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Lakshmi Singh
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a productive phone call today about ending the Russia Ukraine war and about trade with the US after the conflict's over. On his social media network today, Trump announced a senior level meeting next week, then a face to face at some point with Putin in Hungary. Trump says he'll fill in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the upcoming U S Russia talks when Zelensky visits the White House tomorrow. The president says he authorized covert CIA operations on Venezuelan soil. He describes it as a pressure campaign against the Venezuelan drug trade. The U.S. military has struck at least six boats that allegedly were carrying illegal narcotics. NPR's Franco Ordonia says more.
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Franco Ordonez
We're talking about a lot of military hardware, including destroyers and thousands of sailors and marines just off the coast of Venezuela. Benjamin Gidan, who led the Venezuela portfolio at the Obama White House, told me that he doesn't think anyone plausibly believes this is merely a counter narcotics operation.
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Lakshmi Singh
NPR's Franco Ordonez reporting. Well, after a 10th vote, the U.S. senate was still unable to approve a measure to end a more than two week old government shutdown. NPR's Greg Allen reports. People who need flood insurance are among those feeling the pain. The National Flood Insurance Program stopped writing new policies on October 1st and cannot resume until it is reauthorized by Congress.
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Greg Allen
The shutdown of the federal flood insurance program is affecting home buyers nationwide, but nowhere more than Florida. In Fort Lauderdale, insurance broker Andy Kasten says because of the shutdown aquarium, a client suddenly found the $700 annual flood policy he expected to buy from the federal government was no longer available.
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Andy Kasten
We just had to write a private flood policy and it ended up costing him $1,200 and change. So because, you know, we had to wait, he had to purchase the more expensive policy.
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Greg Allen
The national association of Realtors estimates that nationwide as many as 1400 home sales a day may be affected by the suspension of the National Flood Insurance Program. The shutdown is providing a boost to the fast growing private flood insurance market. Greg Allen, NPR News, Miami.
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Lakshmi Singh
New York City's three remaining mayoral candidates will debate tonight ahead of the general election. WNYC's Bridget Berkin reports.
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Bridget Berkin / Alicia Pittman
Democratic nominee Zoran Mamdani takes the stage as the frontrunner after pledging to tackle the city's rising cost of living through policies like free buses and universal childcare. His closest rival is Andrew Cuomo, the former New York state governor running as an independent. He's criticized Mamdani's lack of experience. A poll last week showed Mamdani leading Cuomo by 13 points. They'll be joined by Republican Curtis Sliwa, who founded the red beret wearing subway safety group the Guardian Angels nearly 50 years ago. He's currently polling at 15%. The city's current mayor, Eric Adams, will be absent from the stage. He suspended his re election bid last month after polling in the single digits.
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Lakshmi Singh
That's Bridget Bergen reporting. It's npr. Americans are paying a lot more these days for everything, including health care. Most working adults get their health insurance through their employers and prices for those plans are surging. But as NPR's Maria Assman explains, some lucky workers don't pay anything up front.
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Maria Assman
Last year, the average employer paid more than $19,000 in premiums per worker for a family health insurance plan. That's according to the health policy nonprofit kff. Employers don't have a lot of control over these costs, but they do control how much of them they pass on to, and some aren't passing any on. That can cost employers a lot of money. But companies that do this, like Boston Consulting Group, say it's worth the investment. Alicia Pittman is BCG's chief people officer.
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Bridget Berkin / Alicia Pittman
Healthy employees make for a productive workforce and also a place where our teams.
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Maria Assman
Want to come to work every day. And what's good for employees is ultimately also good for their employer. Maria Aspen, NPR News, New York.
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Lakshmi Singh
A summit is being held in New York City about a surge in the next generation of bill it yourself weapons that are untraceable and require no background check. It's being hosted by the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. In July, the group cited an academic study involving 186 international law enforcement encounters. The data revealed a 13 fold increase in 3D printed firearm incidents from 2020 through 2022 over the previous three year period. It's NPR.
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