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Iran is accusing the U.S. of striking in Iranian oil tanker near Harga Island in the Persian
Gulf.
“Iranian state television says, "For U.S. missiles hit the vessel, forcing the crew to”
evacuate. No casualties were reported, and Iran has not provided evidence to support the claim. U.S. Central Command has not commented on the alleged strike." "Rescue teams and Nepal pulling a woman from the rubble of her home, ten days after a wall of ice, rock and mud, tore through a Himalayan valley along the Tibet Nepal border."
A Chinese worker was pulled alive from a hydropower tunnel today, just hours after two Nepalese workers were rescued from another tunnel. Thousands of people remain missing, and more than 1,200 others have died in the flooding. The U.S. envoy's Steve Wittkov and Jerry Kushner are in Moscow today, and are expected in Kiev this weekend, as part of the renewed push to end the war in Ukraine.
Russian state media say the two were expected to meet with President Vladimir Putin later today.
“Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says, "Russia attacked Kiev's airport overnight ahead”
of their visit." The BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow. This will be Steve Wittkov's eighth trip to Russia in the last year and a half. He said a lot of FaceTime with Vladimir Putin, but the previous seven trips have not produced
a breakthrough in the peace process.
And also, Vladimir Putin, in the speeches he's been making in the public statements, he's been making shows no sign of wanting to compromise. He claims regularly that Russia is making battlefield gains, and he claims just a few days ago that Ukrainian resistance would crumble." The BBC's Steve Rosenberg reporting.
The murder case against Lindsay Klansy has ended in a mistrial, leaving prosecutors and Massachusetts to decide whether to try her again. Priyanka Deyal McClusky, from Member Station, W.B.U.R. in Boston reports. After six days, the jury remained deadlocked. Klansy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued she was not responsible for killing her
children, because she was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Reddington said one juror stood in the way of a not guilty verdict.
This was, and has always been, about getting justice for those three little babies.
Both sides returned to court at the end of the month. For NPR News, I'm Priyanka Deyal McClusky in Boston. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
“If you're headed for a final summer beach visit this Labor Day weekend, you should know”
where it's okay to set up your beach chairs and umbrellas. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports a battle is heating up along a popular Gulf of Mexico destination in the Florida Panhandle over who gets to use the beach and where. South Walton County Florida's shoreline of white sand and emerald green water is a flash point and a protracted legal battle over personal property lines and beachgoers rights.
Dave Rausch Cobb is with Florida beaches for all. A group pushing a constitutional amendment to allow public beach access. Our beaches should be public, they should be shared as they have for eons. But homeowners say that encroaches on their property rights. Eric Wilhelm has a Gulf front house in Santa Rosa Beach.
So to are you, you know, whether or not I consider your property is like saying, "Oh, I want to come send your back yard." Rapid development has created a land squeeze here and elsewhere in Florida. Debbie Elliott NPR News Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. Rome is cracking down on the hundreds of Gulf cards that are carrying tourists through
the city's historic center. Critics say the cards are clogging already crowded streets, parking illegally and adding to the pressures of over tourism. City officials are working on rules that we cap the number of cards and regulate which companies can operate them.
Tour operators argue the electric cards take up less space than buses and offer tourists a cleaner way to see the Italian city. This week on NewsMakers, after more than a decade in comedy, I wasn't sure that we would get here. Robby Hoffman is fearless, I had a small feeling I wasn't sure, and fully or herself.
Well I'm not home now, I'm doing something. We plunge into comedy and success with Robby Hoffman on NPR NewsMakers.
