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Who won Michigan's contested Democratic Senate primary and why does it matter?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Michigan's heavily contested Democratic Senate primary has been decided. Progressive Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated moderate Haley Stevens. Michigan Public Radio's Russ McNamara reports the race was among the most expensive Senate primaries ever for political advertising.
Pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and other groups spent over $60 million on ads for Stevens and against El-Sayed. Speaking to supporters in Detroit earlier this morning, El-Sayed focused on his general election opponent, Republican former Congressman Mike Rogers, and bringing all Democrats together. We have a responsibility to assure that we unite to make sure that Mike Rogers never sees the inside of the U.S.
Senate.
This will be Roger's second attempt at the office he narrowly lost two years ago to Democrat Alyssa Slotkin. For NPR News, I'm Russ McNamara in Detroit.
How are Russian missile attacks intensifying the crisis in Kyiv?
Russia carried out another round of missiles in the Ukrainian capital overnight, killing at least 17 people. NPR's Greg Myrie reports Russian forces have intensified the attacks to exploit Ukraine's lack of air defenses.
Russia fired more than two dozen ballistic and hypersonic missiles into Kyiv and its suburbs, igniting large blazes that lit up the night. At daybreak, the sky remained hazy with acrid smoke. The deadliest attack was at a train platform where eight people were killed while waiting for a train that was running late. Ukraine says it's exhausted its stockpile of U.S.-made Patriot air defense missiles that have limited the damage from Russian attacks in recent years. President Volodymyr Zelensky is pleading with the U.S. and other nations to resupply Ukraine. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Kyiv.
Iran says it's getting closer to an agreement that would temporarily open the Strait of Hormuz.
What progress is being made toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz?
NPR's Hadil Alshanti reports Qatari and U.S. officials are citing progress in a broader deal to reopen the critical waterway.
Qatar's foreign ministry said that talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz were in the, quote, very progressive stages and that a draft was being circulated among parties. It said that no deal has been reached yet. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that there were, quote, progress in talks, but not finality yet. Iran and Oman said they were getting close to their own deal to temporarily open the strait, Iranian officials said they would use an intermediate route whereby ships enter the Persian Gulf using an Iranian-controlled route, an exit using an Omani-controlled one. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said a deal was contingent on the U.S. lifting its blockade on Iranian ports. Hadil Alshalchi, NPR News, Istanbul.
Why is the FDA’s decision on the mRNA flu vaccine M‑Fluciva significant?
Stocks are trading higher on Wall Street at this hour. The Dow was up 612 points, the Nasdaq up 21. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Chipotle Mexican Grill has removed jalapenos from some of its restaurants tied to a salmonella outbreak in Minnesota. The fast food chain says it's pulled the product from restaurants across the country as a precaution. This comes as the FDA continues to investigate a cyclospora outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that sickened thousands of people in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration is expected to decide as soon as today whether to approve the first flu vaccine that uses mRNA technology. NPR's Rob Stein reports.
The vaccine is called M-Fluciva. It was developed by Moderna, the same company that made one of the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
What will happen when a discarded SpaceX rocket stage hits the Moon?
M-Fluciva appears to offer more protection than traditional flu vaccines and can be produced and updated more quickly. but the Trump administration has been highly critical of mRNA technology, so the decision by the FDA under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines, especially mRNA vaccines, is being closely watched. Rob Stein, NPR News.
A discarded SpaceX rocket stage was expected to hit the moon today after drifting through space for more than a year. The Falcon 9 upper stage was projected to strike the lunar surface at roughly 5,400 miles an hour.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Who won Michigan's contested Democratic Senate primary and why does it matter?
0:00–1:01
2
How are Russian missile attacks intensifying the crisis in Kyiv?
1:01–2:00
3
What progress is being made toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz?
2:00–2:47
4
Why is the FDA’s decision on the mRNA flu vaccine M‑Fluciva significant?
2:47–3:45
5
What will happen when a discarded SpaceX rocket stage hits the Moon?
3:45–4:53