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Live from NPR news, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Power outages and some damage are reported in the aftermath of a powerful

earthquake off the Northern California coast today, but the extent of each is still uncertain.

The USGS says a magnitude 7.0 quake hit off humbled. It was felt as far as the Bay Area.

Set off a now-canceled tsunami warning along portions of Northern California

and Southern Oregon. Coastal residents received evacuation alerts. KQED, Suki Lewis, filed this

report near where the quake hit. There are, have been some helicopters going overhead, you know,

to make sure if anybody was in the water that they're safe. And I'm so far

not hearing any reports of damage from the earthquake, just some, or major damage, I should say,

some items in a safe way, you know, fell on the floor and people reported, you know, minor damage

from things falling in their homes.

But other than that, that's all that's been reported so far.

Suki Lewis reporting.

A bipartisan House task force investigating the July 13th attempt on President-elect Trump's

life in Pennsylvania is hearing from Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe.

His predecessor stepped down in the wake of criticism about security missteps that enabled a gunman to have a clear shot at Trump at an outdoor rally.

At one point today, the proceeding erupted in a shouting match.

Republican Congressman Matt Fallon, or Pat Fallon, that is, accused Roe, of inappropriately positioning himself behind President Biden,

Vice President Harris, President-elect Trump, and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance at a 9-11 commemoration this year,

and Roe pushback.

I actually responded to Ground Zero. I was there going through the ashes of the World Trade Center.

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