NPR News: 08-14-2026 10AM EDT
Summary
This NPR News Now episode covers mixed Wall Street reactions to a drop in retail sales and rising tensions over conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. International reports detail Israeli settlers besieging a Palestinian home in the West Bank, while severe flooding kills six in Japan during the Obon Festival. Additionally, emergency crews battle record-breaking heat and wildfires across Europe, forcing evacuations in France, England, and Croatia.
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Wall Street opens higher on retail sales drop
USS Abraham Lincoln conditions and replacement
Israeli settlers besiege Palestinian home
Midday stock market update
Trump visits NY police academy on crime
Flooding and deaths near Tokyo
Wildfires and heatwave in Europe
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