NPR News: 09-04-2026 8PM EDT

0:00This message comes from Thumbtack. Avoiding your unfinished home projects because you're not sure where to start? Thumbtack knows homes, so you don't have to. Don't know the difference between Matt, Paint, Finish, and Satin, or what that clunking sound from your dryer is? With Thumbtack, you don't have to be a home pro. You just have to hire one. You can hire top rated pros, see price estimates and read reviews all on the app. Download today. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. A judge in Massachusetts declared a mistrial in the case of Lindsey Clancy. The defense-arguer-chee was not criminally responsible for killing her three children due to severe postpartum psychosis. After a week of deliberations, jurors were deadlocked and say one member was a holdout. Clancy's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, wanted that juror replaced, but Judge William Sullivan refused. Debra Becker from Member Station WBUR has more on what's next. The district attorney has to decide if there will be another trial

1:01and whether it'll be on the same charges. Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz says he hasn't decided yet, said no announcement is going to happen today. But he did say his office is charged with seeking justice for the three children that Lindsey Clancy admitted that she killed in 2023. Debra Becker reporting, Judge Sullivan said a hearing for September 29th and Clancy went back to a mental health facility that she's been in for the past three years. A new watchdog report concludes that former labor secretary Lori Chavez-Dreamer oversaw a, quote, toxic, intimidating and humiliating work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy. The report from the department's Office of Inspector General includes allegations that she engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a member of her security detail. It also says she violated policy by combining personal and official travel, drinking alcohol during working hours,

2:03while mocking those who abstained, directing staff to perform personal tasks for her and failing to report gifts through appropriate channels. The Supreme Court handed a win to Republicans today, ruling that political parties and party committees can buy campaign ads at the same discounted rates as candidates. Ampere's Maham Javed has more. The justice is cleared the way for parties and party committees to pay lower candidate level ad rates. The court wrote the discount is necessary to, quote, reach the electorate in the critical weeks leading up to the midterms. It's a fight that began in March when the Federal Communications Commission expanded who could receive the lowest rates, those previously only went to candidates. Some Democrats, including Georgia Senator John Assof, challenged the new policy. While a lower court agreed with the Democrats, the Supreme Court overturned that ruling. This is a win for the Republican Party, which holds far more money in its party committees

3:05than an individual candidate accounts. Maham Javed, NPR News. The job market rebounded last month as employers added 162,000 jobs in August higher than economists were expecting. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate is unchanged at 4.1%. You're listening to NPR News. An ICE officer has been ordered released from federal custody after pleading not guilty to lying to investigators about the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota last winter. The Federal and Dibon on seal today accuses Christian Castro of falsely telling investigators that he was attacked with a broom and a shovel before opening fire injuring Julio Cesar Sosa-Sales in January. Castro was shackled at his wrists, waist, and feet during a brief hearing in Texas' federal court after he turned himself in last night, bond was set at $75,000. Major storms caused a billion dollars worth of damage

4:07in Hawaii this spring. Now the island state is contending with a series of hurricanes. Hawaii Public Radio Savannah, Haram, and Poet has more. Hawaii was still recovering from bat-to-bat spring storms when Hurricane Lala sideswiped the state in August. Emergency officials are working to tally the losses from Lala so far they've assessed more than $83 million in damage. Now Hurricane Loll is expected to bring more rain to the island's early next week. Climate scientists Adam Smith, threats major weather events, which are occurring more frequently. Back in the 1980s, the United States would go roughly three months between billion dollar disasters in the last decade. It's closer to every three weeks. He says with climate change, more states may have multiple billion dollar disasters in one year, making it harder to recover. Friend PR News, I'm Savannah Haram and Poet. And I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington. This message comes from Data IQ.

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