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These days, there's a lot of news. It can be hard to keep up with what it means for you, your family, and your community. Consider This from NPR is a podcast that helps you make sense of the news. Six days a week, we bring you a deep dive on a story and provide the context, backstory, and analysis you need to understand our rapidly changing world. Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Herbst. Across the U.S. today, people paid respects to those who served and died for this country.

From Member Station KLCC, Brian Bull reports on one observance at the Eugene, Oregon Masonic Cemetery. With American flags adorning veterans' graves, 70-year-old trumpeter Barry Burrough played taps as visitors reflected on the greatest sacrifice made by those laid to rest here. Burrough has played at military events for 56 years. He was deemed physically unfit to serve in Vietnam due to several leg surgeries in his youth. So being able to participate in memory of those who have served and are serving means

a lot to me. The Eugene Masonic Cemetery was established in 1859, the same year Oregon became a state. There are 141 veterans buried here, with 11 more interred inside Hope Abbey, an Egyptian revival mausoleum. For NPR News, I'm Brian Bull in Eugene. In northwest England, dozens of people were injured when a man's minivan plowed into a crowd of people celebrating Liverpool's soccer club win today. Police say 27 were taken to the hospital, more

than 20 others were treated on the spot. Four children are among the injured. Jenny Sims, Assistant Chief Constable, says one person is in custody. The car stopped at the scene and a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area was arrested. We believe him to be the driver of the vehicle. Extensive inquiries ongoing to establish the circumstances leading up to the collision. There's no word on a motive, but police say they do not believe this is terrorism. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer thanked police for their quick response and said that his thoughts are with those injured or affected. Tens of thousands of Liverpool fans had come out to celebrate the team. Los Angeles County will begin testing soils for

toxin on property lots burned in the Eaton fire. And Pierce Kirk Ziegler reports the move is in response to concerns by scientists that federal agencies are trying to fast track recovery and rebuilding. County health officials will collect soil samples from about 26,000 homes in and around Altadena. FEMA has been removing debris and clearing home sites for rebuilding but not testing for lingering toxins in soils. Andrew Welton of Purdue University says this is a troubling departure in what's been standard

protocol after other recent fires on Maui and in Paradise, California. It's unclear to me why this is different, but it clearly is, and this is a problem towards a safe and rapid rebuilding. The new L.A. County testing program is so far only planned in the Eaton Fire and not the similarly destructive Palisades Fire on the city's west side. You're listening to NPR News. Former Congressman Charlie Rangel has died. He was from Harlem in New York City and became the first black representative of the House

Ways and Means Committee, though he was forced up to give up that post over financial transgressions. Former New York Republican Congressman Peter King says despite his prominence, Rangel stuck close to his roots. We were in different parties, but we were good friends. He was loyal, he was a true patriot, and as far as I was concerned, he was Mr. New York. The gravel-voiced Democrat and outspoken liberal served in the House for 46 years, championing aid for the poor, supporting higher taxes on the wealthy, but he was also a popular figure with both parties on Capitol Hill. Charlie Rangel died at a hospital in

Manhattan today at the age of 94. The start of hurricane season begins in just under a week. Gabriel Dawkins reports the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration released the Atlantic hurricane season outlook. Contributors to this year's above average season is warm sea surface temperatures and limited wind shear. Ken Graham, the director of the National Weather Service, says that NOAA is forecasting

an above average season for the range of storms. We're calling for 13 to 19 name storms of these 6 to 10 are forecast to become hurricanes and 3 to 5 is the number of major hurricanes as cat 3 and above, with sustained winds of a hundred eleven miles an hour or greater. He encourages everyone to stock up on needed supplies ahead of

hurricane season. For NPR News, I'm Gabrielle Dawkins. And I'm Janine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. This message comes from WISE, the app for doing things and other currencies. With WISE, you can send, spend, to NPR News from Washington.