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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Authorities in Myanmar say more than 1,000 people were killed after Friday's powerful earthquake in the center of the country, with casualties in neighboring Thailand as well. Michael Sullivan reports from chiang Rai.
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Michael Sullivan
The 7.7 magnitude quake struck about 10 miles from Myanmar's second most populous city, Mandalay. It's home to some 1.5 million people, and it's there that the death toll is expected to rise dramatically as rescue workers dig through the debris of collapsed buildings. That effort has hampered rescue workers say, by a lack of manpower and machines to remove the debris. The leader of Myanmar's military junta addressed the nation Friday night and invited foreign help in coping with the tragedy, something Myanmar's paranoid military has refused in the past. In the Thai capital Bangkok, some 600 miles to the south, at least 10 people are dead after the quake caused a high rise under construction to collapse. Dozens of workers are believed trapped under the rubble. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan.
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Dale Willman
In Chiang Rai, Thailand, Vice President J.D. vance visited a US military facility in northwestern Greenland on Friday. He thanked the military staff working there.
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J.D. Vance
I know it's a lot of sacrifice to spend a year away from your, but the mission is really important. The Trump administration, the president is really interested in Arctic security. As you all know, it's a big issue and it's only going to get bigger over the coming decades. So thanks for doing what you do.
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Dale Willman
Greenland is a Danish territory. Speaking with reporters, Vance accused Denmark of underinvesting in Greenland security, and he demanded that it changes its approach. The top vaccine expert at the Food and Drug Administration announced his resignation Friday with sharp criticism of his boss, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy is the director of the Health and human services department. NPR's Rob Stein has more.
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Rob Stein
Dr. Peter Marks has long steered the FDA's regulation of vaccines. He became especially known during the pandemic. In his resignation letter to the agency's acting commissioner, Marks writes that it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies. The HHS released a statement that if Marx does not want to get behind restoring science to its golden standard and promoting radical transparency, then he has no place at FDA under the strong leadership of Secretary Kennedy. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Claire Shipman has become the acting president of Columbia University. The former journalist had served as a co chair of that university's board of trustees. She replaces Dr. Katrina Armstrong, who who stepped down on Friday. Armstrong had also been serving on a temporary basis. She has guided the university as it and other schools have faced major challenges from the Trump administration. Stocks finished broadly lower on Wall Street. You're listening to NPR news. When the U.S. supreme Court ruled in its favor last June, saying it could enforce laws prohibiting public camping, the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, thought it was home free. But now the city is facing another lawsuit over its treatment of homeless residents, well as a new court injunction. Jefferson Public Radio's Jane Vaughn reports.
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Jane Vaughn
On Friday, a circuit court judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the city from enforcing its public camping laws until it has fulfilled two conditions. First, Grants Pass has to increase the size of its designated camping sites to the same capacity it previously offered before the city closed a site in January. The city also has to make sure all resting sites are accessible for people with disabilities. Grants Pass only recently got out from under another four year long court injunction from the Supreme Court case. But in January, this new lawsuit was filed and with it now another injunction. For NPR News, I'm Jane Vaughn in Grants Pass, Oregon.
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Dale Willman
Rescues are continuing in Texas at this hour where drenching rain along the border with Mexico has led to major flooding. Residents have been trapped in their homes, drivers abandoned cars on flooded highways, and at least one airport is shut down because of that rain. The national weather Service says 6 to 12 inches of of rain fell in many parts of South Texas over the past 24 hours. Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride and public drinking water. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation late Thursday that bars cities and communities from adding the mineral to their water systems. The law has faced widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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