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Multiple injuries, evacuations after 'terror attack' on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall; PA climate advocates criticize possible partnership between U.S. Steel, Nippon; Survey: Americans support LGBTQ products during Pride Month; CA Senate to consider extension of Habitat Conservation Fund.

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The Public News Service Daily Newscast, June the 2nd, 2025.

I'm Mike Clifford.

Multiple people were injured, possibly by being set on fire, during an incident Sunday afternoon on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall that the FBI characterized as a targeted terror attack.

That's the Denver Post.

They report several people were injured in the attack, which occurred near the Boulder County Historic Courthouse at Pearl and 13th Streets. suspect is reported to be in custody.

Meantime, a possible partnership between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel is drawing publicity, but some environmental groups in Pennsylvania are raising concerns.

President Trump visited U.S. Steel's Mon Valley Works Irwin plant on Friday, telling steel workers a partnership would add 14 billion dollars to the U.S. economy and create 70,000 jobs.

Trump also said he tariffs to 50 percent alongside Mahalik of the brief proj follows a familiar patter flashy promises that are adds there is uncertainty would help workers in the unanswered is what's bein $2.1 billion investment i think it might be a new hot strip mill at the urban works.

But what does that mean for the coke works or the Edgar Thompson blast furnaces?

New mills employ fewer people.

That's completely unaddressed.

Mahalik refers to investments in the Mon Valley that were promised by Nippon last year.

He says those investments fail to promote the decarbonization of steel, which he claims is necessary for the steel industry in the long term.

I'm Danielle Smith.

And Pride Month is here and new research finds most consumers stand behind brands that show their support for the LGBTQ community, which represents about 6 percent of folks in Nevada.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation conducted a survey finding the purchasing patterns of 70 percent of Americans are either positively affected or unaffected by Pride merchandise.

Megan Bartley, who works with the nonprofit, explains companies have engaged in Pride month marketing campaigns for years.

But in 2023, Bud Light faced backlash from conservatives after transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney promoted the brand.

Target has also experienced backlash for selling Pride merchandise at its stores.

Bartley says most consumers support Pride despite those complaints and that companies supporting Pride should continue feeling confident in their values.

We want to make sure that all of those brand leaders know that consumers stand behind those choices.

Our data is finding that LGBTQ inclusion is part of that number and we don't want anyone to get lost in the narratives that are being pushed forward that somehow pride and LGBTQ inclusion isn't good for business.

I'm Alex Gonzalez reporting.

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A new tool that aims to help communities advocate for stronger air quality protections goes live today.

The organization Clean Air NC has launched the Air Keeper dashboard to provide real-time and historic air quality data in North Carolina.

It maps pollution and small particle matters such as PM 2.5 that can be dangerous to people's health.

Community Science Program Manager with Clean Air NC, Daisha Wall, says the tool was also developed with the community, including community scientists known as air keepers.

An air keeper is a community member organization, institution that partners with Clean Air NC to host an air quality sensor at their home or business or school or other location and by doing so they contribute to a growing network of local air monitors that help track pollution in real time and make invisible environmental threats visible.

Wall says the network centers on the lived experience of North Carolinians.

The dashboard also has an environmental justice focus and includes demographic data such as income and race alongside pollutant exposure.

I'm Eric Tegethoff reporting.

And women college graduates are not sticking to traditional compatibility traits when choosing a husband according to one study.

American data say female college graduates have difficulty finding equally educated partners.

University of Indianapolis sociology professor Amanda Miller says historically, college-educated women married within the same circles.

Instead of foregoing marriage entirely, Miller explains, more are deciding on exogamy, marrying outside their social group.

They're dipping down into a group of men who do not have a college education but who do make a good living financially. women if they can't find a man who has a degree, they're marrying for example someone who's a general contractor and has his own business or a union typesetter who makes a really good living.

The study found that marriage rates for college-educated women remain stable even as their primary partners, college-educated men, become scarce.

I'm Terry Dee reporting.

Finally, California's Habitat Conservation Fund escaped the budget ax for the past two years but But this week, the state senate is considering a bill to extend it through 2035.

The money goes to buy land to establish wildlife corridors and keep habitat pristine.

Beth Pratt with the National Wildlife Federation says the fund benefits species all across the state.

Whether you're a humpback whale in the Pacific Ocean, a monarch butterfly overwintering on California's coast, a Chinook salmon spawning in the Sacramento River, or mountain lions roaming in LA's Santa Monica Mountains.

This fund is critical to ensuring that wildlife have a future in California.

In 1990, voters approved Proposition 117, which established the Habitat Conservation Fund and allocated 30 million dollars per year.

I'm Suzanne Potter.

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