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One California town is in a state of emergency and 50,000 people are under an evacuation order as a malfunctioning chemical tank at an aerospace plant is overheating and could leak or explode.
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![Gov. Mike Kehoe acknowledged some Montgomery County residents' concerns about electricity prices and environmental impacts at the announcement in High Hill of a Google data center this week, but said the company had "done [the] work to ensure that their growth does not come at the expense of the community this center calls home."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7fe0d91/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1536x864+0+32/resize/960x540!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb3%2F4d%2F2d75fb124257a24c5611fa6ee413%2Fimg-4183-1536x921.jpeg)
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Negotiations to end the war in Iran are "proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner," President Trump wrote Sunday, though he added that he told his negotiators "not to rush into a deal."
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro about the Trump administration's pending agreement with Iran to wind down the war in the Middle East.
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