaccination rates have allowed the disease to make a comeback. Seals deaths are rare in the U.S. occurring in about 1 to 3 out of every 1,000 cases.
Before the first measles vaccines became available in the 1960s, 400 to 500 people in the U.S. died each year from the disease. Two doses of the combined measles, months for Bella vaccine, are 97% effective against measles. It's on PR news. NASA's Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries confirms in a social media post that he recently met
with President Trump's said-in-law and close advisor, Jared Kushner. He asked for a meeting and I took it to discuss the affordability crisis that exists that is not a host. At the same period of time, I shouldn't have to say it, but I am. No one is going to get a pass.
The New York Times first reported Sunday that Jeffries and Kushner met privately in Manhattan. This coming just months ahead of the midterm elections in which Democrats could take back control of Congress that would make it harder for the GOP to pass President Trump's legislative agenda. The U.S. Department of Education is winged in on an old civil rights fight.
NPR's Cori Turner explains a fight as about what qualifies as discrimination in America's schools. Specifically, about what qualifies as discrimination in school discipline. Research shows that black, Hispanic, and Native American students are more likely than their white peers to be suspended from school.
Under President Obama and Biden, the Education Department warns schools that big disparities in their discipline rates might be a sign of discrimination and trigger a federal investigation under the first Trump administration. And again, this month, the Education Department sent a different message to schools. The discipline disparities are not a sign of discrimination and that focusing on rates
in measuring, let alone addressing disparities is what will get schools in trouble. Cori Turner and PR News. I'm Lakshmi Singh and PR News in Washington. Fall is right around the corner. That means the midterms.
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