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Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Worsh says inflation's too high still above the Central Bank's

2% target. But in a highly anticipated speech in Jackson Hole Wyoming today, Worsh did not give a clear indication of what the Fed's next steps might be, in the US, he reiterated his concern that too much telegraphing about interest rates by the Fed can tie the Central Bank's hands

and also distort market signals. That's why he's really allergic to saying a whole lot

about what the Central Bank might do in the future. Some players have said, "Look, don't tell us where interest rates are going next month or the next six months." But give us a general idea of how you might react to this or that economic indicator. That's in PR Scott Horsesley reporting. President Trump has signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America.

Trump hears Liz Baker reports that in Rochester, New York, Beach Goers greeted the news with derision and defiance. "It's a windy day, so only a few people are out on the sandy beach of Lake America." "That's not what it's called. It's called the Concertion." From the boardwalk, do you love in Skyhouse, looking north, to the Canadian side of the Lake

and the Canadian side of the trade war?

"I think Trump is just to stop what I'm trying to be funny."

Political science major Abby Opel says she wanted to laugh at first, but it symbolizes how our relationship with Canada is going down the drain and for no reason. "It won't really make a difference. This is Michael O'Wackwatt. Just like Trump's renaming of another body of water."

"People are always going to call it the Gulf of Mexico. People are always going to call

it Lake Ontario." "After all, the order only applies to the federal government. Liz Baker and Pair News Lake Ontario Beach, New York." Nepal and Tibet are now trying to account for as many as 2,500 people. Many residents and foreign tourists have not been seen since the taunt of water and mud tore through villages

this week. Some areas remain inaccessible to emergency assistance in others. The waters are seated and more bodies are being found. The deft hole has risen to 538. And Pair's dehyde report to state departments is 90 Americans are affected. And many of the missing Americans appear to be Hindu pilgrims, like 28-year-old Ariadna Riley's in-laws. Riley says, "Nielan Kamari Sharma and Ramesh Sharma will on a pilgrimage

to Circle Mount Kailash, a mountain revered by Hindus."

"They were really excited to be able to participate in for them an incredible event."

But they lost contact when the floods took place. "We have been tirelessly looking for them. That's just been the most torturous part that anyone can imagine is not knowing where your family is and having to wait to hear if they're dead or not. It's one of the devastating things that this family is going through right now." So far, the State Department says it's deployed $500,000 to rescue efforts, dehyde and Pianus.

"It's NPR. The number of people who've streamed audio and video featuring dolly part in a rose from two and a half million Monday to 35 million Tuesday as the world learned that the Queen of Country had died at the age of 80. The industry data and analytics company illuminates says in the U.S. alone who went from 1.2 million to more than 26 million." The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is among those being tribute to Peter

Cullen, the legendary voice actor who died this week at the age of 85. Over the decades, Cullen's baritone timber was featured in numerous roles from villains to the likes of a pessimistically lovable e-or in Winnie the Pooh. "Just wanted to thank you, Piglet, for the flowers, awful nice of yet a think of gray old me." In a 2014 NPR interview, Cullen fondly recalled a 1984 audition for a cartoon show

based on the line of toys that transforms. He described his brother, a decorated marine who fought in Vietnam, as being the inspiration for Optimus Prime, a hero he described as strong enough to be gentle. "Larry was that way. I had no idea what the script was going to be, but in a fact the lines just came out and I just did my brother Larry." "We're auto-bites. We're from Cybertron, a planet far from Earth." That in so many of the roles like Cullen to receive a

lifetime achievement award at the Children's and Family Emmy Awards in 2023. This is NPR. "Fall is right around the corner. That means the midterms. Hey, it's Miles Parks from the Empire Politics podcast. Now is the perfect time to calibrate your news diet for the fall.

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