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Biden to Host White House Meeting With Quad Coalition Leaders
"Biden will host a white house meeting with the leaders of japan. Australia and india on september twenty fourth as npr's aisha roscoe reports. The group met virtually last march but will be the first in-person meeting of the quad coalition leaders. Since biden took office the four country coalition was started during the trump administration to help offset china's growing influence biden has continued the focus on china describing the country as the key competitor to the us in the twenty first century. The upcoming quad meeting will come just days. After biden is set to address the united nations general assembly meeting for the first time as president in addition to national security the quad leaders are expected to discuss climate change covert vaccine production bottlenecks and maintaining a quote free and open. Indo
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US Bound Flights Carrying Afghans Temporarily Halted Due to Measles Cases
"White house says flights carrying afghan refugees to the us have been halted after discovery of four cases of measles among people who recently arrived in the us. This as npr's michele keleman reports nineteen more us citizens from the airport in kabul in the state department says to others managed to get out overland national security council spokesperson. Emily horne says the. Us is doing intensive work to give americans clear and safe options to leave afghanistan. The state department says forty. Four americans were offered seats on the latest plane. But not all decided to go. The taliban are still not allowing charter. Flights from northern afghanistan and democratic senator richard blumenthal once the state department to do more about that time precious time. The situation of these individuals is desperate urgen. He's been working with veteran groups and activists to help several at risk afghans and some american citizens get
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Kentucky State Lawmakers Vote to Scrap School Mask Mandate
"Kentucky's republican led legislature has voted to block any mask mandates in schools. They meant to pass the bill in a special session. Democratic governor andy bashir immediately vetoed it but the kentucky lawmakers quickly overrode his veto. Any decision to require children to wear masks in kentucky schools now passes to local governments kentucky. Hospitals are overloaded with cova cases. A situation the governor warns is dire
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Biden Unveils New Action Plan to Combat Surging COVID-19 Crisis
"Biden says that pandemic politics are making people sick and causing some of them to die. Biden has unveiled a six pronged plan to contain the spread of covert nineteen as the aggressive delta variant drives new infections. The president says that all federal employees have seventy five days to get vaccinated and that companies with more than one hundred workers must impose vaccine requirements or weekly testing mandates. But we need to do more. This is not about freedom for personal choice about protecting yourself and those around you the people you work with the people you care about people you love biden says the nearly eighty million americans who failed to get vaccinated are posing a threat to those who have already received the shot.
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France to Offer Free Birth Control to All Women up to 25
"French health officials say the government will provide free access to birth control for women who are twenty five years old and younger. Currently france provides free contraception for girls up to the age of eighteen francis. Health minister says there's been a decline in the use of contraception among young women. And he says it's due to its cost
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North Korea Holds Scaled-Down Parade to Boost National Morale
"North korea has marked the seventy third anniversary of its founding with a night time parade observers. Were watching displays of new weaponry. But as npr's anthony kuhn reports from seoul there were none to be seen. The north's official royal dome shinmun newspaper published pictures of canine squads police on horseback and a pandemic control unit wearing red has met suits the korean central news agency reports that the parade was led not by soldiers but a civilian militia unit called the worker peasant red guards. The parade appeared to focus on countering domestic threats. Not foreign ones leader. Kim jong un showed up in a suit and tie instead of a military uniform but he made no speech and its last. Two military parades in january and october. The north revealed new intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles but it has not test launched them.
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Strong Earthquake Hits Near Acapulco, Mexico
"Mexico. A magnitude seven earthquake stricken area near acapulco causing damage to several buildings. The quake was felt over two hundred miles away. In mexico. city prompting some frightened residents there to flee to safety power outages were reported in some parts of the city.
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Biden Tours Flood-Ravaged Northeast Hit Hard by Ida's Remnants
"Biden says climate change poses an existential threat to lives and the economy. And that it's not going to get any better by making the comet while visiting areas of new york city in new jersey that were damaged by the remnants of hurricane ida last week right here in so many other communities. These waves crashed through the streets. Here testing the aging infrastructure and taking lives more allies were taken here than down in louisiana in louisiana where ida came ashore more than four hundred thousand homes and businesses in parishes hardest hit by. The storm remained without electricity.
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California hospitals running out of ICU beds: health officials
"Hospitals. In california's central valley are running out of beds in their intensive care units because of a large increase in covert patients. State officials said on friday that hospitals in the twelve county san joaquin valley region have had fewer than ten percent of staffed adult. Icu beds available for the past. Three
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New Orleans Cleaning up the Remnants of Hurricane Ida
"To work to recover from hurricane ida though in some spots it may be till the middle of next week before all the lights are back on again. that's according to utility company energie which issued a statement today saying within twenty five thousand workers from forty states are working to fix thousands of damage utility poles transformers and transmission. Lines president biden. Meanwhile arrive today. To survey the damage meeting with local officials in la- place louisiana biden saying crews are working to get power back up there. We're gonna we're working twenty four seven with the energy companies who we met with the heads up today and we're deploying more federal resources including hundreds of generators and there's more to come to restore power as fast as we possibly can faster than anything happened during katrina in the northeast. Meanwhile nearly fifty people in five states died as a result of the storm mostly caught in floodwaters more than
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ABBA Reunites After Nearly 40 Years to Announce New Album, Digital Concert
"Swedish pop band album has recorded their first new album in for decades as jeff london reports from new york allah will also perform digitally in a newly built london. Concert venue next may ever. Since aga captured the eurovision song contest with waterloo and nineteen. Seventy four there tuneful pop songs and fill the airwaves but at the height of their success in nineteen eighty two. The band broke up this november. The quartet will be releasing a new studio album voyage then in may twenty twenty two giving virtual concerts in london's three thousand seat ab- arena. A ten piece band will play live. While the four members of the group who spent months creating motion capture performances with george lucas's industrial light and magic will be projected the stage for npr news. I'm jeff london in new
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Purdue Bankruptcy Is Approved, Shielding Sackler Family
"Federal bankruptcy judge has approved a historic settlement between purdue pharma the company that makes the opioid oxycontin and thousands of state and local governments. The controversial settlement will allow the owners of purdue pharma the sackler family to escape legal liability from opioid lawsuits. The sackler family will still have to pay more than four billion dollars.
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U.S. Unemployment Claims Fall to 340,000
"Three hundred forty thousand people applied for state unemployment benefits last week. A drop of fourteen thousand from the week before as of mid august more than twelve million americans were receiving some form of jobless aid that includes more than nine million enrolled in pandemic air programs that are set to expire next
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President Biden Issues Emergency Declaration for Caldor Fire
"President has also issued a federal disaster declaration for the kaldor fire. That's burning in eastern california crews are working to keep the blaze away from the resort city of south lake tahoe. Npr's eric westervelt. Is there during the christmas rally. Just out side of south lake tahoe. You can see the main lead part of the fire coming down this hillside. There's fire about four hundred yards away. Cruiser attacking it from the air relentlessly with helicopters. Here's one coming over right now. Is they're trying to stop this fire from getting into south lake
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"Live from npr news. I'm lakshmi singh. President biden will address the nation. This afternoon about the end of military operations in afghanistan as npr's frank ordonio reports biden is expected to defend his decision not to extend the mission for the first time in nearly twenty years. There are no. us troops in afghanistan soon. After the pentagon announced the last military plane had departed. Kabul president biden released a statement thanking his commanders and the us servicemembers for their work carrying out the dangerous evacuation. This afternoon biden is expected to speak about turning to a new chapter in afghanistan shifting from a military mission to a diplomatic one. He said he would offer a lengthier explanation on why did not extend the mission past the august thirty first deadline there are still americans who are unable to evacuate but officials say they're continuing efforts to get them out franko or donas. Npr news the white house. The lights could be coming back on and more homes and businesses in new orleans and the next day or so. The group president of utility operations for energy tells cnbc that expects to bring transmission lines damage after hurricane ida struck sunday back in operation but for some places it could still be weeks before powers restored in lellouche perish. Were item made landfall. The head of portfolio shot chat shash oil sands. It's it'll be a long road there. There is no electricity. They will not be electricity for a long time and in our area in our community. We have no running water. So that's that's really key at. This point is you know all the folks at our and our Local water district are trying to get our water system back up and running. Four deaths in louisiana and.
