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"Npr news. I'm nora raum. Finance ministers from some of the world's wealthiest countries have reached. I ever deal untaxing. Multinational corporations from london vicki barker reports the g seven finance ministers have agreed in principle to set a global minimum corporate tax rate of fifteen percent which if implemented would stop the big multinationals from playing one country against the other to drive down their tax bills. The deal would also force digital giants like amazon and google to pay more tax in the countries in which they do business. The g seven leaders hope the agreement will be endorsed by the g. Twenty group of nations later this year and more than one hundred thirty countries have been working towards a parallel framework. Set up by the paris-based only cd but barriers remain especially in the us where the agreement would have to pass both houses of congress for npr news. I'm thinking barker in london. The biden administration continues. Its efforts to reach a deal. On an infrastructure package with senate republicans. West virginia senator shelley moore capito and made a proposal friday. But the president said it wasn't enough. Npr's kelsey snell has more early in the week by an offer to drop his plan to increase the top corporate tax rate to pay for the plan instead. He said that they could add a fifteen percent. Minimum tax on corporations. The white house says capital return with an offer at fifty billion dollars to the existing. Gop offer which was at nine hundred twenty eight billion dollars going into this week but it sounds like biden wasn't really moved by that addition the statement from the white house says that biden indicated that the current offer did not meet his objectives to grow the economy tackle the climate crisis and create new jobs. Npr's kelsey snell. Millions of people in nigeria aren't unable to access twitter. After the government suspended the platform today. The government said the acted after the company. Deleted a tweet. The president made about a successionist movement. South africa is reporting a third wave of new corona virus infections. npr's jason shelby and reports. The south african medical association is now calling for tighter lockdown restrictions covid cases in south africa have quadrupled since the beginning of may the government has put in place a new curfew forcing restaurants bars gyms and other non essential businesses to close early it also reimposed limits conventions and religious services to one hundred people indoors and two hundred and fifty people outside the south african medical association however is calling for even stronger restrictions has the number of daily cases continues to climb prison serum opposes says the country appears to be on the same trajectory as to earlier waves of infections which brought life to a standstill across much of the nation. South africa has recorded the most cases on the continent and still has less than one percent of population fully vaccinated jason bobbie-ann and pr news freetown. This is npr news. The us plans to give taiwan some seven hundred fifty thousand doses of covid nineteen vaccines part of president. Biden's plans to share the vaccine globally. The announcement came today from democratic senator. Tammy duckworth of visiting taiwan with two other senators. Much of the eastern half of the country experienced a heatwave. This weekend the warmer weather will amplify the sounds of billions of brewed. Ten cicadas take over the region. Npr's amy held reports the bugs of here. Once every seventeen years crawling up from the ground to spawn before dying from parts of the midwest through the mid atlantic sounds of the cicadas peaking reaching decibels in the mid nineties. That's as loud as a subway or a motorcycle or shouted conversation entomologist. Jean krinsky in cincinnati says the trees have become chorusing. Centers of the bills are seeing an upper to attract females. All part of the mad rush to set up a next generation. The people's laker eggs shortly after bathing and they'll hatch in about six to ten weeks and then the nymphs will drop below the ground for the next seventeen years just a few more weeks until this brewed quiets down again reaching its end by the end of the month amy health. Npr news in horse racing essential quality won the belmont stakes tonight. The horse had been the favourite to win the kentucky derby last month but lost to medina spirit but that horse may be disqualified because of a drug test. I'm nora raum npr news..
