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What recent Supreme Court decisions impact voting rights?
Live from NPR News, I'm Joel Snyder. Tuesday marks a final opinion day for the U.S. Supreme Court. The court has four cases left to decide, including President Trump's challenge to birthright citizenship. Voting rights groups, meanwhile, are applauding a Supreme Court decision that preserves the ability of states to count postmark ballots that arrive after Election Day. This is a victory for some veteran groups who intervened in the case. Here's NPR's Ashley Lopez reporting.
Republicans were challenging a Mississippi law that allows officials to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. But in a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court upheld the law. That voice foundation was among the groups that intervened in this case.
How is the Midwest heat wave affecting the East Coast?
They argued eliminating ballot receipt grace periods would have disproportionately harmed military and overseas voters who often face postal delays. In a statement, the group said this ruling is a major victory for voters. About 30 states have laws that allow election administrators to count postmarked ballots that arrive after Election Day from overseas and military voters. Ashley Lopez, NPR News.
The heat wave that has the Midwest sweltering is poised to move eastward. Some of the worst conditions expected Thursday and Friday in the Ohio Valley, the Mid-Atlantic region, and the Northeast. Temperatures are forecast in the 90s, with heat index values expected to exceed 100 degrees. National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Bardot warns that there will be little relief when the sun goes down.
Heat index value overnight will probably only dip below the 90 degree mark for six to maybe eight hours overnight. So the recovery is minimal, and that's what takes the toll.
What is the status of recovery efforts after the Kentucky flooding?
Heat waves have been intensifying over the years because of human-caused climate change. To Kentucky now, where damage assessment is ongoing across the state after four people died as a result of massive flooding over the weekend. From Member Station W.E.K.U., Lily Burris has more.
Governor Andy Beshear told CNN Monday the remaining search and rescue efforts were occurring in more remote areas. An official with Kentucky State Parks confirmed at least four families are staying at parks in the aftermath of the disaster. Jill Williams is the Madison County Deputy Judge Executive. She says teams are working to assess the damage there in the hope the area can access federal emergency aid. Our emergency management team and our county office Our joint executive, our focus is on getting the resources to the people that they need. While officials await possible help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, recovery groups and nonprofits are working to shelter those who lost their homes.
What led to the deaths of firefighters in Colorado's wildfire?
For NPR News, I'm Lily Burris in Richmond.
Federal officials say the three firefighters killed over the weekend in a Colorado wildfire were part of a specialized crew tasked with quickly putting out new fires in remote areas. The crew was overcome Saturday after deploying emergency shelters to shield themselves. You're listening to NPR News. New Mexico Governor Michelle O. Grisham is pledging to take her outrage over the actions of federal agents to the White House and Congress, saying at a news conference Monday that she wants assurances that the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration is no longer allowing shipments of fentanyl to go unseized in an effort to build bigger cases. She says the strategy led to many more deaths and that state officials could pursue billions of dollars in civil damages.
An Associated Press investigation found DEA agents monitored but did not seize fentanyl shipments over a two-year period. New Mexico's Attorney General looking into whether the agents broke state law. Justice Department changing the name of a division that focuses on environmental litigation and enforcement. NPR's Jacqueline Diaz has more.
How is New Mexico addressing fentanyl trafficking issues?
The new name for the DOJ's Environmental and Natural Resources Division emphasizes the agency's work on energy security. That's according to DOJ leadership, who announced the change in a Wall Street Journal op-ed.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What recent Supreme Court decisions impact voting rights?
0:01–0:45
2
How is the Midwest heat wave affecting the East Coast?
0:45–1:41
3
What is the status of recovery efforts after the Kentucky flooding?
1:41–2:37
4
What led to the deaths of firefighters in Colorado's wildfire?
2:37–3:48
5
How is New Mexico addressing fentanyl trafficking issues?
3:48–4:39
6
What were the results of the recent World Cup matches?
4:39–5:03