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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The Democratic National Convention kicks off later today in Chicago, and the party is putting an emphasis on reaching voters online. For the first time, viewers will be able to find vertical streams of the convention on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. NPR's Elena Moore reports. The Democratic National Convention Committee says the party's programming will be streamed on over a dozen platforms. The
The goal, according to the committee, is to reach, quote, more Americans than ever before. But having vertical streams on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube for the first time has an added weight. It's a prime spot to reach younger voters who may not otherwise tune in. And that's a voting bloc that handily backed President Biden in 2020 and that Vice President Harris needs in her camp again.
Elena Moore, NPR News, Chicago. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stayed off the campaign trail on Sunday, but his surrogates took to the TV shows. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham was on Meet the Press, where he said if Trump turns away from personal attacks on Democrats and focuses on his plans for a new administration, Republicans will win in the fall. I would make it about policy a nightmare for Harris.
is to defend her policy choices. Every day we're not talking about her policy choices as vice president and what she would do as president is a good day for her and a bad day for us. More than 17,000 AT&T workers are on strike in the southeast. The Communications Workers of America Union is accusing the company of not bargaining in good faith.
Stephen Basaha of the Gulf States News and Reports. The strike involves technicians, customer service reps, and other workers stretching from Louisiana to North Carolina. Richard Honeycutt represents those workers at the union and says AT&T has not been serious about trying to get an agreement. If I had to use a word, I would almost say stall. Honeycutt says workers in the southeast are also paid less than in other states, including the Midwest.
But at the same time, we have a higher cost of living, but we're receiving lesser wages. The union has accused AT&T of sending negotiators without any decision-making authority. AT&T denies breaking any labor laws and points to agreements it's already made with the union in other parts of the country.
For NPR News, I'm Stephen Basahan, Birmingham, Alabama. Officials in North Korea say the latest round of military drills between the U.S. and South Korea are practiced for an invasion of their country. The Ulchi Freedom Shield drills begin Monday morning local time and will run for 11 days. The U.S. says they're defensive in nature. The drills include computer simulations and field exercises.
One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted on Sunday and spewed plumes of ash some three miles into the sky. The ash briefly triggered a code red warning for aircraft. The eruption began shortly after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. Russian volcanologists are warning that another earthquake could also be in the way. You're listening to NPR News.
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