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Shea Stevens (0:18)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. Voters will have less time to get mail in ballots to elections officials this year. Multiple states are eliminating grace periods for casting ballots by mail. As NPR' Ashley Lopez reports, almost 20.
Ashley Lopez (0:34)
States and territories count ballots that make it to officials after polls close. MO's require that those ballots be postmarked by Election Day, though these laws are in place to give voters wiggle room in case there are issues with the mail or other unforeseen problems. But four of those states pass legislation that require ballots to be received by the close of polls, regardless of when the voter mailed their ballot. Trump signed an executive order, much of which is currently halted by a court order that sought to eliminate these grace periods altogether. Ashley Lopez, NPR News.
Shea Stevens (1:06)
Nineteen states have raised their minimum wage. The bottom rate varies by state, but the highest is $17.13 an hour in Washington state and $16 an hour in Hawaii. The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, where it's been since 2009. American farmers hurt by US tariffs are learning how much federal aid they can expect per acre. The Agriculture Department says payments from a recently announced $12 billion farm aid package should begin arriving by the. But some farmers say it will not be enough. Authorities say it's too soon to speculate on the cause of a deadly fire that claimed at least 40 lives at a skeet resort bar in the Swiss Alps. President Guy Parmalin calls it one of the worst tragedies in Swiss history. As NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports, a social media video appears to show flames spreading above the bar.
Ruth Sherlock (1:58)
There's also what seems to be a promotional video from last year for the bar, and that shows female staff wearing biker helmets striding through the place carrying sparklers stuffed into alcohol bottles. People have also been asking whether last night the bar was overcrowded. So there's clearly lots of questions to be answered in this investigation. For now, officials are saying the priority is to identify the bodies of the victims, and they say that that could take quite some time.
Shea Stevens (2:27)
NPR's Ruth Sherlock, Colombia's armed forces say they have, quote, neutralized the main leader, Atrenda Agua, the country's most feared criminal gangs. The BBC's Mimi Swaby has more.