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What happened in the Idaho wildfire shooting and how did authorities respond?
Live from NPR News in Washington DC, I'm Dale Wilman. Police say a man armed with a rifle started a wildfire near Quarter Lane, Idaho on Sunday and then began shooting at the responding firefighters.
At approximately one twenty one this afternoon, we received a phone call that There was a fire on the back side or east side of Canfield Mountain. Fire assets responded to the scene and at approximately two o'clock firefighters broadcast that they were being shot at on Canfield Mountain.
That's Kooteny County Sheriff Bob Norris who says two firefighters were killed in the attack and a third was wounded. A gunman was eventually found on the mountain with a weapon nearby. It's not yet known if he was killed by return gunfire or took his own life. Idaho's governor called the assault heinous.
How will the Senate’s tax and spending bill affect Medicaid and the national debt?
Debate is continuing in the Senate tonight concerning President Trump's massive tax and spending bills. And Pierre's Deirdre Walsh has more.
The bill makes the tax cuts that were enacted in twenty seventeen in Trump's first term permanent, also adds new tax breaks like no tax on tips, no tax on overtime. But to pay for those tax cuts, the bill makes a bunch changes to the Medicaid program, the health care program. for low income, disabled, elderly people.
That's NPR's Deirdre Walsh new analysis, meanwhile, says if the bill is passed, it will add more than three million di three trillion dollars, rather, to the nation's debt. Republican Senator Tom Tillis of North Carolina says he will not seek reelection next year. That announcement Sunday came one day after he announced his opposition to Trump's spending bill. Trump quickly attacked Tillis, suggesting he would face a primary if he did run again.
What are the details of the new public‑smoking ban in France and its expected impact?
Court records show that Trump administration has agreed not to deport a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation. Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes has been convicted of smuggling migrants and illegally re entering the US after having been deported. Hernandez Reyes has been identified as the first cooperator in the case. A ban restricting smoking in public places went into effect Sunday in France, NPR's Ellen Beardsley has a report.
The ban was pushed through by French health minister Catherine Vautrin, who called it another step in creating a tobacco-free generation by 2032. Violators could be fined 150 to several hundred dollars. Smokers will still be allowed on cafe terraces and e-cigarettes are not included in the ban. Critics say that defangs the measure as e-cigarette companies attract young people with different flavored vapes. Less than a quarter of the adult population in France smokes.
How did Pride celebrations worldwide address LGBTQ+ rights and protest recent policies?
But smoking causes 75,000 deaths per year and costs society more than $170 billion annually, says France's National Bureau of Addiction. A recent poll showed sixty two percent of the French support the ban. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Pont et Ma Seine, France.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. People around the world celebrated LGBTQ plus Pride Sunday with parades and other festivities, and many of them also protested the continuing rollbacks of their rights, as NPR's Mandalite Del Barco tells us in this reports.
The theme at this year's New York City Pride Parade was Rise Up, Pride and Protest. Many at the country's largest such event demonstrated against President Trump's recent executive orders and policies that limit rights for trans people and dismantle DEI programs. Parade goers held up signs like one that read, Our Joy is our resistance. This year some corporations cut back or canceled their sponsorships, but there were still major pride parades in San Francisco, Chicago, and other U.S.
Which movies topped the North American box office this weekend and what were their earnings?
cities and around the world. In Budapest on Saturday, a hundred thousand people marched in defiance of police orders and a ban by the Hungarian government. Among them was activist and journalist Adam Kanakskar, who talked to the Associated Press.
We don't really care about the consequences. We are here because we are proud.
Mandalit al Barco in PR News.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What happened in the Idaho wildfire shooting and how did authorities respond?
0:00–0:53
2
How will the Senate’s tax and spending bill affect Medicaid and the national debt?
0:53–1:45
3
What are the details of the new public‑smoking ban in France and its expected impact?
1:45–2:40
4
How did Pride celebrations worldwide address LGBTQ+ rights and protest recent policies?
2:40–3:44
5
Which movies topped the North American box office this weekend and what were their earnings?
3:44–4:38