Live from NPR News in Washington, on Ryland Barton, Dolly Parton has died, he...
an estateman today that the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and
“businesswoman passed away today in Nashville.”
She was 80 years old, Julie Heit looks back at the life of a superstar being remembered for the impact she's had on generations of fans. Throughout her life, Barton told stories of what it was like growing up with little but ingenuity and humor in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. She came to fame as a star performer in country music, and when on the become one of the
genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture, adding 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 Heit.
Canada announced retaliatory tariffs today on the U.S. saying it's matching President Trump's dollar for dollar as NPR's Alex left 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. "Two people have died of measles in Pennsylvania, health officials in the states say both
individuals were unvaccinated, and Paris Maria Gadoyer ports these are the first two deaths
from measles reported in the U.S. this year and the first in Pennsylvania in 35 years." 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. measles deaths are rare in the U.S. occurring in about 1 to 3 out of every 1,000 cases. For 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.
Maria Gadoyer and PR News Major U.S. stock indexes rose today, this is NPR. In a legal filing, the Department of Justice argues that if President Trump's name isn't on the Kennedy Center, donor money will dry up and it will close a board of Trump's appointees.
It's been trying to add his name to the Center in Washington, D.C. 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 canceling
performances and attendance dropping. There are no approved vaccines for the kind of Ebola, currently spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but as NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports vaccines for a different strain may offer some protection. Current outbreak has killed more than 2,600 people, making it the second deadliest ever.
That's in part because it's caused by a rare form of Ebola, called Bundabujo, for which there aren't approved vaccines. There is an existing vaccine, or Vivo, that's approved for a different kind of Ebola, but it's been unclear how well it would work in DRC. Despite that uncertainty, health officials announced this month that they were going to try
to use it. That decision is bolstered by a new study in the Lancet. Researchers studied the blood of Congolese people vaccinated with Irvivo and found the immune response could protect against Bundabujo. Clinical trials will soon test precisely how much protection Irvivo offers.
Thousands of doses just arrived in DRC. Jonathan Lambert and PR News. SpaceX plans to spend $100 billion to build a new space port in Louisiana at the launch rockets. It would be located on 125,000 acres of land along Louisiana Southern coast.
The official say it would be the company's fourth and largest site playing a key role in ramping up missions of its reusable Starship launch system, it's NPR. Fall is right around the corner. That means the midterms. Hey, it's Miles Parks from the NPR Politics podcast.
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