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Iraq Brings Together Mideast Rivals in Bid to Ease Tensions
"Iraq is hosting a meeting of arab heads of state aimed at mideast tensions rivals. Iran and saudi arabia are participating. So is french president emmanuel macron. Who said today. France will keep troops in iraq to participate in anti-terrorism operations as long as iraq wants whether or not the us withdraws
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U.S. Launches Drone Strike on ISIS-K Targets
"Major general. Hank taylor says the. Us military has conducted a successful drone strike in eastern afghanistan by the border with pakistan. I can confirm as more information has come in that too. high profile. Isis targets were killed and one was wounded and we know of zero civilian casualties. The taliban is condemning this strike calling it an attack on afghan territory. President biden had vowed retaliation against those responsible for thursday's attack at the kabul airport that killed thirteen. Us military personnel. And some one hundred seventy afghans. The white house says there are strong indications isis k. Plans to strike again.
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California Wildfires Have Torched More Than 1.5m Acres This Year
"Fires continue to rage in california scott rod of member station capela radio reports more than one and a half million acres have burned so far this year fire crews are currently battling over a dozen large wildfires in california. The dixie fire has grown to the second largest fire in state history and continues to threaten communities in plumas and lassen counties. The kaldor fire has blanketed. the lake. tahoe region with hazardous levels of smoke leaving popular resort areas deserted. The federal government has closed nine national forests in the state through labor day. due to extreme fire risks. Last year california saw a record. Four point three million acres burned. The state is on pace to match that number this year
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"Org live from npr news in washington. I'm amy held on the same day and attack at the kabul airport left dozens dead u s and coalition flights evacuated. Seventy five hundred people. The pentagon says it's increasing security at the airport as it anticipates more attacks. President biden held a moment of silence at the white house. Thursday for those killed in kabul. Npr's windsor johnston has more on his response. President biden is vowing retribution against isis k. The terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. Speaking from the white house biden warned that the us will hunt them down and that he's directed the pentagon to draw up plans to strike back against the group. In the meantime the president says the us will continue evacuation efforts at the airport in kabul ahead of the august thirty first deadline to fully withdrawal. Us troops from afghanistan vice president. Kamala harris has ended her southeast asia. Visit by calling it the start of a new chapter and peers julie. Mccarthy reports harris is coming down hard on beijing's tactics in the south china sea more than any country in southeast asia. Vietnam has stood up to china as beijing has pressed its claim to most of the south china sea using aggressive tactics and militarizing artificial islands during this southeast asia. Tour harris has twice accused beijing of bullying and coercion in the disputed waters. She closed her trip. Saying the united states did not want conflict with china but would call out it's perceived transgressions. Where speak up. We're going to speak up when there are actions that beijing takes that threaten the rules based international order again such as activity in the south china. Sea harris stops in honolulu for an event at pearl harbor before returning to washington julie mccarthy. Npr news hospitals particularly in southern states are running low or out of beds amid a spike in largely unvaccinated covert patients from jefferson public radio. Eric newman reports. It's also happening in oregon. A surge of hospitalizations has oregon health officials forecasting shortage of hundreds of staffed beds by labor day. Michael bloom heart. Is the icu medical director at asante rogue regional medical center in medford one of the hardest hit cities we are experiencing and overwhelming surge and influx of covert patients. Were operating beyond or usual capacity. Resources are under enormous strain right now a santer's. Icu's in three hospitals have been completely filled with cova patients for the past week. Meanwhile infections keep growing medical crisis teams are being deployed in the state and some hospitals are trying to create expanded emergency facilities for npr news. I'm eric newman. In medford oregon. It's npr news. South dakota's attorney general accused of hitting and killing a man while driving. Last year is pleading. No contest to two connected misdemeanor charges. But he says he won't step down south dakota public broadcasting's rl zion's reports now governor christie gnome. A fellow republican is asking the state legislature to consider impeachment law enforcement officials. Say attorney general. Jason rosberg hit joe beaver head on last year. Ron's ronsperg i told police. He hit a deer but discovered beavers body the next day. Investigators said beavers. Broken glasses were found in ron's burks car and the victim's face had come through the windshield. Ron's burke received fines but no jail time and jane beaver. The victim's sister says he hasn't taken responsibility or rather late in the for almost twelve hours. This is inexcusable. If an ordinary person had committed these crimes we believe the case what have been closed months ago. Rosberg says he has no plan to resign for npr news. I'm rl zion's in rapid city. The ceo of the metoo organization. Time's up is resigning over her ties. With former new york governor andrew cuomo who himself stepped down over alleged sexual harassment in a statement. Tina chen says her leadership has become a painful and divisive focal point. The organization was founded in two thousand eighteen when the harvey weinstein scandal led to countless public disclosures of sexual assault and abuse of women. I made me held in washington. And you're listening to npr news..
