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Unknown Speaker
The House of Representatives has approved a White House request to claw back two years of previously approved funding for public media. The rescissions package now moves on to the Senate. This move poses a serious threat to local stations and public media as we know it. Please take a stand for public media today@goacpr.org thank you.
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Nora Ramm
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ramm. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Russia is offering some new ideas in negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Rubio's comments came after what both he and his Russian counterparts say were frank talks on the sidelines of an Asian Pacific Summit. NPR's Charles Keynes reports.
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Marco Rubio
Speaking in the Asian Pacific nation of Malaysia, Rubio says he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed a new and different approach to resolving the Ukraine issue, one Rubio says he'll now take back to Washington for review. Without elaborating on details, Rubio says he also made clear the the US Wants to see more flexibility from Moscow in negotiations on Ukraine than it has seen so far. President Trump in particular, has expressed growing frustration with the lack of progress in peace talks and continued Russian attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. The Kremlin insists it remains engaged in negotiations, but primarily as a means to achieve Russian military objectives through diplomatic means. Charles Maynes, NPR News, Moscow.
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Nora Ramm
As recovery efforts continue after flooding in the Texas Hill country, residents of hard hit Kerr county say the county's use of a mass warning system was sporadic and inconsistent. At least 120 people have died across the state. More than 160 people are missing in the county. Texas Public Newsroom's Paul Flav has more.
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Rob Kelly
Hours after floodwaters swelled the Guadalupe River, Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said the area had no early warning system. But the Texas newsrooms learned Kerr has had a mass notification system since 2009, but residents say it was not sending timely alerts on Friday. Audio recordings provided to reporters show first responders asking to send a code red System alert at 4:22am telling residents to seek higher ground.
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Is there any way we can send a code red out to our hunt residents asking them to find higher ground or stay home.
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Rob Kelly
Dispatchers responded that they needed special authorization. Some people received alerts 45 minutes later. Others say no alerts came until hours later. I'm Paul Flav in San Antonio.
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Nora Ramm
European candy maker Ferrero is buying American cereal giant Kellogg for $3.1 million. NPR's Alina Selyuk reports.
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Alina Selyuk
W.K. kellogg is the cereal business of the original company from more than 100 years ago. Credited with popularizing Sweet Corn Flakes as breakfast cereal, Kellogg in recent years split its cereal and snacking businesses, selling the snacking business to Mars company based in Virginia. Now the cereal business is going to Ferrero Group. It's a family owned company founded in Italy almost 80 years ago. Rapidly consumer habits are the context for this deal, as US Shoppers look either to store brands in search of a deal or reach for healthier choices. Kellogg and May reported a decline in sales and lowered its financial forecast for the year. Its deal with Ferrero will face a review by Kellogg's shareholders as well as federal regulators. Alina Seluk, NPR News.
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Nora Ramm
This is NPR News. A federal judge in New Hampshire says he will certify a class action lawsuit in challenging President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship. He gave the government seven days to appeal. U.S. district Judge Joseph Lapland said issuing the injunction against the Trump order was not a close call, that the order would cause irreparable harm if allowed to go into effect. He said citizenship is the greatest privilege that exists in the world. A new study suggests that the amount of microscopic plastic pollution in the world's oceans has been underestimated. NPR's Nate Rott reports.
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Nate Rott
The new study focused on the North Atlantic Ocean, where researchers were looking for nanoplastics, plastic waste that's been broken down to about the size of a bacteria. Because of their minute size, nanoplastics can enter and accumulate in living organisms like wildlife and humans, and the new research found a lot of it. The study, published in the journal nature, estimates there's 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the top 10 meters of the North Atlantic. Al More broadly, the study's authors say their findings suggest that nanoplastics are now likely the largest amount of plastic pollution in the world's oceans. Nate Rott, NPR News.
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Nora Ramm
Birkin bags sell for more than $10,000 today. The original one, custom made for actor and singer Jane Birkin, sold for more than $10 million at an auction in Paris. Sotheby says that the one of a kind accessory was sold to a private Japanese buyer. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News, in Washington.
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