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13 deaths at Seattle-area care center connected to COVID-19
"Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Nora Raum a nursing facility after the surrender of the cone corona virus outbreak in the Seattle area announced Saturday the twenty six of its residents have died since the middle of February half of those deaths are linked to corona virus will stone of member station K. N. K. X. reports it's unclear how many others may have been infected just about half of the residents who were initially at life care center in Kirkland remain at the facility many have been transported to the hospital and are awaiting test results to determine if they have covert nineteen meanwhile Tim Killian a public liaison for life Kerr says there's still not enough test kits or enough employees we've had patients who within an hour's time show no symptoms to going to acute symptoms and being transferred to the hospital and we've had patients die relatively quickly relatives of those at the nursing home have criticized what they see as the slow response to the outbreak
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Turkey detains 7 in probe into Ghosn fleeing bail in Japan
"According to Turkish media reports Turkey has detained several people as part of its investigation into Japanese fugitive Carlos Ghosn the former Nissan chairman had skipped bail in Japan and has surfaced in Lebanon but made a stop along the way in Istanbul Turkish officials are trying to determine who helped him escape gone is charging Japan with four counts of financial misconduct I'm Nora Raum NPR news in
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Ex-Navy secretary slams Trump's 'shocking and unprecedented intervention' in new op-ed
"Richard Spencer who was fired as the navy secretary for his handling of the case of a navy seal says president trump has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military defense secretary mark as for says he fired Spencer because he went behind his back to talk to president trump about navy petty officer Edward Gallagher who had been convicted of posing with the body of an Islamic state militant from had ordered the Gallagher and not lose his status as a navy seal an opinion piece written for The Washington Post Spencer called this a shocking an unprecedented intervention I'm Nora Raum NPR news in
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Indian court rules in favor of Hindu temple on disputed land
"India's Supreme Court Saturday ruled in favor of Hindus in a dispute over religious site in the northern part of the country this clears the way for the construction of a Hindu temple something Hindu nationalists have been demanding for more than a century the court ruled five acres of land be given to Muslims to build a mosque he did not specify where I'm Nora Raum NPR news in
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David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox And Dominican Republic discussed on KQED Radio Show
"David Ortiz is out of the hospital his former team the Boston Red Sox so the baseball star was released Friday and is now recovering at home Ortiz was shot in the back June ninth at a bar in his home town center to mingle Dominican Republic authorities say it was a case of mistaken identity I'm Nora Raum NPR news in
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Ebola outbreak in Congo grows to become world’s 2nd-worst
"The murder of the high profile environmental activists are former employees of the company building the hydroelectric plant custody opposing when she was killed in two thousand sixteen as well as current and former members of the Honduran military does it is his family and their attorneys charge. The prosecution had withheld much important evidence throughout the trial. Her daughter loud, a SUNY got told the court CASA's family will continue to pursue the intellectual authors of her mother's murder and full Justice won't come until the entire truth regarding all responsible for benthic is killing is revealed. For NPR news. I'm Marie Martin children went on strike in Australia today, they walked out of their classes in several major cities demanding the government do more to combat climate change. Australia's one of the largest carbon emissions per capita. Partly because it relies on coal fired energy plants. The ustralian government has also weakened its commitment to the Paris climate accord, resources minister, Matt Canavan, criticized the strike, saying the children should be in school learning about science and mining. I'm Nora raum.
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Robert Bowers, Nora Raum and Scott Brady discussed on Weekend Edition Sunday
"Nora raum. The FBI says it appears the gunman who attacked a synagogue in Pittsburgh yesterday, acted alone. Eleven people were killed and six others were wounded Scott Brady is the US attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania. He says the suspect is forty six year old Robert Bowers during the course of deadliest salt on the people the synagogue Bowers made statements regarding genocide and his desire to kill Jewish people
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Is Brazil democracy at risk with far-right extremist in presidential runoff?
"Her Vincent Islam, babies. Lawyer maintains the women were angry that she used the cop to drink from a well over the years. The case against baby has led to the assassination of two senior officials. One of them was murdered by his body, God who is now revered as Aeneas Saint by the religious, right. The case also unleashed a powerful extremist movement, and then leaders warned of terrible consequences. If maybe was granted leniency de Hadeed NPR news Islam about and a nation of thirties. Now, say more than nineteen hundred people died in an earthquake and soon NAMI ten days ago, they say thousands are still missing and feared dead. The quake measured seven point five. I'm Nora raum NPR news in Washington.
