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Chapter 1: What bathroom solutions did we have in the past?
We've all been there, running around a city, looking for a bathroom, but unable to find one. Hello! Do you have a restroom we could use? A very simple free market solution is that we could just pay to use a bathroom, but we can't. On the Planet Money podcast, the story of how we once had thousands of paid toilets and why they got banned. From Planet Money on NPR, wherever you get your podcasts.
Chapter 2: What happened in St. Louis during the recent storms?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. In St. Louis, searchers have been going building to building looking for people who've been trapped or hurt following severe storms that included at least one tornado. The storms that hit during the afternoon rush hour yesterday led to the deaths of at least five people in St. Louis. Derek Perkins is a pastor there.
He told ABC News that one of those killed was a member of his church.
We're just saying our hearts are with you. about all of this.
The neighbors, the homes, the residents, the members of the church. The storms killed multiple people in Kentucky.
I'm Karen Zar from Member Station WUKY in Lexington, Kentucky. High winds, torrential rain, golf ball-sized hail, and tornadoes thrashed parts of the state overnight. The mayor confirmed fatalities in London, Kentucky, although the number of dead hasn't been confirmed by authorities. Confirmed tornado warnings were issued in Somerset.
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Chapter 3: What were the effects of the storms in Kentucky?
Sean Likens and his son Garrett captured what appeared to be a funnel cloud illuminated in the darkness by flashes of lightning.
Chapter 4: How did residents respond to the tornado warnings?
It's right there. It's right there. It's a rope. It's a rope. It's right there.
Less than a minute and a half later, Garrett pleaded for his father to come inside.
Dad, we got to go.
Chapter 5: What challenges are Kentuckians facing after the storm?
Thousands of Kentuckians are without power and flooding is now a concern. For NPR News, I'm Karen Czar in Lexington.
This week, a federal judge in New Mexico dismissed trespassing charges for dozens of migrants caught in a newly created military buffer zone along the southern border. The dismissals are the latest development in the Trump administration's expansion of immigration enforcement in the state. Johnny Coker of member station KRWG reports.
Federal Magistrate Judge Gregory B. Wormuth ruled that the original criminal complaint failed to establish probable cause. New Mexico Democratic Congressman Gabe Vasquez said the ruling highlights the lack of clarity.
The Trump administration imposed this military zone without transparency, and to this day, we still don't know where it begins or where it ends. It's not clear to the public, not to local officials, and certainly it's not clear to the people who are being arrested.
The arrested migrants are still being detained and face deportation. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico did not immediately respond to requests for comment. For NPR News, I'm Johnny Coker in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
The U.S. Supreme Court has kept in place a temporary block preventing the Trump administration from using the 18th Century Wartime Alien Enemies Act. to deport a group of migrants in Texas said it accuses of being in a Venezuelan gang. The court is faulting the White House for seeking to remove them without adequate due process. Justices Samuel Alito and Clarice Thomas dissented.
And you're listening to NPR News. The first week of the closely watched Sean Combs trial wrapped up in New York City yesterday. The hip-hop mogul accused of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. Several witnesses have testified, as NPR's Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento reports. And this note that this report includes a mention of sexual activity and physical violence.
The star witness in the government's case against Sean Combs finished her testimony today. Cassie Ventura spent four days answering questions from the prosecution and Combs' defense about their relationship. Ventura testified that she loved Combs, but he was often violent and forced her to have sex with male escorts.
After Ventura's cross-examination, prosecutors called an agent from Homeland Security Investigations to the stand to lay some of the groundwork for the sex trafficking charges. At the end of the day, singer Dawn Richard began her testimony. She said she saw Combs hit Ventura more than once. Richard will continue testifying on Monday. Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News.
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