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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dwahalisai Kowtao. Maryland Governor Wes Moore says he's sending state police into Baltimore to assist city officials working to fight crime. Scott Maccioni from member station WYPR reports the move coincides with the Trump administration's plans to deploy National Guard troops to the city.
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The state police are tasked with conducting proactive enforcement in high crime areas. They aim to have a visible presence to deter crime, according Maryland Governor Wes Moore. It comes after President Trump threatened to send National Guard troops to Baltimore, claiming it would reduce crime. Moore says that would not be helpful and that crime needs to be addressed holistically.
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We said that we were going to take an all of the above approach to public safety, that you were never going to militarize your way into safe streets.
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Baltimore is experiencing record low crime rates and is on track to have the fewest homicides in half a century. For NPR News, I'm Scott Moscione in Baltimore.
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Two very lucky Powerball ticket holders matched all six numbers for the $1.8 billion prize. Its cash value is an estimated $820.6 million. The National Hurricane center says Chico has re strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it moves west northwestward in the Central Pacific. Scientists say as it moves closer to Hawaii, Kikko could have maximum sustained winds near 140mil hour with even higher gusts. National Weather Service meteorologist Joseph Clark is in Hawaii. He says the primary impact is going.
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To be surf over the next few days. It'll track north of the islands and the primary impact here locally is going to be surf anywhere from 10 to around 15ft for east facing shores and that could cause some beach erosion issues, hazardous conditions at the beach, things like that.
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He said swells could reach the Big island and Maui by Sunday. In London, police arrested at least 400 people after violence broke out in a demonstration supporting a banned pro Palestinian group. Vicki Barker reports.
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Scotland Yard says a number of officers were punched, kicked and had objects thrown at them in Saturday's protest. Many of the demonstrators held signs supporting Palestine Action, which was banned after the group was accused of causing millions in damages, including to military aircraft. Police had warned that anyone expressing support for the group at Saturday's sit in would be arrested and face terror related charges, just as many hundreds already have after past protests. Anti censorship groups, though, call that overkill and a violation of freedom of expression.
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You are listening to NPR News from New York City. Irina Sabalenka is again the US Open champion, defeating Amanda Anisimova in Saturday's women's singles final. Here's that winning moment from ESPN. Sabalenka is the first woman to win back U.S. open titles since Serena Williams more than a decade ago. The men's singles final is later today between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. President Trump is scheduled to attend that match. Voter and civil rights organizations are seeking to block efforts by Texas governor Greg Abbott and state Attorney General Ken Paxton to expel 13 Democratic state representatives from office for their role in this summer's quorum. Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider reports.
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Abbott and Paxton have asked the Supreme Court of Texas to rule that the 13 Democratic lawmakers abandoned their offices by leaving the state during a special session. Sky Perryman heads the nonprofit Democracy Forward, which filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of the civil rights groups.
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The actions that Governor Abbott has taken, the actions that Ken Paxton has taken, they just they have no basis in the Texas constitution.
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More than 50 Democratic lawmakers fled Texas in July to try to prevent the passage of a Republican congressional redistricting plan. After Democrats returned, Republicans passed a map even more heavily tilted towards the GOP than first proposed. I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
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