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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News. I'm Dale Willman. Stocks fell sharply Friday after President Trump threatened to impose even steeper tariffs on imports from China. That caused the dow to drop 878 points, or almost 2%, then after the markets close, followed through on the threat, announcing a new additional 100% tariff. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.
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Scott Horsley
President Trump posted his threat on social media after China imposed new restrictions on exports of rare earth materials. Trump described that as a hostile act that could clog commercial flows around the world. Trump said he'd been planning to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month at an Asia Pacific summit in South Korea, but he warned that meeting could be scrapped now. In addition to a 100% increase in tariffs next month, Trump warned he could hit back at China with export restrictions of his own. The tit for tat comes after a period when investors had been growing more sanguine that U S. China trade tensions might not be as disruptive as initially feared. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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Dale Willman
Tens of thousands of Palestinians are moving back to northern Gaza after the start Friday of the latest ceasefire in the fighting there. They're finding burned out homes and destroyed businesses because much of the area was destroyed by Israeli strikes. President Trump says it's time for peace to come.
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President Donald Trump
They were all tired of fighting and this really gives the whole Middle east. This is beyond Gaza. Gaza is very important, but this is beyond Gaza. This is peace in the Middle east and it is a beautiful thing.
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Dale Willman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, is hinting that Israel may renew its offensive if Hamas does not give up its weapons. Authorities say 19 people are missing and feared dead after an explosion at a munitions plant in Tennessee. Caroline Eggers of member station WPLN spoke with Tennessee State Representative Jodi Barrett about the effect on the community.
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Caroline Eggers
Barrett says his community has faced multiple disasters in his lifetime, a gas pipeline explosion, a deadly flood, and now a factory explosion.
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Tennessee State Representative Jodi Barrett
This county has dealt with a lot of tragic loss like this, more than their fair share.
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Caroline Eggers
Four years ago, the community was struck by Tennessee's heaviest recorded single day rainfall. A flood killed 20 people in the town of Waverly, just a short distance from the explosives plant. He says the sheriff and deputies responding to this latest incident also managed the.
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Tennessee State Representative Jodi Barrett
Flood and are probably still struggling with some of the PTSD dealing with pulling bodies out of trees.
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Caroline Eggers
Barrett says the explosion will leave another mark on the community. For NPR News, I'm Caroline Eggers in Nashville.
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Dale Willman
The Trump administration has begun mass firings of federal employees. A court filing says notices were sent to some 4,200 people on Friday. Among the hardest hit departments are the Health and Human Services, Education and Treasury departments. Democrats are blasting the move, and unions representing federal employees have taken the issue to court. The White House describes the firings as substantial. You're listening to NPR News. The West African nation of Burkina Faso says it's refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the US that country was asked to take non citizens that were expelled from the US in addition to some of its own citizens. The US Embassy there has now suspended most visa services. The country's foreign minister says that may be a pressure tactic by Washington. Singer and bassist John Lodge of the Moody Blues has died. His family announced his death on social media Friday, but they did not give a cause. He was 82 years old. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has this appreciation.
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Elizabeth Blair
John Lodge wrote some of the Moody Blues biggest hits.
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On this trip, just for Me.
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Elizabeth Blair
Lodge was born in 1943 in Birmingham, England. He got hooked on American musicians like Little Richard and Buddy Holly. He and his friend Ray Thomas were in a band called El Riot and the Rebels before later joining the Moody Blues. The Moody blues sold some 70 million albums worldwide. This statement from his family says that John Lodge was never happier than being on stage. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
The Las Vegas Aces won their third WNBA championship in four years Friday night with a 9786 win over the Phoenix Mercury. Asia Wilson scored 31 points in the win. The Aces needed just four games to end the first best of seven finals in league history. The Aces scored 54 points in the first half. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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