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US Troops and Afghans Killed in Suicide Attacks Outside Kabul Airport
"Outside the airport in Kabul, 13. U. S military personnel were killed along with dozens of Afghans near the airport gates. Still, NPR's Michele Kelemen reports, the U. S. Is wrapping up its evacuations even as the U. S military responded to the attacks claimed by an offshoot of Isis. Evacuation flights continue. President Biden says another 7000 people have gotten out, including 500 Americans, and he says This effort will continue for several more days before his August 31st deadline. To the extent that we can do that, knowing Threat. Knowing that we may very well have another attack. Military's concluded that's what we should do. He says He's seen no evidence of collusion between the Taliban and Isis K, the group that carried out the deadly attack. Michele Kelemen NPR news, the State Department Nebraska's governor has
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"401k live from npr news in washington. I'm korva coleman. The white house says more than eighty two thousand americans. Afghans and other nationals have been evacuated from kabul president biden says will withdraw from afghanistan by his deadline. August thirty first german chancellor. Angela merkel is one of several leaders from g seven nations who met with him yesterday and wanted to extend that deadline as me. Nicholson has more speaking to journalists in berlin after the g seven virtual summit chancellor merckel chose her words carefully saying the talks have not resulted in quote new dates for the end of the evacuation mission. When asked whether there was criticism of president biden's decision to stick to the august thirty first withdrawal date merkel's insisted the chaos in afghanistan is something for which all nato countries must accept responsibility. Merckel stressed that without the us its nato allies cannot continue the evacuation mission. The german chancellor also said that germany is ready to work with and iran to help support refugees from afghanistan for npr news. I'm as me. Nicholson in berlin vice. President harris is traveling in vietnam. She has been repeatedly questioned about the chaotic. Us withdrawal from afghanistan era says the focus now should only be on evacuating people from the country reporter. Michael sullivan is in thailand. And his following harris's trip in south east asia. She stayed very much on message assuring. Washington's partners in south east asia that the region is critically important in her words to us security and prosperity and on the latter point. She emphasized the growing economic interdependence between the two and then of course she also talked about security and the other elephant in the room. China michael sullivan reporting. The supreme court has blocked effort by the biden administration to get rid of trump era policy affecting people who are seeking asylum in the us. The justices upheld a lower federal court. Decision keeping the trump era program known as remain in mexico immigration rights activists say thousands of asylum. Applicants are waiting there in dire conditions for their cases to be heard in the us. The house has narrowly approved a budget resolution that sets up the blueprint for a three point five trillion dollar spending deal. Npr's windsor. johnston has more the budget. Blueprint passed along. Party lines advancing democrats efforts to pass hundreds of billions in new spending on childcare education and measures to combat climate change. It will allow democrats to pass the bill using a budget. Reconciliation process without support from republicans. Tuesday's critical vote came after days of infighting that pit left-leaning progressives against more moderate democrats with the budget resolution and two separate bipartisan infrastructure. Bill hanging in the balance in order to break the stalemate house speaker. Nancy pelosi has committed to passing the infrastructure measure by september. Twenty seventh windsor johnston. Npr news washington. You're listening to npr. News drugmaker johnson and johnson says it has evidence that shows people who got its cove in nineteen vaccination could benefit from a booster shot. The company gave boosters to people six months after they got the one shot does within a week. The second johnson and johnson does significantly increased antibody levels separately. The biden administration has announced plans for booster shots for people who got the to dose in nineteen vaccines from pfizer and moderna in india. New corona virus infections have plateaued following a deadly outbreak. This past spring sushmita paddock reports. The country confirmed nearly forty thousand new cases today less than a tenth of what it was seeing at its peak in may the kuna virus may now be endemic in india that according to w rituals chief scientists so miss mommy not in in an interview with an indian news website. Swaminathan said there may be lucas spikes in cases not seeing the kind of exponential growth than ex that we saw a few months ago more than half of the new infections. India confirmed wednesday will from the southern state of gala and celebrations of hindu festival. There could have contributed to the case. Load the latest infections in. India also includes sixteen evacuees from afghanistan for npr news. I'm sushmita buttock in mumbai. Events or underway at the tokyo paralympics. The first gold medal has been won by australian cyclist page greco. She won the three thousand meter pursuit on the velodrome track. I'm korva coleman. Npr news in washington support..
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"I'm janine herbst. The supreme court today issued an order they could force the biden administration to reinstate a controversial trump era immigrant program that forced asylum seekers to wait in mexican border cities as npr's john burnett reports. The court refused to block a ruling from texas. Judge that said president biden had unlawfully cancelled the program known as remain in mexico. The high court in a brief unsigned order told the biden white house that it cannot rescind the twenty nine thousand nine program that was harshly criticized by human rights groups. The program forced tens of thousands of migrants to wait in mexican cities like matamoros in tijuana where they lived in squalid tent camps and were preyed on by extortionists. The court cited a decision last year. That faulted the trump administration for arbitrarily and capriciously canceling daca. The program that protects migrants brought here illegally as children biden had sought an emergency. Stay from the court. With today's ruling the administration must now argue. Its case in front of a federal appeals court john burnett. Npr news president biden says the us has evacuated more than seventy thousand people from afghanistan. And he's hoping to be able to wrap up this operation by next week. This despite concerns of there are still thousands of afghans who fear for their lives under taliban rule. Npr's michelle kellerman reports biden's as the taliban have taken steps though that the us and its partners can get their people out but he calls it a tenuous situation and he hopes to finish it by next week the sooner we can finish the better each day of operations brings at restore troops state department says more than four thousand americans have been evacuated though. It's not clear how many are still trying to leave. Officials say they've been reaching out directly to americans to guide them through the airport gates. A taliban spokesman says the us must stick to it self imposed deadline. Michelle kellerman npr news. The state department. The house voted today to advance. A critical piece of president biden sweeping economic agenda. Npr's windsor johnston reports. The chamber narrowly approved a three and a half trillion dollar budget resolution. Setting the stage for new spending for childcare education and measures to curb climate. Change the vote to move ahead with. The budget resolution will allow house democrats to begin. Crafting the details of the spending plan. It also green lights the final passage of a roughly one trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure. Bill that cleared the senate earlier this month in a statement house speaker. Nancy pelosi says she's committed to passing the infrastructure bill by september twenty seventh and would rally her caucus to support it and furious windsor. Johnston asian markets are trading higher at this hour the nikkei in japan up about three tenths of a percent the hang seng in hong kong up eight tenths of a percent. You're listening to npr news. The house voted tonight along party. Lines to approve new legislation aimed at strengthening landmark civil rights era voting rights this in response to a wave of restrictive new election laws from republican controlled state legislatures. The bill named for the late georgia congressman and civil rights leader. John lewis who died last year supporters. Say it would make it more difficult for states to restrict future voting access but senate republicans say it infringes on states rights. Today marks the two year anniversary of the death of elijah. Mclean colorado man. Whose story was prominently featured during last. Summer's protests against police brutality. Colorado public radio's alison sherry has. More mclane was a black massage therapist. Who was detained by police. In two thousand nineteen. He was not suspected of a crime but was put into choke holds and given a powerful sedative by paramedics. He died a few days later at a hospital. His mother shannon mclean worked to pass a sweeping police reform law the next year in the state legislature which included a ban on choke holds. It was emotional. Because i was told that they weren't able to pass that bill before elijah's murderer and i think to myself if that bill had a pass before largest murder still be here. Several local state and federal investigations into mclean's staff are continuing for npr news. I'm alison sherry in denver. All street was higher by the closing bell. us futures contracts are trading flat. I'm janine herbst npr news..
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"I'm nora raum. A statement by nato foreign ministers released friday demands the taliban grant safe passage to anyone who wants to leave afghanistan from brussels teri schultz reports the alliance pledges to continue coordination at the airport as long as evacuation flights continue native secretary general stoltenberg calls. What's happening in afghanistan. A tragedy primarily for the afghan people with the situation remaining in his words difficult and unpredictable but stoltenberg acknowledges there is also a cost for nato in the way the twenty year operation is ending. We have invested a lot in golden treasures afghanistan. and i think we should now Have almost unclear assessment of what went wrong but also what we achieved stoltenberg says many allies have offered more planes and places in their countries for afghan evacuees. But he says the biggest problem remains that the taliban are not letting people through to the airport for npr news. I'm teri schultz. In brussels. major fires continue to rage in california destroy neighborhoods and burning hundreds of thousands of acres. Scott rod of cap radio in sacramento has more the dixie fire is now the single largest fire in state history and the first to burn across the sierra nevada. Mountain range from east to west firefighters are currently working to save the foothills town of janesville in lassen county the kaldor fire in el dorado county continues to spread in rugged terrain posing a challenge for crews trying to gain containment and the cash. Fire a small but fast moving blaze in lake county has destroyed dozens of homes. The extraordinary fire conditions led the us forest service to close nine of the state's national forests to the public through labor day for npr news. I'm scott rod in sacramento. The florida department of education is giving an ultimatum to the school boards in a latch and broward counties for their mask. Mandates the boards have forty eight hours to reverse their policies or the department will start withholding the salaries of those who approve the mandates me leiden from member station w. f. t. reports those school districts have defied governor rhonda santa's ban on local officials imposing mass mandates. Latch will county school board chair. Leonida mcnealy sesame mandate is needed to protect students and staff as cove in nineteen cases surge. We're not backing up. We're moving oh and we know that we're doing the right thing. And i have no problem in them. Withholding compensation justice says the board of county. Commissioners will be supporting them. If necessary. the school board will reevaluate the mandate and a week's the board has yet to officially respond to the florida department of education for npr news. I'm me liden en- gainesville this is. Npr news residents of new england are preparing for the first hurricane there in thirty years. Tropical storm on ray is heading towards the northeast coast. It's expected to strengthen into a hurricane saturday. A judge in california has struck down a law supportive by ride hailing companies. Live an uber that kept its drivers as independent contractors. Npr's bobby allen reports proposition twenty two enshrined into law the permanent status of gig workers as contractors in california. The judge in oakland said the measure limits the powers of the state legislature to define at base workers as employees who can qualify for workers. Compensation uber lift another gig. Economy companies spent two hundred million dollars on the ballot measure which california voters passed in november. It was a defeat for labor unions who argued gig. Economy workers should get paid sick. Leave and vacation time. The company said drivers. Enjoy the flexibility of gig work. A coalition of app company says the judge in. Oakland is ignoring the will of voters and promised to immediately appeal bobby allen. Npr news san francisco. A north carolina man appeared in washington. Dc court friday charged with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to use. It's an explosive device. Floyd ray roseberry told the judge that he couldn't understand the charges against him because he hadn't been able to take his mind medication. The judge ordered the undergo a mental competency hearing authorities say. He had driven his truck onto a sidewalk outside the library of congress thursday in claimed he had a bomb..