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NPR, New York Times and Israel discussed on Morning Edition
"Demonstrators. Is demanding jobs and public services also set fire to a main government building NPR's? Jane Arraf has details. Witnesses say protesters set fire to the provincial government building in Basra and blocked the entrance to Iraq's main port security forces have tried to disperse the crowds firing lie them munition Iraq's prime minister, flew to Basra and ordered an investigation after several protesters were killed earlier this week port officials said the demonstrations blocked, the main entrance to the port of Kassir and set up roadblocks on the highway from Basra to Baghdad. The protests have continued all summer in Iraq's second biggest city demanding steady electricity, clean water and
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Indian state battles 'rat fever' outbreak after worst floods in a century
"India cleans up from monsoon floods. It's been hit with an outbreak of an infectious disease known as rat fever. NPR's, Lauren freyre reports from New Delhi rap fever or leptospirosis causes muscle pain and nausea. It spread when rotting carcasses of rats and other rodents get into the water supply. That's what appears to have happened in Carola at the southern tip of India with a monsoon dropped three times the normal amount of rain for the first half of August resulting in the states. Worst floods in a century, hundreds of people died in landslides and building collapses, and now they're dying from rat fever health officials and Carola have confirmed nine deaths and are doing lab tests on. Hundreds of suspected cases of the disease. They're also warning of possible outbreaks of other waterborne diseases, including typhoid and cholera, Lauren fryer,
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Devastating wildfires a "new normal" for California, governor says
"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Nora raum. A federal appeals court dealt a blow today to President. Trump's attempt to withhold money from cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement, Alex Emslie of member station k. q. e. d. reports, San Francisco based. Ninth circuit court of appeals found the January twenty seventeen executive order violates the separation of powers because congress not the president control spending. James Williams is Santa Clara county council. They're clear intent was to quote de-fund local governments, and that's exactly the kind of thing that the president can't do under our constitution. The ninth circuit also ruled however, that the lower court went too far when it imposed a nationwide injunction in case a spokesman for the US department of Justice says this latest ruling is a quote victory for criminal aliens in California for NPR news. I'm Alex Hemsley in San Francisco. Three men are. In federal custody accused of stealing financial information from, millions of people in what the FBI call is one of the largest cyber attacks they've ever handled max Wasserman of. Member station k. n. k. ex and Seattle has more the three Ukrainian. Men are believed to be part of an international hacking group known as being, seven officials say the cybercrime organization used fake emails laced, with malware to. Steal credit and debit card records for more than one hundred US companies and others from around the world US attorney and net Hayes. Says much of that information ended up. For sale online it is an investigation that we're, going to continue to pursue because clearly there are other actors out there who we. Need to hold to account federal, officials found out about the operation after an unnamed company said it was targeted in two thousand fifteen for NPR news I'm max Wasserman in Seattle fire officials in California say they're making progress against a major wildfire in. The northern part of the state More than thousand homes have burned in and around the city. Of reading but some residents are now allowed to return home California governor Jerry Brown says the fire represents the new normal in the state with large intense wildfires occurring more often in. A longer fire season every year is teaching the fire with authorities new lessons we're. Not we're in uncharted territory since civilization emerged in, thousand years ago we haven't had this kind of he condition and this can continue Getting worse he said in the coming years there will be more destructive. Fires and California will have to spend more billions, fighting them. The US National Transportation Safety board is sending investigators to northern Mexico to help determine why a jetliner crashed Tuesday the plane went down. Shortly after takeoff on a domestic flight all. One hundred three people. On board were able to get off the plane before it. Caught fire no indic- but sustained minor injuries this is NPR news Wells Fargo will pay two point one, billion dollars to settle claims over mortgages it sold to. Investors during the, housing, bubble that, led to the crash in two thousand eight in an agreement reached today, with the Justice department the Bank acknowledged it had approved loans for people that it new provided bogus information to show they could afford. The loans the investors bought tens of billions of dollars in mortgages and lost. A great deal of money when some borrowers defaulted. The Federal Reserve is holding interest rates steady wrapped up its latest meeting on the economy today but as. NPR's Chris Arnold reports two more, rate hikes are still likely before, the end of the year this fed meeting didn't have. A press conference following it and the fed doesn't like to make any big moves without a press conference so. This is a steady as it goes statement that the fed. Put out Ken Mathie knee is an economist with IHS market there were no major changes a couple, of slight, upgrades in terms of. Describing growth and strong That while. The fed didn't mention it Medina says officials are also keeping, an eye on the Trump administration's tariffs and the possibility. Of a larger, trade, war because, he says that could do major economic damage Chris Arnold NPR news now, the painstaking process begins to identify servicemembers missing since the Korean war fifty five boxes arrived in Hawaii today for analysis they're believed to. Contain the remains of Americans and perhaps servicemen from other United Nations countries that. Fought alongside South Korea during the war that ended. In nineteen Fifty-three with an armistice not a peace treaty I'm Nora raum NPR news in Washington Support for NPR comes from NPR stations other contributors..
