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What is Vice President JD Vance saying about Charlie Kirk and the surge in Turning Point USA interest?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Vice President J D Vance is paying tribute to his close friend and ally, Charlie Kirk. Who was assassinated last week in Utah? Vance pledged to keep Kirk's legacy alive, though when he hosted the Charlie Kirk show today. The executive producer of the show, Andrew Colvette, tells CNN: interest in Turning Point USA, the nonprofit Kirk co-founded, has surged.
It's been amazing to see. I mean at this point we're over thirty-seven thousand um inquiries just through our website TPUSA.com saying I want to get involved and start a chapter. And to put that in perspective, right now we have nine hundred college chapters, official college chapters, and twelve hundred high school chapters, um and about thirty five hundred total. Um so thirty-seven thousand is enormous.
Why is China accusing NVIDIA of violating its antitrust law and what does it mean for US chip sales?
A memorial service will be held for Kirk Sunday in Arizona. China's government says US chipmaker NVIDIA has violated the country's antitrust law. This coming as negotiators from China and the US Wrapped up two days of trade talks in Spain. Your Z NPRS John Ruich.
The State Administration for Market Regulation says in a statement a preliminary investigation has found that NVIDIA broke China's anti monopoly law. It does not give details but says the California based company also violated the regulatory conditions for its twenty twenty acquisition of a company called Melanox Technologies. The Chinese regulator says it'll investigate further. NVIDIA makes the world's most in-demand chips for the development of artificial intelligence.
How are health officials responding to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC with ring vaccination?
The U.S. government has banned it from selling China its best chips, though, and the fate of NVIDIA's business in the world's second biggest economy has become a political football as Beijing and Washington wrangle over trade and security issues. John Ruich, NPR News.
Health officials have begun vaccinating people exposed to the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the World Health Organization. NPR's Jonathan Lambert is more. The
Ebola outbreak was declared earlier this month and has so far claimed sixteen lives, including four healthcare workers. The virus is highly contagious and spreads through close contact with bodily fluids. To try to control the outbreak, health officials are employing a strategy known as ring vaccination. Here, people in close contact with sick people, including healthcare workers, are given the vaccine first to try to form a ring of immunity around the virus.
What is the significance of President Trump's upcoming state visit to the UK and the planned royal ceremony?
So far only four hundred doses of the vaccine have been sent to the remote part of the DRC that's impacted, but the country has a stockpile of two thousand doses. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
Of British soldiers on trial in Belfast over the nineteen seventy two Bloody Sunday massacre in Northern Ireland. The ex paratrooper identified only as Soldier F is being prosecuted on murder and attempted murder charges to which he is pleaded not guilty. Authorities say he was among the troops who opened fire on unarmed civil rights demonstrators in Londonderry, killing thirteen people. and wounding fifteen others. From Washington, this is NPR News. Windsor Castle is preparing for President Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom this week and it will be his second such visit. King Charles III is expected to welcome Trump with royal pomp and ceremony, including
Does magnesium really improve sleep, and what does scientific research say?
Horse drawn carriages and a state banquet in the name of diplomacy. The United Kingdom is seeking stronger ties with the Trump administration. whose policies have tested Britain and other European allies on matters of trade and national security. Topical magnesium is a popular health trend lately, many social media influencers claim. It improves sleep, but there is little evidence to support the fat being NPR's Katie Riddle takes a closer look.
Magnesium supplements have long been thought to be helpful for sleep, though there isn't much science to support this claim. There's even less evidence that magnesium lotion would promote sleep, despite what many TikTokers would have people believe.
What were the latest movements in the Dow Jones and NASDAQ on this trading day?
John Winkleman is a sleep specialist at Harvard.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is Vice President JD Vance saying about Charlie Kirk and the surge in Turning Point USA interest?
0:01–0:49
2
Why is China accusing NVIDIA of violating its antitrust law and what does it mean for US chip sales?
0:49–1:30
3
How are health officials responding to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC with ring vaccination?
1:30–2:19
4
What is the significance of President Trump's upcoming state visit to the UK and the planned royal ceremony?
2:19–3:16
5
Does magnesium really improve sleep, and what does scientific research say?
3:16–4:02
6
What were the latest movements in the Dow Jones and NASDAQ on this trading day?
4:02–4:38