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"Live from npr news. I'm janine herbs. The pentagon says about twelve thousand people have been flown out of afghanistan since august fourteenth when the taliban overthrew the afghan government at his npr's wade goodwin reports. That pace is expected to accelerate in the coming week. There were some dramatic scenes at the kabul airport. One hundred sixty nine evacuees most if not all americans found themselves just outside the airport wall. Unable to breach the hundreds of desperate afghans between them and the gates american military personnel were dispatched to create a path and escort them into the airport in another case in american marine passed a sick infant over the wall into the airport so the child could be taken to a norwegian medical facility treated and eventually return to its father after the twenty year. War the number of afghan allies who may qualify for resettlement is expected to run into the tens of thousands wade goodwin. Npr news the white house says president biden will nominate nicholas burns to be the new. Us ambassador to china burns has deep experience in diplomacy. He worked in the foreign service for nearly thirty years before retiring in two thousand eight. But as npr's john rich reports his exposure to china has been limited nicholas burns has been middle east and europe focused for most of his career. He had early postings in cairo and jerusalem then he worked on the national security council during the collapse of the soviet union and its aftermath. He was a state department spokesman in the late. Nineteen nineties and then game some experience as an ambassador to greece and the nato during the final years of the george w bush administration burns was under secretary of state for political affairs. A bio released by the white house says in that role he worked with china. On issues including afghanistan north korea and iran his nomination will be subject to senate confirmation so far biden has only had one of his picks approved far fewer than his immediate predecessors. John rich npr news as the more contagious delta variants spreads around the country. San francisco has become the first major. Us city to require approve of full. Cova nineteen vaccination for many outdoor setting indoor settings rather from member station k. q. e. d. in san francisco keith. Ms gucci has more. The rule applies to restaurants bars. Entertainment venues in gyms but it does not apply to people grabbing takeout from eating establishments customers will have to show either their paper vaccine card. From the cdc a clear photo of that paper card a digital vaccination record from the state department of public health or verification from an approved app while the requirement is now in effect businesses have until mid october to verify employees vaccination status for npr news. I'm keith mizuguchi in san francisco and you're listening to npr news. Us naval academy has expelled eighteen midshipmen and sanctioned another eighty two after an investigation into cheating on an online physics final exam. The online tests forbid the use of outside sources including other websites but officials say some students used those outside sources eighty two midshipmen who were sanctioned. Were found to a violated. The academy's honor concept and are now undergoing a five-month honored remediation program. Crude oil prices have been dropping for seven straight days right now. The global benchmark crude is at just over sixty five dollars a barrel. That's down ten dollars from just a few weeks ago as npr's community domino ski reports concerns over the delta variant of the corona virus. Play a big role for most of this year. Oil prices went up and up as economies reopened cars needed. Gas planes needed jet fuel. The world's oil supply just wasn't keeping pace but now things look different. The delta variant is raising concerns that we aren't as close as we'd hoped to the end of the pandemic and the dollar is very strong which always pushes oil prices down. Average gasoline prices dropped by a penny this week. Demand will keep slowing. As summer driving season ends so analysts expect prices to drop further especially is crude stays cheaper camilo domino ascii. Npr news in on wall street by the closing bell. The dow was up two hundred twenty five points. That's up six tenths of a percent. The nasdaq gained one point. One percent gaining one hundred and seventy two points the s&p five hundred thirty five. This is npr..
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"I'm windsor johnston. President biden says he's focused on getting americans out of afghanistan by august. Thirty first biden updated the nation today on the status of evacuations out of kabul less than a week after the taliban overthrew the afghan government npr's oz mahala reports. The administration has been facing mounting criticism for the chaotic scenes that continue to play out at the airport in the capital. The white house says the military has evacuated roughly thirteen thousand people since august fourteenth. It doesn't have an exact tally. Of how many americans are still in afghanistan but despite reports of chaos on the ground near the biden offered this. Promise let me be clear and mirror wants to come home. We will get you home. There are reports of off. Guns getting stopped at taleban checkpoints. The president says there's been no indication that americans can't reach the airport citing an agreement with the taliban to allow americans through though some reporting on the ground calls that account into question us muhammad. Npr news the department of defense says the mission to defend the airport in kabul and evacuate americans and credentialed afghans as safely as possible continues pentagon. Spokesperson hank taylor says the military is also stepping up the pace of flights out of the country. The airport remains secure evacuation. Flights are steadily increasing. And we are doing everything we can to maximize safe. Evacuations at pentagon says flights out of kabul have resumed after being temporarily suspended today. The military says it's also planning to maximize each planes capacity. in order to speed up the evacuation process. The department of agriculture is temporarily closing nine national forests in northern california as wildfires. Continue to burn in that region. Keith ms gucci. From member station k. q. we d- reports crews are working to get the upper hand. On a number of blazes that have scorched tens of thousands of acres. The order goes into effect late sunday night and runs through at least labor day september. Sixth jeff marr. Salei is for supervisor for the eldorado national forest which is already closed due to the kaldor fire that has burned over. Seventy three thousand acres and still has no containment. it's about evacuations. It's about stretched resources in our inability to keep pace with the fire. Marcella says they're trying to keep the public out of harm's way. He says once they get a better handle on the fire. There could be limited exemptions for people to get back into the national forest for npr news. I'm keith mizuguchi in san francisco at last check on wall street the dow was up two hundred twenty. Four points this is. Npr tropical storm on re is making its way toward the northeastern coast of the us national hurricane center meteorologist and as falcon says. The storm could hit parts of new england by the weekend. A hurricane watch has been issued for long island and there's also hurricane watch out from new haven connecticut eastward sagamore beach massachusetts that includes nantucket martha's vineyard and block island forecasters say tropical storm on re could reach hurricane status as it continues to pick up strength in the atlantic hurricane watches have been posted along the northeastern coast in north carolina. Rescue teams are searching for seven people who remain on accounted for in the aftermath of tropical storm. Fred lily connect- from member station blue ridge public radio reports. Two people are confirmed dead. In one of the hardest hit counties houses have been knocked off their foundations and cars hanging trees along the pigeon river in he would county north carolina governor. Roy cooper visited the scene yesterday. He says they're still assessing. The damage. is what we want to make sure that we do is thorough damage assessment here and that means monetary. We want to try to get a major disaster declaration for north carolina and that will depend upon the damage assessments early estimates of property damage. Start at three hundred million for npr news. I'm lily up in canton. I'm windsor johnston.
