NPR News: 08-07-2026 9AM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Winsor Johnston. The US job market slumped last month. NPR Scott Horsley reports employers cut twenty-three thousand jobs in July.
The job cuts came in restaurants and retail shops as well as local government last month. Job gains for May and June were also revised sharply lower. Healthcare continued to add jobs last month, but at a modest pace. The unemployment rate dipped to four point one percent, but only because more than two hundred sixty thousand people dropped out of the workforce. July was the second month in a row. The jobs report was weaker than forecasters had expected. It suggests that sluggish economic growth and rising prices are taking a toll on the labor market. Average wages for people who are working climbed three point two percent over the last twelve months, but that's likely not enough to keep pace with inflation, so workers' paychecks aren't stretching as far as they used to.
Scott Horsley, MPR News, Washington.
Iran says it's approved an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that would allow Iranian authorities to oversee inbound shipping traffic. But the White House says no country will be allowed to control the waterway. NPR's Franco Ordonnez reports.
President Trump had been saying all week that good things were happening and then a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz would happen very soon. But the split over who controls the strait has thrown the agreement into question. Justin Logan of the Think Tank Cato Institute pointed to the differing interpretations of one single paragraph, paragraph five of that MOU that caused all the problems.
It's a bit like the unstoppable force that meets the immovable object. I mean, neither country's public position at least has changed significantly. Uh and that was what caused the memorandum of understanding to implode in the first place.
Iran continues to maintain they want control over the strait while the US is seeking a return to the status quo. Franco Ordonas, NPR News.
Open AI is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Apple. NPR's John Ruitch reports the case alleges that former Apple employees who went to work for the AI company stole trade secrets.
OpenAI is developing consumer devices for artificial intelligence. Apple says former employees involved took confidential information and that OpenAI sought it out. Apple sued in July. In a motion filed in federal court, OpenAI says the Apple lawsuit is quote rotten to its core and based on meritless claims. It says Apple launched the case without adequate investigation and built it on selectively excerpted communications and lawful conduct presented out of context. It accuses Apple of trying to make up for its shortcomings in the market for talent and failures on the AI front by launching the lawsuit. The case highlights growing acrimony between one time partners and it could take years to play out.
John Ruich, NPR News.
This is NPR. About seven million people in the US are living with Alzheimer's disease, a degenerative brain condition for which there's no cure. NPR's ping long reports on a new development that could point towards a new direction for treatment.
One of the primary markers of Alzheimer's disease is a protein called Tau in its long tangled form. New research in the journal Neuron shows that under stress, tau proteins enter mitochondria, the part of the cell that converts nutrients to energy. They reverse the process, causing the release of toxic molecules. Binghui Liu is a professor at Stanford Medicine and senior author on the paper.
Initially we think this may actually help the organism cope with this stress, but too much of this thing would you actually kill neurons and cause this cognitive deficit.
Liu and his colleagues conducted research on flies, mice, and lab-grown neurons with signs of Alzheimer's. When the scientists blocked this process, each recovered and was more resilient to future stress.
Ping Huang N PR News. Evacuation orders around Spokane, Washington could remain in effect for weeks as crews battle wildfires across the region.
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