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Why did lettuce prices plunge 16% and how is it affecting grocery shoppers?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Grocery shoppers could see more discounts in the produce aisle after lettuce prices fell sharply last month. Companies are trying to win back consumers after a widespread outbreak of a foodborne illness linked to iceberg lettuce from Mexico. NPR Scott Horsley reports those lower prices are also helping to ease inflation.
Lettuce prices plunged more than sixteen percent last month. It was the biggest one month drop on record. And it's all because of that deadly cyclosporitis outbreak that forced a recall of some imported iceberg lettuce. Since then, anxious shoppers have been steering clear of other kinds of lettuce. Now produce prices tend to bounce around a lot depending on growing conditions and other factors, and lettuce prices will probably rebound once this food scare passes.
That's M PR Scott Horsley reporting. Two media organizations are suing President Trump over his subscription service, offering early access to his truth social posts. NPR's Bobby Allen reports the suit claims the service violates the First Amendment and is asking a court to block it.
What legal challenges are media groups bringing against Trump’s Truth API subscription service?
The Intercep and the Freedom of the Press Foundation are suing Trump and White House officials, alleging that the service known as Truth API is illegal. For up to one hundred thousand dollars a month, the offering provides banks and other investors with faster access to Trump's often market moving social media posts. Where the president makes announcements about economic policy, the war in Iran, and other matters. Trump media officials say so far ten customers have signed up. The suit claims the service is, quote, extraordinary, corrupt, and unconstitutional. The suit argues selling early access to the president's posts violates the First Amendment's guarantee of equal public access to the president's statements.
Trump's media company said monetizing social media data is not unconscious. Unusual, adding that the president created the platform as a quote, uncancelable haven for free speech. Bobby Allen and PR News.
How are upcoming storms expected to influence wildfires in the Northwestern United States?
Fire managers in the northwestern US are bracing for a storm system with possible thunderstorms and high winds. NPR's Kirg Sigler reports the weather could make the wildfires burning there spread more quickly.
This forecast is a good news, bad news situation. The storm could bring lightning and high winds to fan more fires, but possible rain and those winds could help blow out dense smoke that's been trapped in valleys here for weeks.
But dog sauce to get exercise, otherwise she's pained, so here we are.
In Idaho, Casey Mooney is taking her dog for a morning hike in the foothills above downtown Boise. A recent wildfire here was a close call for the city, but ended up just blackening the sagebrush and grasses in the popular trail system.
It's been hit and miss better worse, better worse. So we get out as early as we can and get home and get inside.
Into the AC before it hits a hundred degrees again.
Why are Boise hikers adjusting their plans amid recent wildfire activity?
Kirk Zigler, NPR News, Boise.
This is NPR. Taylor Swift and Lyle Lovett will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. The two will be honored during the organization's annual gala later this year. Swift launched her career in Nashville as a preteen and has written or co-written many of her biggest hits. Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is studying a new obesity drug, it's not yet approved by the FDA, but that hasn't stopped people from selling unapproved versions. NPR Sydney Lupkin reports, now the drug company is suing.
Eli Lilly says it has filed six lawsuits against businesses selling what it calls black market reditrutide. They include a medical spa chain in California and a compounding pharmacy in Texas. The drug company is also suing companies that sell so-called research-only peptides online.
What is Eli Lilly’s new obesity drug retitrutide and why is the company suing illegal sellers?
Retitrutide is currently in phase three clinical trials. Because it targets three hormones, GLP one, GIP, and glucagon, it's more powerful than GLP one's already on the market. However, since retitrutide isn't FDA approved, Compounding it, repackaging it, or selling its active ingredient to compounders is illegal, the FDA says.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why did lettuce prices plunge 16% and how is it affecting grocery shoppers?
0:00–1:12
2
What legal challenges are media groups bringing against Trump’s Truth API subscription service?
1:12–2:00
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How are upcoming storms expected to influence wildfires in the Northwestern United States?
2:00–2:55
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Why are Boise hikers adjusting their plans amid recent wildfire activity?
2:55–3:51
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What is Eli Lilly’s new obesity drug retitrutide and why is the company suing illegal sellers?
3:51–4:44
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Who won the latest Powerball jackpot and what other headlines wrap up the broadcast?
4:44–5:03