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"A an aftershock and was terrifying for them and another big concern for people here is disease. People are saying that the conditions here are are not sanitary. There are no restrooms And they're they're very worried that the longer they stay here The worst conditions are going to get inside the stadium. Npr's zimbabwean strengthen. Grace struck mexico's yucatan peninsula. This morning as hurricane national hurricane center said the storm was forecast a week and before regaining strength in the gulf of mexico. You're listening to npr news. The federal trade commission has refiled. It's blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against facebook. npr shannon bond reports. The regulator is trying to bolster its case at the social network acted illegally by crushing competition. A federal judge throughout the ftc's first attempt to sue facebook saying the agency didn't give enough evidence that the company is a monopoly. The new filing gives more details to support that claim. It says the number of people in the us who use facebook and instagram each month and the amount of time they spend on the apps outstrips competitors like snapchat but the ftc says. Facebook wasn't able to keep up with innovators in social media especially on smartphones so instead the agency alleges it illegally bought or buried rivals to ensure its own dominance facebook which is among npr's financial supporters says. It's reviewing the complaint. It has until october to respond shannon bond. Npr news to yoda confirms it is slashing production worldwide. It held out for a while. But the japanese automaker was ultimately unable to shield itself from the fate of other car companies that had to shut down production lines because of the global semiconductor shortage. Toyota says it plans to reduce output by forty percent next month the dow jones industrial average was down sixty six points before the close at thirty four thousand eight hundred ninety four. The nasdaq closes up fifteen points ending the day at fourteen thousand five hundred forty one..
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"Personnel digging containment lines or doing controlled burns. That are private of feel todd lights with pacific northwest incident management team three and a division supervisor on the middle for complex. We tried not to work in the heat of the day with burning operations but the fires kind of been dictating that because it's active starts forcing our hand by a push nipping at your line. White says hydration breaks and avoiding exertion are always fire crews tried to be the excessive heat for npr news. I'm brian bowl. Near oakridge oregon. Some parents are taking the state of florida to court over governor rhonda santa's ban on mask mandates at school. Lynn had member station w. fsu has more. These answers says masking in schools should be voluntary ended decision for parents. But the parents suing disentis say giving people a choice jeopardizes the health and safety of all children attorney. Charles gallagher says desanta santa's order is at odds with florida's constitution which guarantees families. The right to a safe. School issue is the greater good. You know we have an obligation to not put people in harm's way or people in peril where we can avoid that. These dances also facing a second federal lawsuit which alleges his ban on mandatory student mask. Policies endangers kids with disabilities. Who can't wear masks yet. Still need protection for npr news. I'm lynn hatter in tallahassee. It's npr and advisory panel with the centers for disease control and prevention meets today to consider authorization of cove in nineteen booster shots for immuno-compromised people. In the united states. The food and drug administration had amended. Its emergency use authorizations for the pfizer modern vaccines for some individuals with weakened immunity such as organ transplant patients. The cdc's advisory committee is expected to recommend the third shots and move already being carried out in some other countries. A california based group says the pace of hate crimes against members of the nations asian american and pacific islander communities is not slowing down for member station k. q. e. Emily hung has details the organization. Stop api i hate says there were a little over four thousand five hundred hate incidents from march to december last year. That's compared to just the first half of this year where there's been nearly the same number of cases already more than half of the incidents are in california and new york cynthia. Chaz with the group chinese -firmative action latest report indicate that the experiences of our community of hey of discrimination continues unabated so either staggering numbers the majority of incidents occurred in public spaces like streets and businesses in about half include at least one harmful statement regarding anti china or anti immigrant rhetoric for npr news. I'm emily hung in san jose. The dow jones industrial average is up thirty eight point since the open at thirty five thousand. Five hundred thirty seven the smp's up three points. The nasdaq has risen a fraction. This is npr news..
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"Actual speeds are live from npr news. I'm shay stevens. President biden is praising the bipartisan infrastructure. Bill passed by the us. Senate npr's off mukalla reports that biden says it's an example of how democracy can work. The president spoke alongside vice president. Combo harris and the two of them celebrated the bill's passage by touting all the things it can do for trains broadband and electric vehicles but for biden. This win isn't just about the substance of the bill. It's more existential. Desire to prove that bipartisanship is still feasible in washington her. No compromise is hard for both sides. When it's important it's important. It's necessary for democracy to be able to function. The president also insisted he remains optimistic. That democrats will stick together to pass a separate larger spending bill smith. Npr news the white house. New york governor andrew cuomo says you leave office in two weeks. As npr's brian man reports cuomo has been under pressure to resign over. Sexual misconduct. allegations sounding emotional at times. Cuomo denied any egregious wrongdoing though he acknowledged behaving at times in ways that were outdated and insensitive. He then said he would leave office later this month. And i think that given the circumstances the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing and therefore that's what i'll do and my resignation will be effective in fourteen days. Cuomo faced likely impeachment following a state attorney general report that detailed multiple allegations of suggestive comments inappropriate touching and even groping women on his staff. Lieutenant governor kathy hokuto moderate democrat from upstate new york we'll assume leadership of state government ryan men. Npr news new york. Some researchers say they've found markers in the blood that can predict whether a covert nineteen vaccine will work details from. Npr's joe palca. The markers are actually. The levels of different kinds of antibodies in blood. A research team made up of government academic and industry scientists were looking for what are called correlates of immunity in this case. Antibodies in the blood that would predict whether a covert nineteen vaccine would protect. People are not perhaps unsurprisingly the researchers found that the higher the antibody levels the more likely the vaccine would be protective knowing. This will help show whether a new vaccine say one to address. New corona virus variants will work without having to tested in tens of thousands of volunteers. Joe palca npr news. The texas supreme court says democratic legislators who fled to washington. Dc to block a controversial elections. Bill can still be arrested more than fifty lawmakers left the state but many have since returned just five more of them are needed for quorum to resume work on the election. Overhaul this is npr news. Wisconsin governor tony. Evers has vetoed a series of republican bills. That are meant to tighten restrictions on absentee ballots. Iverson's advising to counties to ignore subpoenas for ballots and voting equipment sought by investigation. Salt four investigations into the twenty twenty general election. Wisconsin republicans have voted to audit the state's presidential election results. Joe biden won the state by fewer than twenty one thousand votes. Google has unveiled some new features for its search engine and youtube. As npr's bobby allen reports the changes include stopping advertising. That's aimed at minors. Google has long been under pressure to do more to shield young people from prying eyes on its platform now. It's announcing a suite of changes including removing commercial content from its children's app making browsing online more private and turning off. Its auto play feature on youtube. That feature in particular has been criticized by child. Safety advocates and members of congress who say the algorithms recommendations can put misinformation and other potentially dangerous material in front of children google which is a financial supporter of. Npr will also soon allow parents to request the removal of kids images from the search giant site. Bobby allen npr news san francisco on wall street stocks closed mixed today with the dow jones industrial average gaining one hundred sixty. Two points the nasdaq. Composite index fell seventy two points and the s&p five hundred at four. Us futures are flat in after hours. Trading in asia pacific markets are up slightly. I'm shay stevens. This is npr news..
