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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton Colt Gray, the teenager who killed two students and two teachers at Georgia's Apalachee High School in 2024, was sentenced today to life in prison without parole. Gray pleaded guilty to all 55 counts. His father, Colin Gray, will be sentenced on Thursday after a jury found him guilty of second degree murder for providing the gun his son used. First responders are searching damaged homes and buildings after a powerful tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin yesterday. Winnebag County Executive Gordon Hintz says officials are still assessing the damage.
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The depth of the tornado and its impact still are is incredible, devastating. And we're really still in the assessment phase of things. At the same time, we know that people are going without, you know, power uncertainty about childcare, housing.
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The National Weather Service says the tornado touched down at around 1pm yesterday, remained on the ground for more than 20 minutes as it cut a roughly 12 mile path of destruction. President Trump spoke at the funeral of South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham today. Trump called Graham a true American original. As NPR's Adipa Shivaram reports, Trump and
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Graham had an openly hostile relationship when the two were running for president in 2016. But in his eulogy, Trump lauded Graham, who died earlier this month.
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He went out at the peak of his career at the top of his game as a legend that every one of us, many of us here today, blessed to know him and a friend that none of us will ever forget. There was truly nobody like Lindsey Graham.
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Graham was a staunch advocate for US Support for Ukraine and Israel. Before his death. He authored a bill to put energy sanctions on Russia and used the relationship he'd built with Trump to secure White House support for it. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, the White House.
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The Senate is set to advance a bill pushed by Graham to sanction Russia. NPR's Claudia Grisales reports. Senators will also meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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A bipartisan contingent of US Senators will carry Gram's legislative effort forward to approve a bill sanctioning Russia. They'll meet privately with Zelenskyy on Capitol Hill. The meeting also comes the same evening of a Senate session to take up the legislation. Supporters are confident the bill has enough bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress to get to President Trump's desk before his death. Graham held a final press conference abroad after meeting with Zelensky to announce a deal had been reached with the Trump White House for the bill's support. Graham said he had been in talks with the White House for the past year to reach that deal, which would sanction top Russian leaders and countries that buy Russia's oil. Claudia Rizalis, NPR News, the Capitol.
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You are listening to NPR News from Washington. Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear is calling on Republican Senator Mitch McConnell to prove he is fit to continue serving in office or resign. The 84 year old McConnell was hospitalized June 14 after a fall. McConnell's office this week said he remains in a rehabilitation facility and has not yet been medically cleared to return to the Senate. Median U.S. home prices remain at a record high this summer, and that's pricing out many from buying. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports. There's concern about long term consequences.
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In Richmond, Virginia, Brittany Gilroy and her husband have been trying to buy for years. They've got good incomes but worry the cost would wipe out any savings.
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Pretty much every time when we looked at a house being like, uh, we said no, and then the prices of
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the houses go up sky high. Home values have pushed the renter owner wealth gap wider than ever. Michelle Dickerson at the University of Texas worries about middle class families since most of their wealth has long been in their homes.
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For young adults who are middle class,
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they are facing a future of no wealth.
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Congress passed a sweeping new law to tackle affordability with more housing supply, but that will take years. Jennifer Lutton, NPR News.
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Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders, pressure cooker, black bow tie and dozens of his personal items are up for public auction in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Sanders sold KFC in 1964 to a group of investors but continued as a brand ambassador not up for auction. The 11 herbs and spices that make up KFC's secret original recipe. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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