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finds that heat contributes to thousands more deaths each year in the United States
“than official records show. NPR's Alejandra Burunda reports. NPR and Boston University”
used a statistical model to figure out that there are likely five times as many heat-related deaths each year in the U.S. as otherwise noted. That's likely because heat's influence on deaths can be really hard to identify, but doctors and other experts know it is killing people. Quyn Adams is an epidemiologist at Boston University and a partner in the research with NPR. We know that during extreme heat events a lot of people who do die die because
they have pre-existing conditions. Heat can worsen a heart conditioner or kidney problem, for example. Adams hopes the data will motivate policymakers to find solutions, because climate change is only making long hot summers like this one, even more dangerous. Alejandra Burunda
and Pian use. President Trump is warning voters not to kill the golden goose on social
media. He defended the construction of data centers. He says the only reason communities across the U.S. should not want them is "if they want to end up being backwards and poor." Vice President J. DeVance's data centers are an important part of the AI economy. I think probably 99% of the backlash to data centers has come in areas where building a data center means higher utility and higher electricity for the people on the ground.
So I think what these companies have to do is take advantage of some of the federal
“derregulatory efforts that we've undertaken. If you build the data center, you should”
be putting power back into the grid not taking it out. And if that is happening, I don't think the data centers are that controversial.
Poles suggest increasing bipartisan opposition this midterm election year to the construction of
more data centers. Many residents complain they've been forced to pay shockingly high utility bills, linked to data centers demand on the power and water infrastructure. Former congressman George Santos is now banned for life from the prediction market site Calshyp and Pierre's Bobby Allen reports. The betting site announced several enforcement actions against suspected insider traders. Calshyp says George Santos received a lifetime
ban after he failed to cooperate with its investigation. The company found that Santo shared social media post about how excited he was to attend Trump State of the Union earlier this year. And at the same time he was placing bets on Calshy that he would not attend.
“In response, Santos posted on X, thanks for the lifetime ban from your gambling platform.”
Let's see how much longer you guys are around. Calshyp also announced actions against North Carolina congressional candidate Lori Buckout, who wagered on her own campaign. And against Billionaire Stephen Clubeck, who bet on his now abandoned run for governor of California. The crackdown comes as election integrity experts fear that prediction markets could create chaos this coming November. Bobby Allen and Pierre News.
From Washington, this is NPR News. There are a lot of changes we expect as we get older, but some like dry eyes might still surprise us. And Pierre's Maria Cadoy has a story. Symptoms can include red or gritty feeling eyes, blurred vision, and increased late sensitivity. Obtomitrous Lauren Gormley with Johns Hopkins University says, while men get dry eyes too,
large-scale studies have shown that the rate of dry in women over 50 is double the rate of dry and men over 50. Hormonal changes during menopause can contribute to dry eyes, so can lots of other factors, including wearing contacts, staring at screens for too long, and taking common medications like blood pressure drugs. Over the counter-idrops and warm compresses can help.
If home remedies don't work, Gormley says, see an eye doctor. Maria Cadoy and Pierre News. We have seen images of daring space walks outside the international space station now, cooking. Astronaut, a meal, men and turn, the orbiting outposts into Shay ISS, and posted a video to social media showing colleagues Jessica Mir and Jack Hathaway preparing onions in zero gravity. We've got some onions in a resupply vehicle. We've got very excited when we have
recent vegetables up here, so one of the things that we really like to do is roast these onions. We do it with garlic, as well, where we get it. We have some aluminum foil right here. It's very simple. It's our olive oil, place the cut onions into the tin foil. They package it up, then put it in a food warmer for up to 24 hours, apparently worth the weight. It's 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. It'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.
