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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz formally accepted his party's vice presidential nomination last night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. From Minnesota Public Radio, Clay Masters has more. The Harris campaign has Governor Walz leaning hard into his background as a high school teacher and football coach. He told the crowd it was his students who encouraged him to run for Congress in 2006. So there I was.
A 40-something high school teacher with little kids, zero political experience, and no money running in a deep red district. But you know what? Never underestimate a public school teacher.
Walz served in the U.S. House until he ran for governor in 2018. He's had just two weeks to introduce himself to voters since current Vice President Kamala Harris selected him to be her running mate. For NPR News, I'm Clay Masters in Chicago. Harris will formally accept the Democratic Party's presidential nomination tonight.
Pro-Palestinian uncommitted delegates are doing a sit-in outside the convention. From member station WDET, Russ McNamara reports, this comes after Democratic Party leadership would not allow a Palestinian American to address the convention. Abbas Alawia, a delegate from Michigan and co-founder of the Uncommitted National Movement, says he had been in contact with the Vice President Harris campaign and was told no. I'm deeply offended that this level of suppression would happen
and today's Democratic Party. Palestinian-American Georgia State Representative Rua Roman says it's not about her being denied a chance to speak. It's about the fact that today I watched my party say our tent can fit anti-choice Republicans, but it can't fit an elected official like me. I do not understand. Parents of a Jewish man held captive by Hamas spoke at the convention Wednesday, calling for a ceasefire and the safe return of all remaining hostages.
For NPR News, I'm Russ McNamara in Chicago. Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, are campaigning today. Vance will meet supporters in Georgia. Trump is going to the southern U.S. border in Arizona. He's expected to criticize the Biden administration on immigration. Both Republicans will campaign together tomorrow in the Phoenix area.
A former Las Vegas area official has taken the stand in his murder trial. Robert Tellis is accused of slaying investigative journalist Jeff Gehrman nearly two years ago at the reporter's home. Tellis says that he is innocent. And yesterday on the witness stand, he claimed a real estate company, Compass Realty, is behind the killing. Somebody framed me for this, and I believe that it's Compass Realty. And I believe that it's for...
the work that I've done against them. Gehrman, the reporter who was killed, had written several articles revealing turmoil and alleged wrongdoing in Robert Telles' office. You're listening to NPR.
A lawyer for the far-right group the Oath Keepers has pleaded guilty to charges linked to the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol. Kelly Sorell admitted that she told group members to erase their text messages about the event, and she says she was at the Capitol during the riot. She'll be sentenced in January. The federal judge hearing her case delayed it last year after finding she had a mental illness and was not competent to stand trial.
Federal authorities are reporting more illnesses linked to a popular brand of mushroom-infused edibles. The Food and Drug Administration says more than 140 people have been sickened after eating the products. NPR's Will Stone reports they were recalled in June. The gummies and candy made by the company Diamond Shrooms are examples of the psychedelic-inspired treats that are sold online in smoke shops and convenience stores.
The products are billed as containing a kind of mind-altering mushroom called Amanita muscaria that is not illegal. Testing has turned up various undisclosed substances, including prescription medication and a synthetic version of psilocybin. It's not clear what's causing the illnesses and whether the mushroom is to blame. Roger Brown runs ACS Laboratory, which has tested these mushroom edibles. There's a lot of good actors in the marketplace, and there's a lot of bad actors. The
The maker of Diamond Shrooms did not return requests for comment. Will Stone, NPR News. It is hot in central Texas. Forecasters say that temperatures there will exceed 110 degrees today. More than 34 million people in the U.S. are under heat cautions today. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.
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