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"Betterment dot com slash. 401k live from npr news. I'm giles snyder. Senate democrats have released a three point. Five trillion dollar budget framework meant to advance many president. Biden's top domestic priorities. Npr's kelsey snell reports as senate plans to begin the budget process this week. Senate democrats plan to use budget rules to try to pass. Major partisan priorities without the threat of a republican filibuster. The framework includes plans for hundreds of billions of dollars. In investments on things like universal pre-k climate change measures paid family leave and housing affordability. The three point five trillion dollar budget. Bill is the start of a process known as budget reconciliation. Once the budget is passed committees will begin drafting legislation to implement those priorities. Senate majority leader chuck. Schumer says he wants the committee's finish their work. By september fifteenth schumer will need to convince all fifty senate democrats to support the policies and the related spending four. The legislation passed the senate kelsey snell. Npr news washington three and a half trillion dollar budget measures companion bill to the roughly one. Trillion dollar bipartisan infrastructure. Package the senate is getting closer to finishing work on. It cleared a procedural hurdle last night. Setting up a potential vote on passage as early as tomorrow morning. Climate scientists alison kremlin says a strongly worded climate change report the united nate the united nations. Put out this morning. Shows that there is a lot of work to be done at. The world is going to limit. The temperature increases as called for in the paris agreement. I think what this report does a really good job of showing is that it's going to require significant sustained action to reduce emissions if we wanna keep those sorts of numbers in reach. The paris agreement called for limiting temperature increases to well below two degrees celsius a un report written by the world's top climate. Scientists says the earth will probably blow pass at in about a decade. that report comes as wildfires rage in western states in greece. They forced thousands from their homes over the past week new york state lawmakers their meeting this morning as part of an impeachment investigation into governor andrew cuomo lawmakers are meeting almost a week after new york state attorney. General's investigation concluded that cuomo sexually harassed multiple women as npr's hunt lo wong reports governor. Andrew cuomo has denied touching anyone inappropriately but the new york state assembly's judiciary committee says it's continuing its investigation into allegations of not only sexual harassment by cuomo but also using public resources to write a book binding special access to corona virus testing to relatives and under reporting the number of nursing home patients in the state who died from cova nineteen lawmakers are meeting the day after a top adviser cuomo melissa rosa announcer resignation in a statement to rosas said quote the past two years have been emotionally and mentally trying doors has been criticized for how she handled allegations of sexual harassment by cuomo onto the long. Npr news new york and this is npr news taliban pressing it offensive in afghanistan following the biden administration's announcement that would finalize a. Us troops pull out by the end of the month over the weekend. Taliban fighters seized at least three provincial capitals including the strategic city of kunduz afghan forces however are reported to have launched a counter-offensive south korea officials say the jailed head of the country's largest corporation. Samsung electronics will be released on parole this friday. Npr's anthony kyun reports from seoul. The executive will be one of hundreds of convicts paroled on south korea's national liberation day holiday. The justice ministry explained that it made his decision based in part on the state of south korea's economy and public opinion. Ej young has served eighteen months of a revised thirty month sentence. He was convicted of bribing. A confidante of former president pocket. Hey business leaders have lobbied the government to parolee. Civic groups accused president moon jae in betraying his pledges to fight corruption and curb the power of the chaebols. South korea's powerful conglomerates waiting ease return as a decision on investing in seventeen billion dollars semiconductor plant in the us in the midst of a global chip. Shortage anthony kuhn. Npr news stocks are down in morning trading on wall street with energy companies slumping as oil prices. Dropped the dallas now. Down one hundred six points. The s&p five hundred and the nasdaq also declining overseas. Stocks are mixed major markets in europe.
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"I'm janine herbst. Senators are meeting again today with the aim of passing a roughly one trillion dollar infrastructure. Deal president biden says the bipartisan measure. Would be a historic investment in public works programs but npr's amy held reports. Some republicans are in no rush to get there. The senate was supposed to have begun at summer recess but majority leader chuck. Schumer says they'll stay in session until the package is passed the easy way or the hardware senators voted sixty seven to twenty seven to end debate saturday but some republicans want to delay a final vote. They're objecting to the bills price tag. Here's senator marsha blackburn of tennessee. This bill needs time. It needs a thorough amendment process. Senators have been negotiating the measure for months the biggest share of the money more than one hundred billion dollars set aside for roads and bridges. The house has begun. It's recess returning next month there. The bill faces an uncertain future and a potential showdown involving progressive democrats. Amy held. npr news. Northern california's dixie fire which has destroyed thousands of buildings and almost entire communities is now considered the second largest in state history. As npr's dave missed reports. The blaze has so far burned more than four hundred sixty three thousand acres and his twenty one percent contained. The dixie fire is now burning more acres than twenty eight teams mendocino complex fire and last year's scu lightning complex fire to the largest fires ever recorded in the state. It's the largest. Single wildfire ever documented in california since igniting july thirteenth. The dixie fire has been burning and mostly remote areas but this past week wins quickly sent toward communities near lake almoner a popular vacation spot surrounded by small towns in recent days. The fire has destroyed most of the towns of greenville and canyon dam and still threatens more than fourteen thousand buildings. Higher average temperatures are increasing the length of the fire season and numbers of places where fires can occur dave mitch. Npr news the country's top infectious disease. Expert anthony vouch. She says he's hopeful. The food and drug administration will give full approval to a covert nineteen vaccine by the end of the month. The time has come is we've got to go the extra step to get people vaccinated. You wanna persuade them. That's good and i believe that. Some people on their own once it gets approved as a full approval. we'll go ahead and get vaccinated speaking there on. Nbc's meet the press. The fda has only granted emergency use approval of the pfizer madonna and johnson and johnson vaccines but the agency is expected to soon. Give full approval to pfizer. Currently the biden administration is requiring federal workers to get vaccinated or be subject to regular testing and is encouraging states and local governments to consider mandates. You're listening to npr news in chicago. One police officer is dead. Another wounded in critical condition in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop. It's the first fatal shooting of chicago officer on duty in about three years. Mary lori lightfoot told reporters police are not the enemy guns and gangs. Are we say the officer stopped a car with two men and one woman inside. When the male passenger opened fire police returned fire. All three are under arrest but charges of yet be filed. It's not clear why police stopped the vehicle. The tokyo olympics closed with a ceremony to mark the end of more than two weeks of sports competitions. Npr's mandalit del barco reports. It was the largest global gathering during the corona virus pandemic justice throughout the summer olympics. Tokyo's olympic stadium was nearly empty. The sound of roaring cheers was piped in athletes paraded. In by country wearing face masks host country japan put on a somewhat subdued show with traditional drumming and dancing that was mixed with cyclists flying kids on skateboards flipping mid air tricks break dancers doing acrobatics and alive. Dj there were fireworks but also quiet moments and pre filmed segments says the remaining athletes from these games spread out on the field to celebrate a somewhat bittersweet end to a most unusual olympics. The torch was passed to paris the next host city. The flame from the olympic cauldron was extinguished and large screens flashed. The word addicott though. Thank you in japanese. Monday lethal barco. Npr news tokyo. And i'm janine herbst and you're listening to npr news..
