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Dale Willman
Live from NPR News. I'm Dale Willman. The Pentagon is building up its military presence in the Caribbean as it continues to attack alleged drug vessels. NPR's Tom Bowman has more.
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Tom Bowman
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford has been ordered to join the dozens of ships and aircraft that have already been deployed to the Caribbean. The Ford had been taking part in a port visit in Croatia, and Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said the Ford will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor and disrupt illicit actors and activities. It compromises safety and prosperity of the United States. US forces have already carried out 10 strikes on alleged drug vessels in the region, resulting in more than 40 dead. Democrats and some Republicans have questioned President Trump's authority to order extrajudicial killings. Tom Bowman, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Six people in Pennsylvania are facing criminal charges for allegedly turning in fraudulent voter registration forms ahead of last year's presidential election. As NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports, election officials say their verification systems caught the illegitimate forms and they were not approved.
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Hansi Lo Wang
Pennsylvania's state attorney general's office says the Six Page street canvassers now facing charges were not trying to sway any election or voter rolls for a specific political party or candidate. Instead, state prosecutors say they were trying to keep their jobs by meeting a quota with voter registration forms containing fake information. Last while multiple counties in the swing state flagged potential problems with thousands of voter registration forms dropped off on or close to the state signup deadline that led to baseless claims by President Trump, then the Republican presidential candidate, that officials in a Pennsylvania county had uncovered fraudulent votes. County election officials say return registration forms were not approved unless information could be verified as being linked with a real person. Ansi Le Wang, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
The government shutdown continues to disrupt flights across the country this weekend, and NPR's Joel Rose reports that pressure is mounting on air traffic controllers who are still working without pay.
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Joel Rose
Flights have been delayed at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. The FAA says that's because of a staffing shortage at the facility that manages arriving and departing traffic. It's the latest disruption at facilities that were already critically short of air traffic controllers before the shutdown. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says those disruptions could get worse. When next Tuesday's payday arrives and controllers receive no money, their paycheck is going.
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Joel Rose
The FAA has been able to pay air traffic control trainees at its academy in Oklahoma City so far, but Duffy says that funding could run out in a matter of weeks. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
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Dale Willman
It was a strong day on Wall street today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 472 points, up 1.1% to 47,207. The NASDAQ closed up 263 points, and the S&P 500 was up by 53 points. You're listening to NPR News. A new study suggests many urinary tract infections come from an unexpected source, meat contaminated with the e. Coli bacteria. NPR's Maria Godoy has more on that story.
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Maria Godoy
It's estimated that up to 60% of women will develop a UTI over their lifetime. And in recent years, evidence has been growing that some of these infections come from meat in our food supply. In the new study, researchers found that nearly one in five UTIs in a group of patients in Southern California were linked to E. Coli strains detected in meat samples sold in grocery stores and in the same area during a four year period. The study found that turkey and chicken were most likely to test positive for E. Coli. The researchers say that while UTIs have long been considered a personal hygiene problem, the new findings suggest they're also a food safety problem. The research appears in the journal Mbio. Maria Godoy, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Forecasters say tropical Storm Melissa could soon strengthen into a powerful hurricane. Melissa is currently near stationary in the Caribbean, but could pass by Jamaica after it grows stronger. Catastrophic flooding and landslides are also expected in southwest Haiti in the coming days. Whether officials say Melissa could drop as much as 35 inches of rain on some parts of the region. Thailand's queen mother Sirikit, has died. She was 93 years old. She supervised royal projects to help the rural poor protect the environment and preserve the traditional craft making of Thailand. The Royal Household Bureau says that she died after suffering from a blood infection since October 17th. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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