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What is the significance of the Republican convention in Dallas and Trump’s rally message?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is speaking in Dallas as Republicans hold a convention to try and rally ahead of this year's midterm elections determining control of Congress.
If we lose, you're going to lose your border, you're going to lose your tax cuts, you're going to lose your safety and security, you're going to lose your wealth. Our country is going through hell. We will be going through hell just like you did just two years ago.
Organizers describe the event as a showcase for Trump's successes and Republican causes. It comes as Trump's approval rating declines, the Iran war drags on and gas prices climb again. Some Republicans in tight races are skipping it, citing scheduling conflicts or high attendance fees. Democratic US Senate candidate James Tallarico is hosting a food drive in Dallas in an attempt to contrast with the convention. US Southern Command has announced another deadly strike on a boat in the Caribbean.
How are U.S. military strikes on Caribbean drug boats justified and contested legally?
NPR's quill Lawrence reports US forces killed three people suspected of narco trafficking.
Southcom posted a blurry video on social media showing a small boat in the open sea exploding in flames and then wreckage floating in the water. The Trump administration's policy of blowing up small boats on suspicion of drug smuggling began a year ago and has killed more than two hundred twenty-five people. That includes survivors who were left to drown or in at least one case were killed while clinging to wreckage in a second attack. The Trump administration says it is at war with drug traffickers and can therefore kill them on suspicion. But the laws of war specifically prohibit firing on shipwrecked sailors. Legal experts call it extrajudicial killing or simply murder. The White House claims the tactic has saved U.S.
lives, but there is no evidence that the amount of drugs entering the U.S. has decreased.
Why is President Zelensky urging stronger international action against Russian attacks?
Quill Lawrence NPR News.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is criticizing the international community for not taking a tougher stance against Russia's attacks on civilian areas. Russia recently launched heavy bombardments on Kyiv, the most intense attacks since the full-scale invasion began in 2022. Ukrainian officials say these strikes aim to weaken civilian morale. Temperatures across the globe were abnormally warm over the summer, and that broke several records, as MPR's Lauren Summer reports.
It's not your imagination. This summer was hot. In the US, it was the hottest summer in one hundred and thirty-two years of record keeping in the lower forty-eight states. August was also the hottest August on record for both average temperature and maximum temperature. That's according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
What records did the 2024 summer heat break across the United States and the globe?
Globally, August was also the hottest month ever recorded, tying with July of 2023. It was about three degrees Fahrenheit hotter than average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The planet is looking at potentially a hot year ahead, too. A very strong El Nino climate pattern is developing, which raises temperatures globally. Lauren Summer, NPR News.
The price of crude oil topped a hundred dollars a barrel again today. This is NPR News. One of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned they were coming in too fast, roughly two minutes ahead of the collision. That's according to highlights of the cockpit recording released by the National Transportation Safety Board today. The plane touched down awkwardly, briefly attempted to take off, and then smashed into a van carrying the five victims.
How did the Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami unfold according to the NTSB?
In Colorado, a second excavation at Ziegler Reservoir will happen next summer. Aspen Public Radio's Reagan Merz reports the site is recognized as the richest high altitude ice age ecosystem ever discovered.
In twenty ten, a construction crew uncovered a mammoth tusk while digging to expand the Ziegler Reservoir in Snowmass Village. The Denver Museum went on to uncover more than thirty five thousand animal bones, representing eighty five thousand years of history.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the significance of the Republican convention in Dallas and Trump’s rally message?
0:00–0:56
2
How are U.S. military strikes on Caribbean drug boats justified and contested legally?
0:56–1:46
3
Why is President Zelensky urging stronger international action against Russian attacks?
1:46–2:33
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What records did the 2024 summer heat break across the United States and the globe?
2:33–3:23
5
How did the Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami unfold according to the NTSB?
3:23–4:22
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What happened at the Hungarian cemetery grave‑digging contest and why is it newsworthy?
4:22–5:04