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“Search and rescue efforts continue in Nepal after this week's deadly flash floods along”
the border with China.
Nepali of foreign ministers Sashir Kanal says the nation is reaching out for help.
"We have requested specific and specialized assistance from our friendly neighbors, which such support can further spread in our search and risky efforts in areas such as opening the tunnel when people have been trapped, technologies that help us locate people alive in affected areas, quick forensic and DNA analysis, and more to it to keep the bodies." The flash floods have killed more than 670 people, some 3,000 remain missing.
Federal Reserve Chair, Kevin Warsh, says inflation remains too high, but he's offering few clues about where interest rates are headed. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports what the Fed does next could have a direct impact on the finances of American consumers. Warsh says bringing inflation back to the Fed's 2% target remains the priority, but he
stopped short of signaling where interest rates are heading, saying the Fed needs flexibility to respond as the economy changes. Economist Oscar Muno says what happens next could be felt directly by consumers. This means higher mortgage rates, or interest rates for credit cards or loans more generally, but if you're going abroad, the greenback will buy you more goods and services done before,
but this is the short-term impact, right? Just looking at the data today.
“In reality, what matters is if this move has staying power.”
Americans are already struggling with the price of everyday goods and higher borrowing costs could add another layer of financial pressure, Windsor Johnston and PR news. Jerry deliberations resume Monday in the trial of the Massachusetts woman charged with killing her three children in 2023. Deborah Becker from Member Station WBUR reports attorneys for Lindsey Clancy are seeking
the insanity defense. The trial has ignited a national conversation about post-partamental health. The defense says Lindsey Clancy was experiencing post-partum psychosis, a psychiatric emergency.
Psychiatrist, Dr. Arouse Kamal Header, says diagnosis is critical, and new moms should
seek help if they feel something is wrong. There is a dangerous myths conception that the mom has to be hallucinating or hearing voices, but really it's the quieter symptoms that we miss. Header says about one to two of every 1,000 new moms experience psychosis, which is temporary, but treatable.
For NPR News, I'm Deborah Becker in Boston. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has responded to President Trump's decree, renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, on a billboard the Premier issued a decree declaring Lake Ontario, now and always. You're listening to NPR News.
NASA's latest space telescope is sitting atop a SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket on launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Action managers say all systems are ready for launch tomorrow morning, but as Joe Palgo reports, right now, it looks like the weather could be an issue. The good news is to potentially major storms in the Atlantic face and won't pose a problem.
But launch weather officer Justin McRennelts of the US Space Force says local weather off the Florida coast means there's a 50/50 chance of a launch. We believe there's going to be some weather around.
“It's the question of is the weather going to be over the pad or away from the pad?”
If weather does cause a delay, there's another launch opportunity on Monday morning.
Once in space, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will head to a point about a million
miles from Earth, where it will conduct its five-year mission. It's intended to search for new planets and galaxies as well as a special type of exploding star called a type 1A supernova. For NPR News, I'm Joe Palca. A Chinese robots' printer has broken another 100 meter record at China's World Humanoid
Robot Games. The event ended its five-day run with more than 2,000 robots competing in various Olympic style events. The winning robot finished the 100 meters in 8.64 seconds on Wednesday. That broke a record for the second consecutive days.
Several robots crashed into a padded barrier after crossing the finish line. It seems they can run, but they have a little trouble. Not running. I'm Linda Kenyan, NPR News, in Washington. 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. Penguins, big for me. I had another sound of Antarctica, that's a reporter trying to interview a penguin. We'll explain on Planet Money Summer School.
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