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NPR News: 10-27-2024 5PM EDT
Egypt has announced a proposal to end the war in Gaza. As NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv, U.S. and Israeli intelligence chiefs have met to try to jumpstart the ceasefire talks.
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The UN Security Council is expected to meet tomorrow at the request of Iran to discuss Israel's attacks on Iran this weekend, claiming they violate international law. The Israeli ambassador to the UN says it's another attempt by Iran to harm Israel, this time in the diplomatic arena. Ambassador Danny Dannen says Israel has the right to defend its citizens. This is NPR.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. With just over a week before Election Day, Donald Trump is taking the unorthodox step of holding a rally in New York City, a deep blue city in a blue state. It's set to be an hours-long affair with a long list of special guests, including former New York mayor and Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Elon Musk.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending more people get vaccinated against pneumonia. It also recommends that people at high risk from COVID get additional vaccinations. NPR's Rob Stein has more.
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At the weekend box office, Venom, The Last Dance, debuted in the top spot with an estimated $51 million in ticket sales. Internationally, the Sony Pictures' third Venom film took in $124 million. The movie stars Tom Hardy as a journalist who shares his body with an alien entity. In second place, last week's number one film, the horror sequel Smile 2, with $9 million.
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It fared slightly better overseas, collecting $12 million internationally. And there was a tie for third place, Conclave, the papal thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, and The Wild Robot, both with $6.5 million in ticket sales this weekend. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reporting. Meanwhile, Vice President Harris is campaigning across the city of Philadelphia today, speaking a short time ago at a youth basketball facility in northwest Philly. NPR's Asma Khalid has more.
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Firefighters in Southern California took advantage of calmer winds today as they battle a massive wildfire in the hills just outside of Los Angeles. The mountain fire has burned more than 20,000 acres and destroyed more than 130 structures. It's also forced thousands of people to flee their homes in Ventura County.
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Joe Schaaf says his house survived because he decided to return to his property despite the evacuation orders.
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Speaking there to ABC News, other residents are returning home to find everything burned to the ground. Fire officials say the mountain fire, fueled by strong winds, dry vegetation and low humidity, is now more than 20 percent contained. The cause of the blaze is still under investigation. You're listening to NPR News.
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Meanwhile, wildfires are also burning across the Northeast as wind gusts and low humidity help fuel the blazes. Millions of people are under fire alerts, including New York City and Boston. In Brooklyn, firefighters worked overnight to battle a brush fire that's burned around two acres of dry vegetation.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Biden and President-elect Trump will meet in the Oval Office next week. But Trump, a convicted felon, faces 91 indictments across four serious criminal cases. So what happens to those cases?
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In Pennsylvania, firefighters are battling a blaze that erupted today and is burning in parts of that state and New York. And in Passaic County, New Jersey, the 175-acre Cannonball 3 wildfire continues to burn. fires are impacting air quality. The Chinese government has announced fresh fiscal support for the struggling economy after meeting in Beijing this week.
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And here's John Rewich reports the measures are designed to ease the crushing burden of government debt.
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A record 13 of the country's governors will be women next year, five Republicans and eight Democrats. I'm Janine Hurst, NPR News in Washington.
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Now that he's back in the White House, Trump has the power to end the federal cases against him, and the state-level cases would likely disappear as well. NPR's Keri Johnson has more.
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And here's Carrie Johnson reporting. In Arizona, a ballot initiative passed by voters this week gives local law agencies authority to carry out immigration-related arrests. But the sheriff in one border county says he's holding off on enforcing that law. For Member Station KJZZ, Elisa Resnick has more.
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TikTok is defending itself after confidential court records about the company were revealed by NPR and Kentucky Public Radio. NPR's Bobbi Allen reports the material shows how TikTok executives and staff discussed the app's negative effect on young people.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Biden says the cost of rebuilding from Hurricane Milton alone could be $50 billion. And here's Mara Liason has more.
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Wall Street higher by the bell with the Dow and S&P 500 closing at a record. The Dow is up 409 points, Nasdaq up 60. This is NPR News. This year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to Nihon Haidankyo, a Japanese anti-nuclear weapons group made up of survivors from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings by the U.S. in World War II for its work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons.
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120,000 residents of the two cities were incinerated or died in the months and years that followed the bombing as a result of burns and radiation. The Nobel Committee says it chose the group for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and efforts that they are never to be used again.
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Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, and Ram, is laying off 1,100 employees just outside Detroit effective tomorrow. And here's Andrea Hsu reports the layoffs represent only a part of the company's problems in the U.S.
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And I'm Janine Herbst. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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The U.S. is imposing more sanctions on Iran's energy sector to protest Iran's missile attack on Israel earlier this month. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports the U.S. is trying to persuade Israel not to hit Iranian energy sites in response.