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What caused the deadly 7.4‑magnitude earthquake in western Colombia?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingley. Search and rescue efforts are continuing in western Columbia where a strong earthquake has left more than one hundred ten people dead. The US Geological Survey says the quake had a magnitude of seven point four. It struck a remote region of the country yesterday and was felt as far away as the capital, Bogota. Soldiers are helping rescue teams go through the debris of damaged and toppled buildings. Numerous aftershocks are also reported. There are election primaries in several states today. In Minnesota, Democratic and Republican candidates are competing in a Senate primary. That's where Democratic Senator Amy Klobishar is seeking her party's nomination for governor.
Democratic Congresswoman Angie Craig, a moderate, is running for the party's Senate nomination against the state's Lieutenant Governor Penny Peggy Flanagan, a progressive.
Who are the candidates competing in South Carolina’s Senate primary?
In South Carolina, ten Republicans are competing for the party's Senate nomination for the seat held by the late Senator Lindsey Graham. Among the candidates in the special primary is Graham's sister Darlene. She was appointed by the state's governor to fill the remaining months of her brother's term. The congressional budget office is projecting the federal deficit will top two trillion dollars this year. NPR Scott Horsley says that's more red ink than forecasters were predicting six months ago.
With about a month and a half left to go in the fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office predicts the annual deficit will grow to $2.1 trillion. Income and payroll tax collections are up this year compared to last, but government spending has grown even faster. Meanwhile, corporate tax receipts are down from a year ago and tariff revenues are well short of earlier forecast after the Supreme Court struck down many of the President's import taxes. Spending on Social Security and Medicare has grown with an aging population. Interest payments have also jumped by more than $100 billion this year because of higher interest rates and the ballooning federal debt.
Why is the federal deficit projected to exceed $2 trillion this year?
Scott Horstley M Pierre News, Washington.
President Trump is scheduled to visit Ohio today. Connor Morris with Idea Stream Public Media says the president will attend a high school sports competition known as the Patriot Games.
With 120 high school athletes, one boy and one girl from each state and territory, the event has drawn comparison to the Hunger Games, books, and movies. The Patriot Games are taking place at a private boarding school in rural Ashtabula County. County Commissioner Casey Kozlowski, a Republican, says the games and Trump's visit are good for the area. The fact that these games are happening here really and with the young athletes that participating the focus should be on the athletes. The event is organized by Freedom 250, a Trump-backed public-private partnership that also organized the UFC fight on the White House lawn in June. For NPR News, I'm Connor Morris in Cleveland.
What is the Patriot Games event that President Trump is attending in Ohio?
This is NPR News from Washington. President Trump has signed an executive order that alters the way in which children in the US are vaccinated against infectious diseases. It calls for reducing the number of childhood vaccines recommended by the federal government. It also calls for breaking up a shot that's now given as a single vaccination for measles, mumps, and rubella. In addition, the order calls on the Justice Department to pressure states to reduce the number of vaccines required to attend school. The president of the American Academy of Pediatrics says the order needlessly spreads uncertainty, fear, and confusion. A new report cites a lack of safety procedures as partially to blame for last year's deadly explosion at a steel plant in Pennsylvania.
Two employees at the US steel plant near Pittsburgh were killed in the blast, nearly a dozen others were injured, as Reed Frasier reports.
The final report by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board found that the blast occurred when workers were conducting maintenance on a cast iron valve that was over seventy years old.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What caused the deadly 7.4‑magnitude earthquake in western Colombia?
0:01–0:54
2
Who are the candidates competing in South Carolina’s Senate primary?
0:54–2:02
3
Why is the federal deficit projected to exceed $2 trillion this year?
2:02–2:55
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What is the Patriot Games event that President Trump is attending in Ohio?
2:55–4:10
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How did safety failures lead to the deadly steel‑plant explosion in Pennsylvania?
4:10–5:02