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Live from NPR news, I'm Dale Wilman. At least five people are dead after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport Sunday and hit several cars. Flights were paused as fire crews worked on a blaze caused by the accident. Flights have now resumed, but Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutz says the investigation is just getting underway. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Homicide Bureau will be the lead agency in charge of the death investigation portion alongside our local and federal. partners as we all have different parts of our investigation to conclude. The plane was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico when the accident took place. President Trump's SuperPack is finally wading into the midterm elections to support Republican

candidates. NPR's Mara Liason has our reports. Trump's SuperPack, MAGA, Inc., has been sitting on more than $400 million in cash, and the president is finally beginning to spend it. I think I have, like, close to a billion dollars in the SuperPack. and I'm allocating probably four or five hundred million dollars, so I'll be spending. We'll be spending it. Yeah, we're going to spend a lot of money because we don't want to lose our country. MAGA Inc. made a $10 million add-by to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton,

who's running for Senate. Overall, Republican SuperPaxon campaign committees have much more money than their Democratic counterparts, but in many cases, specific Republican candidates have raised less money than their Democratic opponents. That's true for Paxton. whose campaign cash is trailing the amount raised by his Democratic opponent, James Talariko. Mara Liason, NPR News. Israel has escalated attacks in South Lebanon, destroying a hospital and killing two young women in an attack on a house. The Lebanese Health Ministry says a total of at least four people have been killed and more than 20 others wounded.

M.PERS' Daneh has more from Beirut's. Lebanon's health ministry says Israeli attacks Sunday completely destroyed the Rwandan. Endure Hospital and the town of Nabatiyal-Faauqua. The hospital had previously been forced to shut due to fighting in the area where Israeli forces have entered Lebanon to fight the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. In the village of Arab Salim, a municipality official tells NPR that two young women were killed Sunday in an Israeli air strike on their home. The Israeli military said it was targeting Hezbollah after the group fired drones towards

its soldiers this week. Jane Arraff, and Pierre News, Beirut. The far-right alternative for Germany Party has won a regional election in the eastern state of Saxony-Aanholt, but it did not win a majority of votes that would allow it to form a new government on its own. The AFD had hoped to form the country's first far-right state government since World War II.

The Christian Democratic Union, which currently leads the state, fell far behind the AFD in votes. You're listening to NPR News. U.S. Envoys Steve Whitkoff and Jared Kushner were in Kiev Sunday. For talks with President Volodymy Zelensky afterward, they said the discussions were encouraging. Zelensky said the talks covered air defense and security guarantees. The Ebola outbreak is still spreading fast across an area larger than France in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But as NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, there are signs that the virus is receding from early hotspots.

The city of Mungualu was one of the first places to report Ebola cases in May. The mining town in northeastern DRC soon became overwhelmed. But in recent weeks, cases have been on the decline there. Balakonde, a public health specialist with IFRC, credits that in part to engaging the community in the response. When he first came to Mangwalu, people were distrustful. For them, it's not acceptable to talk about Ebola. Ebola is not true, etc. But health officials started engaging with key community members, like priests and taxi drivers,

to get the message out that Ebola is serious. Over time, he says those efforts resulted in more people seeking treatment or isolating if they were sick. Elsewhere, though, the virus is still out of control. Jonathan Lambert and PR News. For a six week in a row, Spider-Man Brand New Day came in first this weekend in North American movie theaters, bringing in $18 million. It's only the second movie this decade to achieve that landmark. Christopher Nolan's Odyssey remained in second with a $13 million haul. Both blockbusters have helped Hollywood to enjoy its best summer since before the pandemic. Coyote v. Acme landed in third of $11.3 million in ticket sales. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.