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"Rewards on purchases terms apply learn more at wellsfargo dot com slash. Active cash live from npr news. I'm nora romm at the olympics. Gymnast simone biles has withdrawn from the individual all around competition to focus on her mental health. Npr's mandalit del barco has more usa. Gymnastics says it will continue to evaluate simone biles every day and she's qualified and she could compete in next week's individual finals but for now her teammate. Jade carey will take place in the all around final now Byles is not the only one talking. About the stresses of performing at the olympics today swimmer. Katie la- decky won gold in the swimming event. The sixteen the six time olympic champion broke down in tears. She told reporters that While she was competing she choked up with every stroke thinking about her grandparents. The decky said she understands. What some of what simone biles is going through. Npr's mandalit del barco democrats on the house. Select committee investigating. the january. sixth. Insurrection are outlining their next step. The panel heard testimony yesterday from police officers who defended the capital that day against a mob of pro-trump rioters. Npr's windsor johnston has more in interview. With npr congressman. Adam schiff pledged to do whatever necessary to make sure. The committee can get to the bottom of what happened during the insurrection. Whatever is necessary to sure we get the answers and melon issaquah. Tapers chairman has said whether that's the former president or members of congress if they have relevant information to this investigation we will hear from them. Representatives liz cheney and adam kin zinger the loan republicans on the committee pledged to get to the truth in a nonpartisan way they also blasted counter narratives designed to undermine the gravity of the attack. The next hearing the investigation could be held sometime next month. Windsor johnston npr news. Voters in texas are sending republican state lawmaker. Jay z l z to washington. He won yesterday. Special run off election over a candidate. Backed by former president trump. Npr's giles snyder reports results of nearly all precincts and taxes six congressional district near dallas a republican jake chelsea one more than fifty three percent of the vote topping republican activist susan right to the special runoff election to replace rights. Late husband congressman ron. Right had lung cancer. He died in february after contracting covert nineteen susan. Reid had been expected to win her late husband's seed former president. Trump endorsed her back. In april he recorded a robo-call for hosted a telephone rally on the eve of the election and political action. Committee made a one hundred thousand dollar television ad by over the weekend. But trump's efforts were not enough to carry your pastels. a former navy fighter pilot whose campaign fundraising far exceeded rights soil snyder. npr news. You're listening to npr news. Health authorities are recommending that even fully vaccinated americans where face coverings in indoor public places in areas where corona virus infections are rising. They say this is necessary. Because of the delta variant and the slowing rate of vaccinations the european union has added a south african t to its register of products with a protected designation of origin ishmael fund equal reports. Roy joins francis champagne greece's feta cheese and colombian coffee on the list. The robos read bush in afrikaans producing community in south. Africa is justifiably excited about this. Edification dovey davila's is the legal director of the south african roy consul protects the product against would be produces outside of the roy bush region in south africa. The listening means only. Roy was from the south. African region. Wade is grown can use the e used red and yellow protected designation of origin. Pdo logo the status protects consumers from any fake. Tease label draw boss. It also should result in premium price in for the tea which should benefit farmers for npr. News i am ish. Mundi qu- in harari. Iran's supreme later today accused the us of being stubborn in talks to revive 2015 nuclear agreement state television quoted ayatollah ali khameini as saying that the americans have acted completely cowardly maliciously indirect talks between tehran and washington journalist month. I'm nora raum npr news..
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"Npr news in washington. I'm korva coleman the centers for disease control and prevention says. The rate of corona virus infections is rising across the country. npr's alison. Aubrey says. The cdc is tracking increases in nearly every jurisdiction. There are more than sixty four thousand cases reported on friday new cases and more than doubled over the last two weeks and again surges are really concentrated in areas where vaccination rates remained low just looking at data from florida some counties are reporting positively rates in the twenty five percent range which means one in four tests coming back positive. Npr's alison aubrey reporting. Meanwhile french lawmakers have passed a bill making vaccines mandatory for all health workers. They have also decided to require vaccine. Passports were recent negative corona virus test to enter most public spaces rebecca rosman reports. The bills housing makes france one of the first countries to turn such measures into law starting in august anyone over the age of eighteen. We'll have to scan a qr code showing proof of vaccination or a recent negative corona virus test to enter bars restaurants museums and other venues. The french government has been forced to walk a tight rope between curbing the spread of a fourth wave of the pandemic and making concessions to anti vaccination protesters massive protests over the weekend against the bill included demonstrators chanting macron. We don't want your pass. Meanwhile government data indicates new cova cases have increased by nearly four hundred percent in the last two weeks with an average number of eighteen thousand new cases per day for npr news. I'm rebecca rosman in paris. A key virtual meeting starts today among more than two hundred leading climate scientists. They'll finish a critical document. That will explain how the earth's climate has already changed the also lay out what humans can expect from the weather for the rest of the century. A new survey of business economists finds many. Us companies are enjoying higher profits right now but also higher costs. Npr's scott horsely reports that survey conducted by the national association for business economics. Finds these experts are generally upbeat about prospects for the months to come two out of three business. Economists surveyed say sales that their firms increase during the spring the vast majority expect higher than usual economic growth well into next year at the same time forty percent report. Their businesses are struggling with supply shortages and a similar numbers. Say they don't have enough workers more than half the respondents say their companies are raising workers. Pay and more than forty percent say they plan to raise prices. Within the next three months work from home policies adopted during the pandemic could have a lasting impact more than sixty percent of survey respondents say their companies planned to maintain some kind of hybrid or flexible work from home policy. Even after the pandemic is over scott horsely. Npr news washington on wall street. Stocks are mixed. The dow jones industrials are down thirty. Eight points at thirty five thousand twenty. Three the nasdaq is up. More than twenty three points this is. Npr following massive nationwide protests in tunisia. President siad has suspended parliament and fired the prime minister not home see reports from beirut that some celebrated the move but others accused the tunisian president post staging a coup in video circulated on social media. Young protesters celebrated the president's decision shouting slogans against the parliament and calling for early elections in comments carried by tunisian state news. President had aligned himself with the tunisian people who have been protesting since january over chronic political mismanagement and difficult economic conditions. But early monday. Tunisian troops had surrounded the parliament building the associated press reported to prevent its speaker in the new she from entering in defiance of the president's orders and according to state news a new she who was also head of the opposition and nadda movement decried. The president's move as a coup an assault on democracy for npr news. I'm not a helmsey in baidu's the dixie fire now. California's largest wildfire has swallowed up a smaller wildfire. The dixie fire has now burned more than three hundred square miles. It has destroyed at least a dozen homes and other buildings. In south central oregon the bootleg fire has scorched nearly six hundred fifty square miles. That is more than half contained. The utah highway patrol says seven people were killed in a series of crashes sunday on interstate. Fifteen about twenty cars piled up after they were struck by a dust storm. That blew up. Suddenly several people were taken to the hospital in critical condition. The site of the accident is about one hundred sixty miles south of salt lake city. This is npr..
