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This message comes From NPR sponsor FX's the Lowdown, starring Ethan Hawke. This new crime drama follows quirky journalist Lee Raybon, whose obsession with the truth always gets him into trouble. FX's the Lowdown premieres September 23rd on FX Stream on Hulu Live From NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Trump administration is blaming the common drug acetaminophen for increased cases of autism. Medical groups say there's no clear evidence showing a causal link. NPR NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce reports that the National Institutes of Health just awarded more than $50 million to explore the roots of autism.
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NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said the 13 new grants will help scientists consider the effect of environmental and medical factors, everything from nutrition to pollutants.
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For too long, it's been taboo to ask some questions for fear the scientific work might reveal a politically incorrect answer.
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He said past NIH research on autism has not given families the answers they wanted. The NIH did, however, fund one very large study looking at acetaminophen use in pregnancy and the risk of autism. It analyzed data from more than 2 million children in Sweden and found no connection. Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.
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President Trump has signed an executive order designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. NPR's Odette Youssef reports he's instructing his administration to investigate those with connections to the decentralized movement.
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Antifa is shorthand for anti fascist. It is described as a decentralized far left movement or ideology. Jason Blazakis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies says the domestic terrorist designation represents a first and that it may run into trouble first. ANTIFA is not a structured group, and.
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The US Government has a definition of domestic terrorism, but does not have the legal authorities to designate entire organizations as domestic terrorist groups.
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Under US Law, groups with foreign operations may be formally sanctioned as terrorist organizations. Blizakis said no such process exists for purely domestic groups because of the risk of infringing on First Amendment freedoms. Odette Youssef, NPR News.
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ABC's parent company Disney says Jimmy Kimmel Live will return to the air on Tuesday. ABC suspended the show last week after Kimmel made remarks about the person accused of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk. NPR's Mandalit del Barco explains the outcry after the suspension.
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All of the other late night hosts, Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, and even former host David Letterman, they all lined up to support Kimmel. You know, Whoopi Goldberg, one of the hosts of the ABC show. The View criticized the decision. There was a MoveOn.org petition circulating to get the show back on. And on Hollywood Boulevard, outside the studio where Jimmy Kimmel Live is taped, protesters talked about the suspension as a threat to free speech, not just to Kimmel, but to all Americans.
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NPR's Mandali del Barco reporting. Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns OR operates nearly 40 ABC affiliates, says it will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live on its stations, replacing it with news programming. I'm Ryland Barton in Washington. This is NPR News. France is officially recognizing a state of Palestine, joining more than 150 other countries that have done so. The move came during a United nations conference aimed at generating new support for a two state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. CONFLICT the move further isolates Israel, which is waging another major offensive. In Gaza. A prominent Egyptian activist whom Human Rights Watch says rose to prominence during the country's Arab Spring revolution is set to be released following years of imprisonment. NPR's Aya Batrai reports on his case and what it represents.
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State media reported that Egypt's president has issued pardons for seven people, among them Ala Abdel Fattah. The activist was first arrested along with thousands of others in years of turmoil following Egypt's 2011 uprising in he was just 29 then. Abdel Fattah, known for his black curly hair, beard and the glasses he often wears, is now 43 and has a son. He was added to a terrorism list and was serving a five year prison sentence on charges of spreading false news for posting on Facebook about torture in Egyptian jails. He'd already spent two years in pre trial detention and had served five years on another charge of protesting without a permit. Abdel Fattah gained British citizenship while in jail through his mother, Leila Suaif, a well known women's rights activist who went on hunger strikes for his release. AIEL Batrawi, NPR News, Dubai.
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A federal appeals court says a Vermont Christian school can participate in the state's sports league. That reverses a previous ruling that upheld a ban on the school after it forfeited a high school girls basketball game against a team with a transgender athlete. At least 26 states have laws barring transgender women and girls from competing in women's or girls sports competitions. From Washington, this is NPR News.
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