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New Yorker investigation alleges sexual misconduct by CEO of CBS
"And Megan a conversation with the RND. Grammy award winning artists as he explores his Latin American roots. My family journey has a lot. To do things like immigration my grandmother coming here from Mexico I would never be sitting here with you plus the LGBTQ POC. Underground eighties full seen as portrayed in. The FX series pose that's, all coming up on. Latino USA I'm Jose. Stay with us not in my hands Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm, Nora. Raum in Iraq and a fast moving wildfire northern. California claimed a second life today a firefighter a. Bulldozer operator had died yesterday the fire, jumped across the Sacramento river and swept into the city of reading about one hundred miles south of the Oregon border Ken Pimlott is the chief of Cal fire he says people need to know these fires, are dangerous these are extreme conditions this is how fires are burning in California we need to take heed evacuate evacuate evacuate tens of thousands. Of people are taking that advice the fire has destroyed at. Least sixty five buildings a federal. Judge in Los Angeles today shell appointed independent monitor to look into reports of neglect and abuse of children at immigration centres along. The us Mexico border from member station. K. q. e. d. Julius, small reports the judges Is in charge of enforcing decades all settlement that. Set strict limits on the detention of minors US. District judge Dolly Jesus says she needs someone to be. Her ears and is at immigration facilities. In Texas, to look into allegations that date. Back more than a year attorney Peter Shay says problems are pervasive and facilities all along the border with Mexico children being detained. For up to four or five six days. With no, access to audible water with access only to. Inadequate unexpired food no. Access to blankets or sleeping mats the government. Asked for an opportunity to present, evidence, to. Refute the allegations meanwhile the judge is going ahead. With appointing a monitor within two weeks for NPR. News I'm Julie small CBS says it's, investigating what it calls personal misconduct claims against CEO less moon vez detail in New Yorker magazine story that also alleges a culture of misconduct throughout the CBS network as NPR's Eric. Duggan's reports Six women are giving their accounts of sexual harassment between the. Nineteen eighties and late two thousands actress Ileana Douglas who's appeared in TV shows like six feet under an entourage accuses moon Vazza violently kissing her and tried to force himself. On her during a business meeting in nineteen ninety seven when she refused his advances Douglas said she was fired from her role as co star on a. CBS show journalists, Ronan Farrow spoke to thirty current and former employees at CBS his story includes other allegations from women who claim, moon vez tried to kiss or touch them inappropriately in a statement moon visit minuted, pharaoh quote they were times decades ago. When I may have made some women uncomfortable by making advances but he. Denies, harming anyone's career before the story was published CBS's board of directors said it would. Investigate allegations. Eric Duggan's NPR news on Wall Street the NASDAQ lost one and a, half percent to close at seventy seven thirty seven down one hundred and fourteen points the Dow fell seventy six while the, s&p dropped eighteen This is, NPR news this is WNYC in New York I'm Lance lucky as you've, been hearing CBS CEO, Leslie Moonves is the latest prominent media figure facing allegations of sexual misconduct and investigation published in. The New Yorker magazine today reports that six women including producers and writers say they've been harassed and assaulted