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"Live from npr news in washington. I'm windsor johnston in alternate on the. Us women's olympic gymnastics team has tested positive for the corona virus. Npr's tom goldman reports. The opening ceremonies are set to get underway in tokyo on friday. A statement from usa gymnastics says one of the four replacement athletes on the women's team received a positive corona virus tests sunday the unnamed athlete and another. Us alternate are being kept separated from others. There's no word as to whether star simone biles or the other. Us competitors have been affected. The usa statement says the olympic athletes are continuing their preparation for the games. The us women are scheduled to begin competition. This sunday so for nearly sixty positive corona virus cases reportedly have been connected to the tokyo games including several athletes staying in the olympic village. A key medical advisor to the international olympic committee says the cases are quote. What we expected to see with the extensive testing being implemented tom goldman. Npr news tokyo. The biden administration and congressional democrats are moving ahead with efforts to pass legislation that would strengthen voting rights at the federal level. Senator amy klobuchar is in georgia holding the first senate rules committee meeting outside of washington in twenty years. We're here to get out of washington to really get the facts and the evidence to bring them back to washington so our colleagues can see how bad this truly is and the rules. Committee's never gone on the road for decades. But we're starting now and we're not going to end here. Republican led legislatures and forty eight states have introduced hundreds of bills that would restrict voting rights. At least fourteen states have passed those measures into law stocks opened sharply lower this morning as a surge in new coronal buyers infections ways on markets around the world. Npr's scott horsely reports. The dow jones industrial average tumbled more than six hundred points in early trading stocks. Were also down in europe and asia overnight. Japan's nikkei average fell one and a third percent as several athletes tested positive for the corona virus. Days before the start of the tokyo olympics on friday oil prices are also lower after opec. Another big oil producers including russia reached an agreement to boost production in the coming months graduate. Reversing the cuts. That were made early. In the pandemic the benchmark price of west texas crude fell below seventy dollars a barrel. The falling price of oil should put downward pressure on gasoline prices. Though you're not seeing that yet aaa says the average price of gas is now three seventeen a gallon ten cents a gallon higher than a month ago scott horsely. Npr news washington stocks. Continue to trae lower on wall street at this hour. The dow was down seven hundred. Fifteen points the nasdaq composite down. Two hundred forty four this is. Npr news in washington crews in southern oregon are working to contain a fast moving wildfire that has scorched more than three hundred thousand acres. The bootleg fire has been burning along the oregon and california border for nearly two weeks. Officials say drying conditions and record high temperatures. Have been fueling. The place in northern california firefighters are battling ablaze. Near lake tahoe. Wildfires are also burning in parts of arizona. Montana and idaho a series of events commemorating haitian president giovanelli. Moe's will take place this week. Npr's jason bobi reports. the president who was assassinated earlier. This month will be laid to rest. On friday haiti will hold a national day of tribute to assassinated president. Moi's on tuesday. This will be followed by a wake and k patient on thursday in a state funeral on friday over the weekend noises widow. Martine returned to haiti on a private jet after being treated in a miami hospital for gunshot wounds sustained during the attack on her husband flanked by security. She wore a black face mask black sling in black bulletproof vest as she walked across the tarmac. The first lady's expected to be involved in planning the funeral officials say she will attend the burial in cape haitian. She's one of the key. Witnesses the assassination in one question is whether she will speak publicly at the event. Jason bobi on npr news. Puerto prints out dating stocks on wall street. The dow jones industrial average is down seven hundred twenty three points the s&p five hundred also trading lower down seventy five. This is npr news in washington..
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"The demolition to begin. The bodies of two more victims have been found bringing the total number of confirmed dead to twenty four one hundred. Twenty four remained missing in while another condo in north miami. Beach about five miles from the collapsed. Condo has been evacuated after the city said it was deemed structurally and electrically unsafe in january trial. Date has been set for the first oath keepers conspiracy case stemming from the deadly riot at the us capitol by pro trump supporters npr's ryan. Lucas has more sixteen. Alleged members or associates of the oath keepers anti-government. Group are charged with conspiring to disrupt congress's certification of the electoral college count on january. Sixth one co defendant has pleaded guilty as has another individual tied to the alleged conspiracy. Prosecutors say plea negotiations are underway for many if not most of the other defendants now. Us district court judge meet met the has set a tentative first trial date of january thirty first through february twenty fifth for the defendants who are currently in custody. The judge also scheduled a second potential trial for august. Twenty twenty two for any remaining defendants. The alleged oath keeper conspiracy is one of the highest profile cases to emerge from the capitol right investigation ryan lucas. Npr news washington. And you're listening to npr news from washington. As millions of americans hit the road this holiday weekend they will encounter the highest gas prices in seven years as npr's camilla domino ski reports. Multiple forces are converging to push those prices higher ginette mcgee of aaa has just three words to describe gas prices right now or actually one word expensive expensive expensive gas prices have just been increasing for the past well over a month. And they're showing no signs of slowing down. Vaccinations are up. People are eager to go on trips so gasoline demand is growing and at the same time crude oil prices are high and global crude prices. Play a big role in determining your local gas prices but mcgee says prices at the pump aren't going to deter americans from driving. In fact a record number of people will be road tripping this weekend according to triple a.'s. Forecasts camille domino husky. Npr news about can judge today indicted ten people including a once powerful cardinal on charges including embezzlement abusive office extortion and fraud. This is in connection with the secretary of state's three hundred fifty million euro investment in a london real estate venture. The indictment follows a two year investigation. Into how the secretary at managed its vast portfolio which was funded in part by donations from the faithful. The scandal over its multimillion dollar losses resulted in a sharp drop in donations and prompted pope francis to strip the office of its ability to manage the money. A trial is set for the end of july. This is npr..
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"Live from npr news in washington. I'm windsor johnston florida. Governor ron desanta says. The state is closely tracking hurricane. Elsa the storm is gaining strength as it makes its way toward the caribbean with maximum sustained. Winds of eighty five miles per hour. Governor desanta says elsa could make landfall in southern florida within the next. Several days are working. I've i've ordered our department of emergency management to start preparing potential state of emergency So i'm going to be working on that today. To santa says officials are also taking steps to secure the site of the partially collapsed condo building in surf side where search and rescue efforts are continuing the official death. Toll stands at twenty with one hundred twenty eight people still missing. President says the draw down of. Us troops from afghanistan is on track but will not be done in the next few days. Npr's oz mahala reports biden spoke from the white house after american troops departed baghram. Airbase twenty years after the first military members arrived there. The president has set september eleventh as the target to end america's longest war and withdrawal remaining troops from afghanistan and. He says he's on track to do that. I wanted to make sure there was enough quote running room that we can get wouldn't be able to do it all to september. They'll still be some forces. Left is a rational draw down with our allies. The president said he had met with coniston's leadership and believes they have the capacity to sustain the government against taliban attacks although he remains concerned about internal issues in the country asked if the united states would help the afghan government hold its capital biden. Said the off cons will have to be able to do it themselves as my colleague. Npr news the whitehouse us track and field star she carry. Richardson is facing a one month suspension after testing positive for marijuana it means. She's now disqualified from competing in the one hundred meter race at the upcoming summer olympics in tokyo. Npr's joe hernandez reports. Richardson was seen as a favorite for the gold. Sha kerry. richardson got the minimum penalty. The agency said because her marijuana use was not related to her athletic performance and occurred outside of competition also because she completed counseling program speaking on. Nbc's today show the twenty one year. Old sprinter apologized for letting down her family fans and supporters. Engaging i am humid. I'm you i just haven't been running low fasting. A statement from usa track and field said richardson suspension was quote incredibly unfortunate and devastating for everyone. Involved joe hernandez. Npr news on wall street. The dow was up one hundred. Forty eight points you're listening to. Npr news in washington. President biden is directing the us transportation department to address some consumer issues in the airline sector. The administration is expected to propose rules that would require airlines to refund fees for checked bags. If they get seriously delayed the proposal would also require refunds for fees on extras like internet access if the airline fails to provide the service during a flight. The new policy could take effect by next summer. Call it the billionaires space race to founders of private spaceflight companies have now said dates to rocket past the earth's atmosphere. Npr's amy held reports. They're hoping to launch new era of commercial space travel. This billionaire is adding another title. His name richard. Branson branson will be on virgin galactic test flake to space on july eleventh launching from new mexico and pulling ahead of another entrepreneur blue origins. Jeff bezos is set.