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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Congressional support is collapsing for Maine Oysterman and Senate candidate Graham Platner following a sexual assault allegation reported by Politico. Fellow progressive Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is among the last politicians to or the latest politicians to urge Platner, a Democrat, to drop out of the race in Maine, which the Democratic Party sees as a key path to winning back the U.S. senate in November. Public's Kevin Miller spoke with NPR's Here and Now about what happens next.
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So the state law only says that a political committee can put forward a replacement nominee if the withdrawal takes place before 5pm next Monday. So that's on July 13th. The committee then has two weeks so until July 27th to make that selection. But the process is entirely left open to the party. And that's kind of a lot of the speculation right now as to what's going to happen if Platner, if and when Platner does decide to step down.
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Politico had published a report in which Jenny Racico accuses Platner of sexually assaulting her in 2021. Platner denied the allegation. A high rise under construction in midtown Manhattan is at risk of collapse. Mayor Zoram Hamdani says bricks were falling this morning from the former Pfizer building near Grand Central Terminal.
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Two structural columns have buckled in addition to multiple cracks and sagging floors. The building remains unst since arriving on scene. We have witnessed additional movement in one
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of the compromised columns, Mamdani says That and other tall buildings in the area, as well as a school with about 400 students, have been evacuated. Streets around the site are also closed to pedestrians. The pharmaceutical company's former global headquarters was being converted into a more than 1500 unit residential complex. Far right leader Marine Le Pen says she will run for president of France next year and legally challenge her embezzlement conviction. A French appeals court has cleared the way for Le Pen to run, but is requiring her to wear an electronic tag. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
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Most people expected a clearer decision if the lower court verdict was fully upheld. Le Pen was to be barred from politics for five years, but the court gave her a suspended sentence and one year with an electronic bracelet. And if she'd been declared ineligible, her National Rally Party's number two, Jordan Bardella, was to be the candidate for President. The 30 year old politician is very popular, especially with young people. Others call him an empty suit who lacks experience. Le Pen is a shrewd politician with decades of experience but a guilty verdict on her head. The national rally now faces a difficult choice at a time when it's never been so popular and has a real chance at the presidency. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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From Washington, this is NPR News. A new government study finds an increase in students with disabilities being taught alongside non disabled peers. More from NPR's Anaki Mehta.
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There's been a 25% jump in the number of students with disabilities being taught in general education classrooms for most of their day. The change happened over the course of a decade between the 2020-12-13 and 2023-24 school years. This is according to a new report by the U.S. government Accountability Office, which found that the share of students being taught in integrated settings has increased in 42 of 50 states. These increases happened across race and ethnicity as well as socioeconomic levels. And in that 10 year period, there's been a 21% growth in students who are getting special ed services across the board. Junake Mehta and Pear News Dolly A
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True Original Musical begins performances at the St. James Theater. Here's Jeff Lundon.
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The video dropped early early Tuesday morning. Dolly Parton, holding a guitar with a bedazzled butterfly on it, says, I can
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officially announce that Dolly, a True Original Musical is coming to Broadway.
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The musical, which she co authored with Maria S. Schlatter, will feature many of Parton's hits, including Jolene and I Will Always Love youe, as well as new songs written for the story. Tony Award winning director Bartlett Shear will helm the production, which opens on January 19, 2027, Dolly Parton's 81st birthday. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London in New York.
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