by. New Yorker writer Ronan Farrow said the women feared speaking out because. Of moon vessels ability to make or break their careers are women of tremendous character and competence, in their industry but they, still felt. That by, rebuffing advances they were putting their careers on the line the alleged incidents happened various times. During his more than twenty year tenure at the company best. Has denied the allegations CBS said in a statement, that it's, investigating the claims food stamp. Recipients will still be able to use a mobile app to pay for food at New York farmers markets come September. The state has agreed to pay six hundred ten thousand One dollars to Novo DEA the company that, facilitates food stamp payments at the markets after. The federal government ended its contract Novo Diaz said it would go out of business the. State aid will fund the. App based service until March police say suspicious items found inside Trump Tower have been determined to be harmless the NYPD's counterterrorism chief James water said on Twitter the. Packages found in the. Building have been deemed safe by the department's bomb squad We have showers and perhaps severe thunderstorms moving through the area. As I speak the severe thunderstorm watch in. Effect until ten pm and. They are major delays at the airports of two to. Six hours for all incoming and outgoing flights the worst delays being at Newark liberty airport. Those showers and thunderstorms tapering off after midnight and tomorrow partly sunny, the high eighty, five support for NPR comes from the National Endowment for. The arts the federal agency that supports the arts, and creativity and communities across the nation more formation is available at arts dot gov There are.
All Things Considered
Man charged with intentionally starting nine Southern California fires
"If. This, is over for pip that's great more after news Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Nora raum residents of Redding California are scrambling to get out of. The way of a wildfire that already has claimed two lives tens of thousands of. People have fled their homes officials say at least sixty five structures have burned and they expect that. Figure to rise reading is, located about one hundred miles south of the Oregon. Border firefighters are facing high winds and, temperatures in the triple digits The suspect accused, of starting the Cranston fire in southern California is now accused of starting eight other blazes Benjamin per per for member station k. VCR. Reports the man could face a life sentence thirty two year old Brandon macgyver is now charged. With fifteen felony counts related. To nine separate fires in southwest Riverside County Cal fire law enforcement arrested him earlier this week, initially booking. Him on five counts of. Arson wildland among those is the. Cranston fire which is forced thousands of people to evacuate and threatens thousands of structures in a largely rural mountainous stretch of the San dome mountains. If convicted macgyver could spend up. To the rest of his life behind bars for NPR news I'm Benjamin Perper and riverside the New. Yorker is reporting that several women are accusing the CEO, of CBS of sexual misconduct including assault Ronan, Farrow broke the story he told NPR's all things considered he spoke with six women who had professional dealings with less moon Moonves between the nineteen eighties in the late thousands of these are very serious stories ranging up to and including the two cases where the women in question backed by many people they told at the time and and other forms of evidence said they were you know struggling to get out of business meetings in which mr munoz was on top of them and pinning them down c._b._s. issued a statement that's investigating the allegations the company stock.
