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President Trump is escalating his trade war with Canada, and both countries are now raising
“tariffs on each other, but his latest move is renaming Lake Ontario, which sits between New”
York and Canada to Lake America, and PR's Deepa Shiverom reports." Trump signed an executive order directing the federal government to rename the smallest of the Great Lakes. He made a similar move last year, renaming the Gulf of Mexico. "We have a Gulf, and we have a lake now all we need is a notion." The change comes after trade talks broke down, and Trump announced that he would impose
a 50% tariff on some Canadian goods, escalating a trade war with the U.S. as long-time ally. Canada issued counter tariffs in response.
"Tariffs are likely to raise the cost of goods for Americans that are already high due
to the war with Iran, and it's becoming an issue for some Republicans in tight election fights this year. Deepa Shiverom and PR News."
“Two executives and a reporter for Stars and Stripes filed soup Thursday against the Pentagon”
for firing them. They alleged top defense department officials retaliated for their recent reporting. NPR's David Full Conflict reports Stars and Stripes covers military matters. It's funded in part by the Congress through the Pentagon's budget. Early this year, the Pentagon's chief spokesman posted on social media that he wanted to refocus Stars and Stripes, "away from the woke distractions that siphon morale."
In July, editor-in-chief Eric Slave and reporter Lara Quarty spoke to CBS News about concerns that their independence was being eroded. Then the paper reported on deteriorating conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. The two were fired. Publisher Max Lederer was fired too after he announced he'd retire rather than terminate them. The three journalists are asking a federal judge to intervene to block the fireings from taking
“effect. The Pentagon declined comment citing the litigation. David Full Conflict and PR News.”
"Jerers in the Plymouth massachusetts murder trial of Lindsey Clancy began their first
day of deliberations Thursday. Their scheduled to resume those discussions in the morning. They're deciding whether Clancy had lost her grip on reality due to mental illness and postpartum psychosis, or whether she was in control of herself when she killed the three children in January of 2023. Deborah Becker with Member Station W. B. U. R. is covering the trial." Defense attorney Kevin Reddington said Lindsey Clancy was experiencing postpartum psychosis.
And should not be held criminally responsible for strangling her three children who were five years old three years old in eight months old. Now postpartum psychosis is a potentially dangerous psychiatric emergency that can be treated, but is often misdiagnosed." Clancy did not testify in her own defense. This is NPR. Around parts of the world stargases are getting quite a show this morning. The Earth is moving
between the son of the moon in a partial lunar eclipse at the peak of the eclipse. The moon was almost fully behind the Earth's shadow causing the moon to be covered in a rusty red glow. This is not a full lunar eclipse, but scientists say it's closed 93.2% of the moon will be dark. The peak of the eclipse was about 35 minutes ago. According to space.com, the next total lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth will occur on December 31, 2018. In Nevada Firefighters are close
to containing a wildfire that has burned structures and forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Reno. NPR's curcsigular reports. Federal data show that more than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are human caused, be it arson or just negligence such as a down power line or a spark from a vehicle. Kelly Payle is a researcher at Headwater's Economics. She says greater public awareness about the risks has helped. You know, Smokey Bear is one of the
most widely recognized marketing creatures out there has been champion for 80 years. And yet we still do see a lot of human ignition. So awareness is only one piece of the puzzle. Human caused wildfires tend to be more destructive than natural blazes. Payle says communities can zone so that infrastructure is clear of hazardous fuels and homes and businesses should be built with wildfire resistant materials. Kirk Sigler and PR News. It was a positive day on Wall Street
all three indexes were up. This is NPR. Support for NPR. This season on Planet Money Summer School, we have drilled for oil in Norway. We've smuggled products in the North Korea. And now we make it to our seventh continent Antarctica. That's right. Big for me. Mr. Penguin, speak for me. That's another sound of Antarctica. That's a reporter trying to interview a penguin. We'll explain on Planet Money Summer School. Listen on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
