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Ryland Barton
In Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is set to speak about affordability today at a campaign style rally in Pennsylvania. NPR's Domenico Montanaro says this is an effort to change views of Trump's handling of the economy.
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Domenico Montanaro
Economy Trump has repeatedly downplayed the importance of cost of living as a factor in people's lives. He's called affordability a con job cooked up by Democrats. But people know what they're paying, and most people think that Trump is making things worse. Polling averages have found majorities disapproving of Trump's handling of the economy, a big turnaround from his first term. And presidents often get more credit and blame than they deserve on the economy. But people are saying that Trump's policies, particularly his tariffs, have made prices and the cost of doing business higher. So this public facing effort by the White House to try and have the president talk about the economy is coming at a critical time in his presidency. Domenico Montanaro, NPR News, Washington.
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Ryland Barton
Opponents of a new Missouri congressional map pushed by President Trump have submitted enough signatures to get a referendum on the issue next year. As St. Louis Public Radio's Jason Rosenbaum reports, the new congressional map could be suspended until voters have a say.
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Jason Rosenbaum
Trump cajoled Republicans to pass a new map that could provide the GOP with an additional seat in Congress. Now opponents of that plan have delivered more than 300,000 voter signatures to Missouri's secretary of state. If the signatures are verified, the new map would not be in play for the 2026 midterm elections. Richard von Glahn with the group People, Not Politicians, expects Republicans to try and stop the referendum. Our democracy belongs to us, not to politicians. The Republican secretary of state could try and block the ballot measure, but redistricting opponents say that may not hold up in court. For NPR News, I'm Jason Rosenbaum in St. Louis.
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Ryland Barton
And an Indiana state Senate committee has taken its first step towards enacting a Republican friendly congressional map, but it remains to be seen if the full Senate will have enough votes to enact the plan. A final vote could come Thursday. Abortions in the US have been increasing in recent years despite state abortion bans. As Rosemary Westwood at member station WWNO reports, a new study shows that trend is continuing.
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Rosemary Westwood
Data from the Society of Family Planning show that abortions were up slightly again in the first half of this year, driven by an increase in medication abortions. About 25% were provided via telehealth, where patients can receive abortion medications through the mail, including those living in states with abortion bans. Dr. Allison Norris is co chair of the We Count report.
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Dr. Allison Norris
The We Count findings make clear that abortion bans haven't stopped people from needing or obtaining abortion care.
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Rosemary Westwood
The report comes as the FDA has promised to review the safety of mifepristone, one of the medications that induces abortion. That's despite decades of evidence proving it is safe and effective. For NPR News, I'm Rosemarie Westwood in New Orleans.
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Ryland Barton
US Stocks largely held in place today. This is NPR News from Washington. A leader of the West African regional bloc says coup have left the region in state of emergency. The president of the Economic Community of West African States Commission spoke after a failed coup attempt in Benin, the latest in a string of attempted and successful military takeovers. In countries including Guinea, Bissau, Niger and Burkina Faso, scientists have developed a bionic hand that uses artificial intelligence to figure out what a user is trying to do. NPR's John Hamilton has more on a study in the journal Nature Communications.
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John Hamilton
A natural hand doesn't need much guidance. Just think about picking up that cup of coffee and subconscious circuits in the brain and spine take care of the details. So researchers at the University of Utah set out to make a bionic hand that could mimic some of those circuits. The result is a system that uses machine learning to help a person carry out a task. And Marshall Trout says it worked in a study of four people who tried to use the bionic hand to drink.
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Marshall Trout
From a cup without the machine assistance. The person just crushed it or dropped it every single time.
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John Hamilton
But when participants got help from the system's machine learning function, they were able to bring cup to lip without a hitch. John Hamilton, NPR News.
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Ryland Barton
A team of researchers in Bolivia has discovered more than 16,000 footprints belonging to theropods, the dinosaur group that includes the Tyrannosaurus rex, in ancient waterways. Paleontologists published a study in the peer reviewed journal PLOS ONE claiming this finding represents the highest number of theropod footprints recorded anywhere in the world. I'm Ryland Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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