Morning Edition
UK PM May says Donald Trump told her to sue the EU over Brexit
"Live from npr news in washington i'm nora raum president trump believes later today for helsinki finland for a meeting tomorrow with russian president vladimir putin trump's now in scotland where he's been spending the weekend at one of his golf courses one of two in the country the president met last week with british prime minister theresa may she told the bbc's andrew maher today that previously trump had given her advice which she did not take trump had told her how to deal with european leaders on the uk's departure from the eu don't negotiate see them in court he told me i should sue you sue the city you negotiation susan actually no negotiations with may pointed out that during his visit the president had also told her not to walk away from negotiations secretaries of state from around the country and election security experts are gathered in philadelphia this weekend to discuss how to fight back against the threat of interference in november's midterms as whyy's bobby allen reports election watchers are especially alert about voter registration breaches department of homeland security officials say russians made efforts to hack into the election systems of at least twenty one states on the twenty sixteen presidential election and susan green hall with the national election defense coalition does not want to see that again in november so she's talking with top state officials about a nightmare scenario and adversary attacking voter registration databases on election day to change voter registration records and prevent people from voting on election day causing chaos and also sewing discord and mistrust in the system green hall says many state leaders have assured her that registration databases are getting increased security and election officials say they are developing backup plans in the event that voters have trouble casting ballots in november bobby allen npr news philadelphia after a month long run the men's world cup ends today with the final between france and croatia france was one of the favorites heading into the soccer tournament croatia surprise finalist thanks to the team's historic streak of endurance npr's tom goldman reports it's a day of i for croatia first time in a world cup final first team to get to the final after winning three straight time games and they're hoping the match with a first world cup championship france is favored it has the more talented lineup from forwards killing an mvp and antoine greece mun to rocksolid goalkeeper hugo lorries croatia particularly shines in midfield where luka modric excels with his ball handling and passing the french shouldn't rely on their opponents fatigue with those record three straight extra time wins croatia has proved it can go for as long as it takes but if france can outlast the croatians it will mean a second championship and first since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight tongue goldman npr news this is npr news from washington the united nations issued a report today that the number of civilians killed in afghanistan in the first half of the year increased by one percent this year one thousand six hundred ninety two civilians died the most since the un mission in afghanistan began keeping track of civilian deaths in two thousand nine the report said more than half those deaths were attributed to islamic state the last two blockbuster stores in alaska are shutting their doors tomorrow marking the end one of the last strongholds of the video rental business as npr's laura sydell reports that leaves only one blockbuster in the united states in the pre internet days blockbuster was the place to go when you wanted to watch a movie at home but the internet has moved the rental business online blockbusters all over the country shut their doors but the alaska stronghold state and business partially because high speed internet in the state was expensive now the last two stores one in anchorage and one in fairbanks are calling it quits the last blockbuster standing is in bend oregon the satirist john oliver did a segment on the alaska stores he sent them russell crowe memorabilia including a jockstrap crow war in cinderella man the hope was that the stores could sell the items for money or use it to draw customers the under says he'd like to return the jockstrap laura sydell npr news the california democratic party has given its endorsement for the senate seat now held by dianne feinstein it's not for feinstein but for another democrat state senator kevin de leon who is considered to be a long shot in the general election member i'm nora raum npr news in washington support for npr comes from npr stations other contributors include e c m c foundation working through improve postsecondary educational outcomes for under served students through evidence based innovation learn more at e cmc mc foundation.
NPR News Now
Drug to Treat Smallpox Approved by F.D.A., a Move Against Bioterrorism
"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Nora raum. Some democratic lawmakers are calling on President Trump to cancel. Monday's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki following the indictment of twelve Russian intelligence officers for interfering in the two thousand sixteen presidential election. They're accused of hacking into democratic computers and releasing information to damage the Clinton campaign California, congressman. Adam Schiff is the top democrat on the house intelligence committee. He says, there's no point. Now in the president, going ahead with the summit, the prison should cancel. The meeting of the visit to Europe has already been disaster enough, but if this president won't confront Putin on these charges on the Russian intervention, and we'd no, he won't. He ought to just cancel the meeting. He also said the indictments show the US will not tolerate election