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Chapter 1: What is the focus of Anne-Marie Baldonado's interview?
This is Fresh Air contributor Anne-Marie Baldonado. I talked with actor Cole Escola about their hit Broadway play, Oh Mary. Cole plays an unhinged alcoholic Mary Todd Lincoln, who's an aspiring cabaret performer. If that makes no sense, that's part of the point. You can find my interview on the Fresh Air podcast.
Chapter 2: What happened in Washington regarding the Jewish museum shooting?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Authorities today raided the Chicago home of the man suspected of killing two people outside a Jewish museum in the nation's capital last night. Police say the man chanted, free Palestine, as he was detained. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the two people killed were a young couple about to become engaged.
Chapter 3: Who were the victims of the recent shooting?
Yaron Lishinsky and Sarah Milgram both worked at the Israeli embassy in D.C. A friend of Milgram's, Ayelet Razin-Bet Orr, says she started the job after Hamas attacked Israel a year and a half ago, determined to combat rising anti-Semitism.
Not with violence or shoutings or verbal abuse, but in diplomacy, with love.
with intelligence. Lischinsky was an Israeli citizen and devout Christian. The Israeli ambassador to the U.S. says he'd bought a ring and planned to propose to Milgram during a trip to Jerusalem next week. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
Chapter 4: What charges are being faced by the suspect?
The Swastik now faces federal murder charges and other charges. Officials say the shooting is also being investigated as a possible hate crime. The Senate has voted to undo the waiver that allows California to require zero-emission vehicles. It's a controversial move in part because there's a debate over whether Congress is actually following its own rules.
Chapter 5: What is the controversy surrounding California's zero-emission vehicles mandate?
NPR's Camilla Dominovsky explains the resolution now heads to President Trump for his signature.
The Biden EPA said California is allowed to require all new cars to be zero emission by 2035. The oil industry has called that an assault on consumer choice. Big automakers say it's unrealistic. Environmental and public health groups say it would save lives through cleaner air and help slow climate change. And there's another debate entirely.
Chapter 6: How is Congress involved in environmental regulations?
Congress used the Congressional Review Act, which lets it overturn rules with a simple majority. But is a waiver actually a rule? Wonky debate, big implications. The Senate parliamentarians said no. And over outcry from Democrats, the Senate voted anyway. Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
Chapter 7: What do current housing market trends indicate?
Existing home sales fell in April, signaling more bad news for the housing market. As NPR's Laura Wamsley explains, low sales figures are a symptom of economic uncertainty.
Many had hoped that home sales would rebound during what's supposed to be the busy spring season. But instead, last month's existing home sales were the slowest April in 16 years. Still, the median existing sales price continued to climb to $414,000, an all time high for the month of April. Adding to the affordability challenges are high interest rates, which show no signs of falling.
Inventory is up more than 20 percent over a year ago. Many Americans want to buy a home but can't afford to. Some had hoped to buy a home this spring, but have been stymied by possible job loss, mortgage rates, and market volatility. Laurel Wamsley, NPR News, Washington.
A mixed close on Wall Street today. The Dow was down one point. The Nasdaq closed up 53 points. You're listening to NPR News in Washington. Scientists say they've found a way to sample DNA across an entire country out of thin air. Empire's Ari Daniels says it may lead one day to tracking the health and well-being of the world's biodiversity.
A network of stations monitors pollution levels across the U.K. by drawing ambient air across disks of filter paper. Elizabeth Clare is a biodiversity scientist at York University.
Those same systems have been accidentally capturing airborne DNA at the same time.
Little bits of DNA sloughed off into the environment by creatures big and small. When Claire and her colleagues analyzed the filters, they found DNA from heaps of insects, spiders, plants, fungi, birds, and mammals. Each filter stored just a morsel of information.
But when you have hundreds of them being collected, all of those dots coalesce into a picture.
The biodiversity of a nation and how it's changing. Ari Daniel, NPR News.
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