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What is the current status of Americans missing after the Nepal floods?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The State Department says ninety Americans are still missing following devastating floods in Nepal and Hibet. If here's Michelle Kelleman reports, five have been rescued, but an official with one tour group says they've had no contact with their travelers and guides since the floods hit.
Managing director Sanket Pandey says nine Americans were in one of his groups planning to enter Tibet on the day of the devastating floods.
So it's been uh quite uh a grim few days and hoping for any sort of positive signs of life or any identification um for any of our group members.
The State Department says it's providing five hundred thousand dollars in aid and offered Nepal search and rescue assistance. It's also surge consular staffing at the embassy in Kathmandu. Michelle Kellaman NPR News the State Department.
Why was far‑right commentator Milo Yannopoulos detained by ICE?
The Department of Homeland Security has detained far right British political commentator Milo Yannopoulos. ICE arrested him yesterday at the New Orleans International Airport. Brooke Thorrington from member station WWNO has more. Immigration
officials accused Yenopoulos of overstaying after entering the US legally in May twenty nineteen. They say an immigration judge issued a final order of removal july twenty second after Yianopolis failed to show for his hearing. Yianopolis rose to fame in the early 2010s as an incendiary conservative writer. He has been an outspoken supporter of immigration enforcement. The former associate of the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, was arrested ahead of Ye's Friday night. concert at the Superdome. His arrest comes amid an increase in immigration detentions as part of President Trump's crackdown. For MPR News, I'm Brooke Thorington in New Orleans.
Users under twenty one have bet more than five billion dollars this year on the prediction market site Kelshi.
How are teenagers betting on prediction‑market apps like Kelshi?
Imperial Bobby Allen reports that's despite the legal age to gamble in most states being twenty one.
Prediction Market App Calci turns virtually everything into a wager sports, elections, reality TV, and national policy, like how many deportations the Trump administration will carry out this year. The data firm Paradigm estimates that $173 billion has been bet on the site this year, and about $5 billion of that was wagered by teenagers and young adults under 21. Critics of Prediction Market say Calci and Polymarket have effectively lowered the gambling age in the US from twenty one to eighteen. And that's because the companies insist they are not gambling operators, but a type of financial investment known as an events contract. Kelchy says it has deposit limits and other internal safeguards for its youngest users.
Bobby Allen, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Trump administration has agreed in court to extend a pause on border related construction in Texas's Big Bend National Park.
What legal battle is happening over border wall construction in Big Bend National Park?
As Texas public radio's Cory Cook reports, bulldozers ploughing through parts of the park in far south Texas have sparked widespread outrage.
U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia heard arguments from attorneys for the people of La Junta for preservation and a West Texas outdoor recreation business. The plaintiffs say the federal government lacks authority to build border infrastructure in a national park and that construction threatens archaeological and religious sites. The federal government is arguing that Congress gave CBP the authority to build. State Senator Roland Gutierrez is one of the plaintiff's attorneys. Yeah.
It's my hope that as we move on in the course of the next few weeks, we can continue to put protections in place that keep this damn wall out of their backyards.
The parties agreed to meet before September fifteenth to get a clearer picture of construction in the area. I'm Corey Cook in San Antonio.
Will Nashville’s airport be renamed after Dolly Parton?
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is proposing to rename Nashville's airport Dolly Parton International Airport. Parton, who died from cancer this week at the age of eighty, was born in East Tennessee and maintained ties there throughout her life.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the current status of Americans missing after the Nepal floods?
0:00–1:04
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Why was far‑right commentator Milo Yannopoulos detained by ICE?
1:04–2:09
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How are teenagers betting on prediction‑market apps like Kelshi?
2:09–3:10
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What legal battle is happening over border wall construction in Big Bend National Park?
3:10–4:03
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Will Nashville’s airport be renamed after Dolly Parton?
4:03–4:40
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What is the Shortwave podcast and why should listeners take a daily curiosity break?
4:40–5:04