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What is President Trump doing in Scotland and why is it controversial?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump is spending the weekend in Scotland. He's playing golf and promoting golf resorts he owns there. He's also meeting with British and European leaders. But issues back home have followed him to Scotland. NPR's Lauren Freyer has more from Edinburgh.
Stepping off Air Force One in Scotland, President Trump dodged reporters' questions about his former friend Jeffrey Epstein.
I'm focused on making deals. I'm not focused on conspiracy theories that you are.
Trump is promoting his business interests here, inaugurating a new golf course at one of his resorts, and also talking trade and tariffs with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula Vanderleyen. But Scottish protesters lined his motorcade route, some with signs about Epstein.
Lint Lauren Freyer N PR News Edinburgh.
How did the mass stabbing at a Michigan Walmart unfold and what is the investigation finding?
Police in Northern Michigan are investigating a mass stabbing at a Walmart Supercenter. Eleven people are being treated at a local hospital. All of them are are in either serious or critical condition. From Interlock and Public Radio, Ed Ronco has our story.
Grand Travers County authorities say a forty two year old man is in custody. Here's Sheriff Michael Shea. We believe he acted alone at this time. There is no information indicating There were additional suspects. It appears that these were all random acts.
Why are extreme heat warnings sweeping the U.S. this weekend?
He said sheriff's deputies responded within minutes on Saturday afternoon, and that bystanders helped apprehend the suspect and treat the injured. The Walmart where the stabbings took place is in a busy shopping center in Traver City, Michigan. In a statement, the company condemned the violence and said it will work with law enforcement. In a statement on X, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said her thoughts were with the victims. For NPR News, I'm Ed Ronco.
Heat is the word for much of the US this weekend. Extreme heat warnings are in effect for parts of North and South Carolina, while heat advisories are in effect from Virginia down to Florida. The Midwest also has some heat watches in place. Larry Odal of Lowell, Arkansas says he took his grandkids to a splash pool to cope.
What damage did Ukrainian drone debris cause in southern Russia?
It's so hot outside that you gotta do do something that's cool 'em cool 'em off at least.
In some areas the heat index will be well above one hundred on Sunday. The science is clear that human induced climate change is increasing the frequency, intensity, and the duration of such extreme events. Officials in southern Russia say falling debris from destroyed Ukrainian drones hit a railway power supply overnight. They say there were no injuries from the attack which took place in the Volgograd region, but the extent of any further damage is not yet known. The airport there was also shut down because of Ukrainian drones, and air raid alerts were also heard in several other parts of the country. You're listening to NPR News. In letters to Congress and in public protests in recent days, former National Park Service employees are warning that President Trump's large cuts to the agency will devastate the parks environment and the local economies around them.
And Pierce Kirk Siegler has more from a tourist town outside Glacier National Park.
How are Trump’s budget cuts affecting National Parks and local tourism?
National parks have faced billions of dollars in backlogs for maintenance and infrastructure projects for a decade now, but tourism boosters like Zack Anderson, who runs Explore Whitefish, are worried that the Trump administration's latest cuts could erode the park experience so much that tourists will start going elsewhere. He says well managed parks make money.
We've got the federal government reducing staff at the National Park, and it just seems like there's a lot of uncertainty and a lot of counterintuitive decisions being made.
Anderson says Whitefish has seen a drop in its lucrative Canadian tourism market this summer, but is holding on steady thanks to an increase in domestic tourists. Kirk Zigler, NPR News, Whitefish, Montana.
Residents of a northern suburb of Athens, Greece are being evacuated as a wildfire burns there tonight.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is President Trump doing in Scotland and why is it controversial?
0:01–0:57
2
How did the mass stabbing at a Michigan Walmart unfold and what is the investigation finding?
0:57–1:27
3
Why are extreme heat warnings sweeping the U.S. this weekend?
1:27–2:13
4
What damage did Ukrainian drone debris cause in southern Russia?
2:13–3:17
5
How are Trump’s budget cuts affecting National Parks and local tourism?
3:17–4:17
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What’s driving the wildfires in Greece and the catastrophic floods in Pakistan?
4:17–4:39