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Support for NPR and the following message come from Amazon Business. Everyone could use more time. Amazon Business offers smart business buying solutions so you can spend more time growing your business and less time doing the admin. Learn more at AmazonBusiness.com. Code of Ethics. NPR's Mara Liason has more. Biden unveiled his proposals at an event at the LBJ Library in Texas commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
He wants a constitutional amendment called No One is Above the Law. If implemented, it would reverse the recent Supreme Court decision, giving presidents almost total immunity. In addition to a code of ethics for members of the high court, he also proposes 18-year term limits. So going forward, each president would nominate at least one justice every two years. Mara Liason, NPR News.
Climate protesters demonstrated outside J.D. Vance's Senate office today. Capitol Police say eight people were arrested. And Pierce Jeff Brady reports the group Sunrise Movement also demonstrated at the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Protesters said Senator Vance changed views on climate change, first expressing concern and later accepting fossil fuel campaign contributions and casting doubt over climate science. The Sunrise Movement released video of arrested protesters, including 18-year-old Simon Aaron of Los Angeles. Hey!
J.D. Vance is selling out to oil billionaires while California burns to the ground. People I love are at stake. My future is at stake. And J.D. Vance does absolutely nothing. Later at the Democratic headquarters, protesters called on Kamala Harris to center climate change in her presidential campaign. Harris recently changed her position on fracking for oil and gas, saying she won't ban fracking. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
In Venezuela, protests are growing after electoral authorities ratified incumbent Nicolas Maduro as the winner in yesterday's presidential elections. Opponents say the authoritarian leader stole the election through fraud and together with regional leaders, they're calling on authorities to provide proof of an outright win. And Pierce Carey Kahn reports.
Demonstrators have been clashing with security forces around Caracas, protesting officials awarding authoritarian leader Maduro a third six-year term. 18-year-old university student Deycar Boades says he has no doubt that Maduro won through fraud.
The U.S. and regional leaders have called on electoral officials to show proof of the win. They want the printouts of all precinct tallies. Venezuela says seven countries have violated its sovereignty by not accepting Maduro's win and ordered their diplomats to leave the country. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Caracas.
The man accused of setting the biggest wildfire in California this year has been charged with arson. Prosecutors say witnesses saw the man push a burning car down an embankment. The park fire has burned more than 373,000 acres and is 14 percent contained. More than 100 structures have been destroyed. Thousands have been evacuated. This is NPR News.
A special committee of the Texas Senate heard executives from Houston's largest utility provider explain the massive electricity failure that happened when Hurricane Beryl hit the city July 8th. Senators say Centerpoint Energy didn't appear to be prepared for the Category 1 hurricane when nearly 3 million people lost power in the Houston area.
Errors in diagnosis are common among older people. As the population of people turning 65 peaks this year, there are now efforts underway to help cut down on misdiagnosis. Ashley Miltite has more.
An X-ray can reveal a broken bone, but Dr. Patrick Cole, Medical Director for Senior Health at UConn Health in Connecticut, says if an older person arrives in the ER showing confusion... There's a much more complicated, detailed diagnostic process that takes place...
And you might potentially have errors or you might have a diagnosis missed. Because the person may have many different conditions or may be unable to explain their health history. Cole says older adults would do better if the U.S. had more geriatricians to care for them. In the meantime, the American College of Emergency Physicians has accredited 500 emergency departments as specialists in the care of older patients. For NPR News, I'm Ashley Melntight.
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