Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corvus Coleman.

Unionized actors are on strike against Hollywood Studios.

The executive director of SAG After It led contract talks with studio negotiators.

Duncan Crabtree-Irland says the union is demanding better wages, including for residuals,

when actors appear in reruns or streaming series that repeat.

Actors deserve a contract that reflects the changes that have taken place in the industry.

Unfortunately, the current streaming model has undercut performers' residual income

and high inflation has further reduced our members' ability to make ends meet.

A note NPR Newsroom staff are members of SAG After It, but are not subject to the contract

in dispute.

Excessive heat, watches, and warnings now stretch from Washington State to the Southern

border with Texas and far across the Southern Gulf Coast.

Temperatures will hit the triple digits from Walla Walla Washington to Birmingham, Alabama

today.

In the desert southwest, Phoenix has been baking under daytime highs at or above 110 degrees

for two weeks now.

From member station KJZZ, Catherine Davis Young reports, that's led to an increase in

heat-related hospital visits.

Dr. Frank Lavecchio is an emergency physician with Valley-wise health in Phoenix.

He says this has been the busiest summer he can remember for heat-related illnesses.

Two or three times a day, he's seeing patients who are losing consciousness due to heat

stroke.

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