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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Democrat Graham Platner is suspending his campaign for Senate in Maine after a former girlfriend accused him of rape. Maine's Democratic Party says it will hold a convention to select a new nominee. As NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports, Platner denies the allegation.
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Within hours of a report from Platner's former girlfriend alleging rape, the Maine Democratic Party and top congressional Democrats called on Platner to withdraw from the race. The progressive campaign had long been marked by scandal, from a tattoo of a Nazi emblem to reports of him exchanging sexually explicit messages with multiple women near the beginning of his marriage. After the latest allegation, the campaign arm for Senate Democrats vowed to not invest in the race if Platner remained on the ballot. The party will now begin a process to select a new nominee, and the clock is ticking. They have until July 27th. Barbara Sprunt, NPR News, Washington.
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The U.S. military says it's carrying out another round of strikes on Iran after Iran attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week and retaliated for US Strikes last night. Earlier today, President Trump said Iranian attacks signaled the end of this ceasefire. As NPR's Franco Ordonez explains, Trump not
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only warned that the US would likely hit Iran again, but he also threatened to bring back a naval blockade. I mean, he is clearly frustrated after last night's series of strikes, and he really went off on Iranian leaders, calling them cuckoo and a bunch of liars.
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I don't want to deal with them anymore. They're scum. You know what scum is? They're scum. They're sick people. They're led by sick people and they're vicious, violent people.
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Now the big question is whether calling off the ceasefire is actually a change in policy or simply a negotiating tactic. But Trump did say during the press conference that this would not lead to full scale fighting again and that anything that happened would be over quickly.
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NPR's Franco Ordona is reporting. Health workers responding to an outbreak of Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo say they have not been paid by the government. As NPR's Duri Buskaren reports, they're protesting delayed wages, unfair treatment and a lack of protective gear.
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The Bundabujo strain of Ebola has sickened more than 1700 people in this outbreak and killed almost 600. Frontline health workers in Ituri Province told the Associated Press they have not been paid their wages and bonuses from Congo's government since the outbreak was declared on May 15. They said they're on strike to protest their working conditions. Local media reported that several healthcare workers protested on Monday, burning tires outside a hospital in Bunya, capital of the hardest hit province in this outbreak. The strike comes as enrollment for clinical trials have begun in Congo for two treatments that may help treat the Bundabugio strain. Dari Buscaren, NPR News, Washington.
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This is NPR News from Washington. Former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan has been spared from prison for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade ICE agents. A federal judge fined her $5,000 and cited her otherwise law abiding life in issuing the sentence. Dugan resigned her Milwaukee County Circuit judgeship after the obstruction conviction amid threats of impeachment from Republican legislators. She faced up to five years in prison, but the judge said what she did was a momentary deviation from a life service. In Ecuador, a humanoid robot took part in a mission to climb the country's tallest peak. Kathryn Osborne reports it was a step toward robot conducted research in harsh mountain conditions.
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The robot, named Pemba Jose, operated at an altitude of around 20,000ft atop Chimborazo, Ecuador's tallest mountain. It walked and used sensors to collect data on the terrain. Researchers are testing the use of robots to monitor mountain glaciers, to deforestation and wildlife. This robot was not sophisticated enough to make the climb on its own. Humans carried it through steeper parts. But they said the expedition will help refine robot climbers that they hope will one day scale Mount Everest. For NPR News, I'm Katherine Osborne in Rio de Janeiro.
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On this day in 1776, Colonel John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence outside the state House in Philadelphia, now called Independence Hall. The Continental Congress waited four days to read it publicly because they had to wait for the document to be printed and distributed. I'm Rylan Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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