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according to an Associated Press Race Call, Democratic primary voters there advanced
“incumbent Senator Ed Markey to the November mid-terms.”
Markey spoke to supporters at his election night party in Boston, Tuesday night. "All of the staff, the fellows of volunteers, the supporters, it's your creativity. Your passion that will inspire activism campaigns all across this country this year to create the progressive change this country is demanding." The 80-year-old Markey defeated Congressman Seth Moulton, a 47-year-old Marine Corps of
Veteran and moderate Democrat, who sought to make generational change a priority. Markey will face Republican John Teaton and November. U.S. and Iran have been exchanging fire. Again, the U.S. military says its latest purage is complete after hitting Iranian military
targets, Tehran retaliated with missile and drone attacks on U.S. interests and bases in
the region, including in the southern Jordanian city of Akaba. Oil giant Chevron expected to announce that it will expand operations in Venezuela. Here's MPR's Michelle Kalman.
“The Chevron Investment is part of a larger Trump administration effort to control more of Venezuela's”
oil sector and push out Russia and China. The White House announced this week that the Pentagon is taking a 35% ownership stake in a company that will have 100-year rights over 17 oil fields in Venezuela. The U.S. is partnering with a controversial Venezuelan businessman, Alejandro Betancor, who faced money laundering allegations in Europe.
A U.S. official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity described Betancor as a proven operator, and insists that a professionalized oil sector will help Venezuela's transition due to democracy. Michelle Kalman and B.R. News, the State Department. The Federal panel is temporarily halted a controversial data center in Nevada, it's seen
as a test case for data centers on public lands. The Mountain West News Bureau's give-at-for-Nandes reports. Local leaders and environmental groups alleged that federal officials approve the data center
“near Boulder City, Nevada, without proper environmental studies and fail to get their input”
regarding the public land. Patrick Donnelly is with the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the groups appealing the BLM's decision. He says the ruling is a win for local communities. "They agreed that noise is a potential harm from data centers.
They agreed that air pollution is a potential harm from data centers." And in their appeal, city officials say the data center would use local water and power supplies, as well as emergency response services. The stay is in place until both sides present legal briefs as a case moved forward. For NPR News, I'm Yvette Fernandez in Las Vegas.
And this is NPR News. Treasury Secretary Scott Basin says the artificial intelligence boom will give a boost to the U.S. economy, but his NPR Scott Horsley reports Basin says industry leaders have done a horrendous job of making that case. Madison spoke at a gathering of global finance ministers who got an update from industrial
companies, drug makers, and farm equipment manufacturers about how they're actually using artificial intelligence in the workplace. The Treasury Secretary says the technology can be transformative, but he cautioned backers have a challenge in persuading a skeptical American public. Basin argues the spread of AI could also contribute to a boom in startup businesses by
making it easier for firms to find their footing with just a small number of people. Scott Horsley and Pianos, Washington. Florida is moving against the use of automated license plate readers, including flocked safety's controversial cameras. The state transportation department has sent a letter to local law enforcement agencies
demanding they cancel existing contracts and denied new ones for cameras alongside state highways. The agency site reports of misuse by police officers and data privacy concerns. On Capitol Hill last week, Missouri Republican Senator Josh Holley launched an investigation accusing flocked safety of building an unprecedented national surveillance network.
Major financial markets in Asia are tumbling, South Korea's benchmarked down more than 3% Japan's knee case share average down more than two and a half percent. Stocks are slumping in Asia amid a sell off in bond markets, renewed attacks by the U.S. and Iran pushing oil prices higher. Canada and tariffs Venezuela and oil, the war in Iran, these are big, complicated stories.
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