NPR News: 08-29-2026 3AM EDT
Summary
NPR News Now covers the Interior Department denying political pressure regarding a controversial Yosemite land swap with Kingsbarn Realty. President Trump awards the Artemis II astronauts and announces a Space Force academy, while Canada rejects his executive order renaming Lake Ontario. The broadcast also reports on a fatal Washington chemical tank collapse, missing Americans in Nepal floods, and the sentencing of former Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno.
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Yosemite land exchange controversy with private developer
Trump awards Artemis II astronauts and announces Space Force academy
Canada rejects Trump's renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America
Chemical tank collapse at Washington paper mill investigation
Americans missing after floods in Nepal and Tibet
Former Ecuadorian president sentenced for bribery
Tampa Bay Rays stadium construction approved
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