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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Hurst. Veteran Senator Bill Cassidy lost his Republican primary and the chance to seek a third term representing Louisiana. NPR's Franco Ordonez reports. The outcome underscores the perils of going against President Trump.
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The senator lost his primary five years after voting to convict President Trump on impeachment charges following the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. capitol. Louisiana voters instead chose to send Trump backed Representative Julia Letlow and State Treasurer John Fleming to a runoff. The defeat shows that despite Trump's low polling numbers on the economy, the president still holds a tremendous grip over the Republican Party. The president, who reveled in the loss on social media this morning, is now turning his ire toward another Republican he deems disloyal, Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, whose primary is on Tuesday. Trump posted that Massey is, quote, an even bigger insult to our nation than Cassidy and must be voted out. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
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The United Arab Emirates says a fire broke out from a drone strike at its nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi. The UAE says the attack had no impact on radiation safety levels and didn't attribute it directly to Iran. And Pir Zaya Batrawi has more.
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The United Arab Emirates says the drone struck an electricity generator outside the Baraka nuclear power plant's inner perimeter on Sunday. The International Atomic Energy Agency says it was informed by the UAE that radiation levels remain normal. It says emergency diesel generators are currently providing power to part of the plant, the only one of its kind in the Arabian Peninsula. The UAE says the drone came from its western border, where neighbor Saudi Arabia borders Yemen to the south and Iraq to the far north. In an apparent reference to Iranian proxies, senior Emirati diplomat Anur Gargas wrote on X, the attack, quote, whether carried out by the principal perpetrator or through one of its agents represents a dangerous escalation. Arya Botrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
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A day after announcing Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak an international public health emergency. NPR's Jonathan Lambert has more.
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So far, Africa CDC officials are reporting 87 suspected deaths in over 330 suspected cases. The outbreak was only announced Friday. The high number of deaths, coupled with cases outside of drc, has officials worried about further spread. An emergency declaration helps coordinate response. The cases are concentrated in the Ituri province of drc, a mining region that borders South Sudan and Uganda. The area is remote, but many people come and go for work. In Uganda's capital, two people who'd recently traveled to drc, came back sick and one died. The outbreak was sparked by a rarer strain of the Ebola virus, for which there are no approved tests or vaccines. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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You're listening to NPR News from Washington. As the climate warms, rain around the world is increasingly falling in big bursts, with more and more of them followed by dry spells. That's according to a new study out of Dartmouth College. Abigail Giles from Vermont Public has more.
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The researchers looked at 40 years of satellite imagery and precipitation data from around the world. They found rainfall is consolidating especially dramatically in the Rocky Mountains and in South America. They say it's hard for soil, rivers and lakes to absorb all this water at once. Corey Lesk is an author on the study, which was published in the journal Nature.
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Unfortunately, it's a drying effect pretty much across the globe, which means that in a climate that is warmer where where precipitation comes in stronger bursts that are less frequent, that's going to leave less water around for us.
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The scientists say this could mean these places see more floods even as water resources get depleted in the long term. For NPR News, I'm Abigail Giles.
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At the weekend Box office, the Michael Jackson biopic Michael took the top spot with with an estimated $26 million. In its fourth weekend worldwide, the film's made more than 700 million. In second place, the Devil Wears Prada 2 with $18 million, reaching more than 540 million worldwide. In third place, the relationship horror movie obsession debuted with $16 million in ticket sales and that exceeded expectations. Rounding out the top five, Mortal Kombat 2 and the Sheep Detectives. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
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