interference. It's three years ago today since the US Iran and five world powers signed an agreement to curb Iran's nuclear. Program as scary. Skyring reports from Vienna, the deal remains in place despite the US withdrawal in two thousand fifteen when Iran agreed to cut uranium enrichment and exchange for sanctions relief. The International Atomic Energy agency was tasked with verifying compliance in March this year. The agency reported that Iran was upholding its end of the bargain, but in May President Trump said the US would withdraw and reimpose sanctions. Now Russia, China and European signatories trying to keep around from returning to pre deal levels of uranium enrichment. But recent talks in Vienna, Iranian diplomats warned of increasing tensions in the region and promised consequences. If there was no compensation for US withdrawal for NPR news, I'm Kerry Skyring in Vienna officials in Thailand. Released video today, showing the twelve boys who had been trapped in a cave for more than two weeks. They appeared well, and thank the rescuers they had been removed from this cave earlier this week in a perilous three day mission. The health minister says they'll be released from the. Hospital next week, Missouri has raised its age of consent for getting married Marshall Griffin of Saint Louis public radio reports under the old law, teens as young as fifteen could get married without their parents permission and those under fifteen could marry of granted permission by a judge, but starting August twenty eighth, the age will rise to sixteen and judges will no longer be allowed to grant exemptions. The Bill was sponsored by GOP state Representative. Gene Evans become a destination date for older men wanting to marry younger girls go. We felt like it was important for the state to set up a stronger guideline to protect children from predators or those who might do them harm the new law also bars someone age, twenty one or older from marrying anyone under the age of seventeen. And it eliminates the statute of limitations for sex crimes. When the victim is eighteen or younger for NPR news. I'm Marshall Griffin in Jefferson City Missouri. You're listening to NPR news from Washington. The food and Drug administration has approved. The first ever drug produced a treat smallpox NPR's rob Stein has the details. Smallpox is one of the world's most fear diseases by some estimates smallpox killed more people than every other infectious disease combined and more than triple the number killed in every war in the twentieth century. But smallpox was finally declared eradicated from the globe in nineteen eighty. Nevertheless, there's long been fears that smallpox might someday be used by bioterrorists. So the FDA says, the agency took special steps to approve the new drug called Tepa teapots in case it's ever needed. Rob Stein, NPR news police in San Francisco, say they've arrested a man, believe responsible for rapes while posing as a ridesharing driver commander. Greg McEachern says that it took some time for investigators to connect the cases since the suspect had preyed on women for several years. There's diligent work. Of our officers and everyone you see standing here before me is what allowed us to take this predator off the street. Hopefully for a long time, this aspect is charged and attacks on four women. Most recently in June, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, he's being held in a four point, two million dollar bond. McDonald's has temporarily stopped serving salads in fourteen states mostly in the midwest after an outbreak of intestinal illnesses officials, say about one hundred people were sickened in Illinois. Another fifteen cases were reported in Iowa. I'm Nora raum NPR news in Washington support
Morning Edition
Washington, Thailand and Npr discussed on Morning Edition
"Live from npr news in washington i'm nora raum divers in northern thailand have begun the process of rescuing twelve schoolboys and their coach from the cave where they've been trapped since june twenty third michael sullivan reports from shanghai that are thirties were worrying their window of opportunity was closing with heavy rains coming they could flood the cave even more the local governor says the operation began at ten a m local time that the divers taking the boys out or a mixed group of foreign specialists and tie navy seals and that the first boy probably wouldn't be brought to the entrance to the cave for at least eleven hours which means it's going to take a while to get them all out and the rain is starting already michael sullivan reporting from thailand workers are preparing to lift a sunken boat off the coast of thailand today it went down a storm thursday near the island of pook cat killing at least forty one people mostly tourists from china at least fourteen people are still missing secretary of state mike palm peyot says he believes that north korea will stay true to its commitment to dismantle its nuclear program even after north korea suggested it's will could falter npr's elise hugh reports the divisions opened up after two days of highlevel talks npr young pompeo and his north korean counterpart discussed how to implement the broad outlines of an agreement made between president trump and kim jong un last month but differences emerged soon after pompeo left pyongyang north korea said the united states betrayed the spirit of last month's agreement by demanding complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization north korea favors a phased drawdown speaking to reporters sunday pompeo emphasized kim jong un did commit to denuclearize in june steel i'm hopeful that we will find a path forward to achieve that commitment that chairman kim himself made personally to president trump and then to the world the secretary of state will head next to vietnam elise hugh npr news soul in california wildfires are burning from the northern border with oregon