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What agreement did Columbia University reach with the Trump administration and why?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. Columbia University has announced a deal with the Trump administration. To regain frozen research funds. Details from WNYC's Jessica Gould.
Columbia says it will pay more than two hundred million dollars in fines to settle government investigations into discrimination on campus, and the Trump administration will release hundreds of millions of dollars in grants. Federal officials had held the money back for months, accusing Colombia of failing to address anti Semitism. In a statement, Acting Columbia President Claire Shipman says university officials do not agree that it violated anti-discrimination laws. But she says the university is making changes to create a safer, respectful campus. She says the new agreement also protects Colombia's independence. For NPR News, I'm Jessica Gould in New York City.
Why are over a hundred religious and aid groups urging an immediate Gaza cease‑fire?
More than one hundred religious and aid groups are urging Israel to end its blockade of Gaza. As NPR's Emily Fang reports, the organizations want food and medical aid delivered right away.
Muslim, Jewish, and Christian religious organizations are among those who have signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire to Israel's war in Gaza and for all border crossings to Gaza to open. The letter says aid workers in Gaza are debilitated by hunger. It also criticized an Israeli and US backed food distribution program that has largely replaced a United Nations system as flawed and a quote smoke screen for inaction. The letter comes amid growing global pressure on Israel. This week, the human rights organization Amnesty International described what it called, quote, starvation as a method of warfare in Gaza. And the United Nations condemned the deaths of 81 Palestinians trying to access food on Sunday from UN trucks, calling their killings a quote, an atrocious and inhumane act.
Emily Fang and Peer News Tel Aviv.
Tesla's reporting a drop in net income during the second quarter.
How did Tesla’s second‑quarter earnings reveal a shift toward AI and robotics?
That's despite CEO Elon Musk's pivot back to his companies after a stint leading the Trump administration spending cuts. NPR's John Ruich reports
Tesla's vehicle sales have been flagging for months, and earlier this month it reported that they were down thirteen point five percent year on year during the second quarter. The company says revenue fell 12% during the three-month period. It chalked that up to declining vehicle deliveries and lower regulatory credit revenue, among other things. Onlookers have blamed the company's flagging fortunes on Musk's political activity, although he's disputed that it's had an impact. Tesla's profits were down 71% last quarter. In its latest earnings report, Tesla says it's at a seminal moment in its history. The beginning of a transition from EVs and renewable energy to artificial intelligence, robotics, and related services.
In June, it launched a robotaxi service in Austin with plans to expand. John Ruich, NPR News.
What new legal actions are being taken in the Jeffrey Epstein investigations?
This is NPR. A US House panel has voted to subpoena the Justice Department for files from the federal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile, a federal judge in Florida has rejected a Trump administration request to unseal grand jury transcripts from two thousand five and two thousand seven on Epstein. U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg says the request did not meet any of the extraordinary exceptions that are needed in order to make the records public. A similar request is pending before a federal judge in New York for the Where Epstein died in jail while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. A judge has sentenced Brian Koberger to life in prison for the twenty twenty two murders of four University of Idaho students.
Koberger also received a ten year sentence for burglary. Before becoming the faces of Fleawood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham released a debut album as a duo.
Why is the 1973 Buckingham Nicks album being reissued now and what’s its legacy?
Over fifty years later, NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports that Buckingham Nicks is being reissued on streaming.
Buckingham Nicks will be reissued on September nineteenth. The single Crying in the Night is out now.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What agreement did Columbia University reach with the Trump administration and why?
0:01–0:57
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Why are over a hundred religious and aid groups urging an immediate Gaza cease‑fire?
0:57–2:01
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How did Tesla’s second‑quarter earnings reveal a shift toward AI and robotics?
2:01–2:58
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What new legal actions are being taken in the Jeffrey Epstein investigations?
2:58–3:53
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Why is the 1973 Buckingham Nicks album being reissued now and what’s its legacy?
3:53–4:39