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What are the main global issues shaping the UN General Assembly this week?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. World leaders are heading to New York this week for the eighty first United Nations General Assembly. The annual general debate begins Tuesday with President Trump among the leaders expected to address the gathering. The wars in Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan are expected to dominate the talks along with climate change and artificial intelligence. Trump is also scheduled to meet with several foreign leaders on the sidelines of the assembly. High fuel prices are taking center stage in Michigan's closely watched U.S. Senate race. Democrat Abdul Al Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers both say a temporary fuel tax cut could provide some relief for voters.
How are Michigan Senate candidates proposing to ease high fuel prices for voters?
Michigan Public Radio's Russ McNamara reports.
As for a long term fix, Al Sayyed wants an immediate end to hostilities with Iran, the main driver of record high diesel prices. Rogers says he wants further deregulation of the oil and gas industry to boost domestic production, but is willing to wait for the Trump administration's timeline on Iran.
Michigander families who are suffering under higher fuel costs. Recent polls show El Sayed with a slim lead, Rogers narrowly lost a U.S. Senate campaign two years ago to Democrat Alyssa Slotkin. For NPR News, I'm Ross McNamara in Detroit.
President Trump says he plans to create an AI force and appoint a new artificial intelligence R. He compared the proposed initiative to the creation of the U.S. Space Force.
What details did President Trump share about his plan for a new U.S. AI force?
Trump offered few details about its structure, authority, or when it would begin operating. The announcement comes amid growing warnings about AI systems acting beyond human control. A judge in Delaware is ordering Fox Corporation to produce hundreds of documents that could shed light on how founder Rupert Murdoch and his closest business associates handled some of the company's biggest scandals over the last two decades, Matty Laria reports.
A hearing began in a rural Delaware courtroom Friday morning over a lawsuit that alleges Murdoch and other company executives operated Fox in a way that would expose the company to costly litigation. Fox shareholders filed the lawsuit around the same time the company settled a nearly eight hundred million dollar defamation case related to its role in spreading conspiracy theories about voting fraud in the twenty twenty election. Lawyers will now have a chance to review over two decades worth of corporate board meeting minutes, emails, text messages, and other relevant documents, including previously sealed legal filings in another ongoing case related to the twenty twenty election. For M PR News, I'm Maddie Laria in Georgetown, Delaware.
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NPR News. Another nineties trend is coming back. NPR's Amy Held reports music lovers are turning back to CDs and that's helping to drive an increase in music sales.
More power to the old stereo. CDs are seeing a resurgence.
Why is a Delaware judge demanding Fox Corp documents about past corporate scandals?
In the first half of this year, revenue jumped nearly sixty percent compared to last. That's according to the recording industry association. Patrick Brown owns Twist and Shout, a record store in Denver, and has seen a shift in the age of digital music.
People want a physical item, not a playlist or a database revoked from them at any time.
The turntable also getting a turn. Vinyl revenue grew eighteen percent. The recording industry association says overall recorded music revenue is up nearly seven percent from last year. Fueled by paid subscriptions, streaming music remains the top money driver. Accounting for eighty two percent of total revenue, which reached six billion dollars. Amy Held, NPR News.
What’s driving the recent resurgence of CDs and vinyl in the music industry?
Pennsylvania continues to report a surge in measles with more than seven hundred cases and four deaths linked to the outbreak. Doctor Matthew McCarthy of Drexel Hill Pediatrics says the outbreak reflects a broader national shift.
With the increase in vaccine hesitancy or or outright vaccine refusal, we've seen the percentage coverage of those immunizations, in particular measles mum sorbella, decrease, and so that's exactly why we're seeing these outbreaks occur at this point.
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Chapters
6 chapters
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What are the main global issues shaping the UN General Assembly this week?
0:00–0:47
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How are Michigan Senate candidates proposing to ease high fuel prices for voters?
0:47–1:42
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What details did President Trump share about his plan for a new U.S. AI force?
1:42–3:16
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Why is a Delaware judge demanding Fox Corp documents about past corporate scandals?
3:16–3:58
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What’s driving the recent resurgence of CDs and vinyl in the music industry?
3:58–4:50
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How is the measles outbreak in Pennsylvania linked to vaccine hesitancy?
4:50–5:03