to the southern border with mexico q e d john's sepulveda's reports record hot weather is hampering firefighting efforts throughout many areas of california the son cannot be seen because of the thick haze from smoke that fills the sky over the heat from the sun can definitely be felt as temperatures in many places are reaching triple digit record highs near the oregon border high temperatures have mixed with dry forest to fuel a fire that covers more than thirty square miles the klamath and fire as it's called has killed at least one person on the central coast near santa barbara evacuations were ordered in at least twenty homes have been destroyed by wildfire and here in san diego county a wildfire jumped a fire line and burned down eighteen structures in mobile home park in all three areas of the state whether is expected to call during the coming week for npr news i'm john sepulveda's in san diego this is npr news authorities in japan say several million people are out of their homes after torrential rains caused floods and landslides at least fifty four people died and dozens are still missing some roads have been closed and rail service was suspended for a time and more rain is expected today and tomorrow the government of guatemala has given the survivors of the communities hardest hit by the june third volcanic eruption just a few more days to search for the remains of their loved ones and as maria martin reports the official death count has risen officials statistics in what the malas say fatalities from the volcanic eruption are up to one hundred thirteen with three more victims identified the official search for victims of the eruption of the volcano call forego had been called off several weeks ago the what the modern disaster area since the area is too risky and still vulnerable to all chemic activity but in the hardest hit communities have los look this rodeo townspeople continue to search for remains of their loved ones they say we'll keep looking even if the government doesn't help as they work mostly on their own or with other volunteers to fight whatever remains of their families the government has given them only until wednesday of next week to do the sad job of digging through the ash and destruction for npr news marie martin and i'm thinking what the mullahs the leaders of ethiopia eritrea met today for the first time in nearly twenty years in the capital of eritrea the visit from the.
BBC Newshour
Judge orders U.S. to provide list of separated migrant children
"Live from npr news in washington i'm nora raum a federal judge has given the government until tonight to provide a list of the estimated one hundred children under the age of five who've been taken from their parents at the southern border judge dana soubra also ordered the government to say whether it will be able to return the children to their families by tuesday congressman ralph hall visited a shelter in arizona yesterday where some older children are being held from member station k j z z frigid dowd reports after visiting the southwest key programs shelter in tucson gray hall says although the kids are seemingly okay and counseling services are being provided they've still been traumatized that hell in there for these children but it's not shangri la i mean they're they're involuntarily the some of them have not seen their parents and as we can as we know now the ice and in homeland security is having a heck of a time trying to match these kids up to their parents agree hall this says shelter employees are worried they won't be able to reunite migrant families within the court ordered thirty days for npr news i'm bridget dowd in phoenix authorities in northern thailand or preparing for what may be a dangerous rescue of twelve boys soccer coach from a k where they've been stuck for two weeks michael sullivan has more from outside the cave complex the official in charge of the operation says time is running out if the boys are to be extracted before heavy rains expected later this weekend he suggested enough water has been pumped out of the cave to make a rescue attempt possible soon a window that could close if the rains flood the cave even more he also expressed concern about falling oxygen levels inside the preferred option a risky one is to bring them out the way they came in but it's a tricky passage with some stretches still submerged which which means the boys will.
Charlie Parker
Syrian troops march south as UN warns of catastrophe
"Leaders have reached agreement on a deal designed to spread out the responsibility for refugees and migrants trying to enter a you countries teri schultz reports from brussels italian prime minister separate content went in saying nothing's agreed until everything's agreed and for him that meant migration so after all night talks that reportedly got aggressive at times you leaders emerged praising compromise that would set up screening centers for new arrivals but only on a voluntary basis it also pledges more efforts to seal e you borders despite the lack of details konta declared himself satisfied israel says it's given humanitarian aid to syrians have gathered near israel held territory during a syrian government offensive on rebelheld areas but it says it won't take in syrians fleeing the fighting npr's daniel estrin reports from jerusalem overnight isreaeli troops open border fences with syria and deposited dozens of tons of food medicine and clothes and several hundred tents thousands of syrians have fled government air strikes on southwest syria and gathered near the borders with jordan and the israeli held golan heights seeking protection israel and jordan have not taken in a new refugees i hearing will be held in annapolis maryland this morning for thirty eight year old man charged with five counts of first degree murder he's accused of opening fire at the office of a local newspaper yesterday i'm nora raum npr news in washington next.