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On the Throughline podcast from npr, the story of the undersea cables that run the Internet. Other historians have compared it to the Apollo missions of going to the moon. Listen to Throughline in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. The Trump administration says it will start cutting thousands of flights a day starting tomorrow as the Federal Aviation Administration deals with a staffing shortage of air traffic controllers who are unpaid, calling in sick. The FAA says it will reduce the flights at 40 of the country's top airports in phases, including airports in Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington. And that's threatening air travel nationwide. NPR's Windsor Johnston has more.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is urging passengers to plan for longer security and boarding times. Some regional control centers could operate with reduced staff, meaning fewer flights allow through at once. Airlines are advising customers to check flight status early and sign up for text alerts. The Transportation Security Administration says arriving at least two hours before domestic flights and three for international is even more critical. During the shutdown, travel experts recommend booking early morning departures. The FAA says it's working to minimize disruptions, but until funding is restored, even clear skies could mean crowd crowded airspace. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco since 1987, says she won't seek another term. From member station KQED, Scott Schaefer has more.
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Pelosi's nearly six minute announcement video is essentially a love letter to San Francisco and her constituents. After references to the city's values, resilience and progress, she reveals at the end she won't seek re election. Pelosi was sworn in for the first time as speaker in 2007.
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It's an historic moment for the Congress.
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It's an historic moment for the women of America.
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In her 38 years in Congress, Pelosi wielded power to get federal funding for AIDS and public transit and muscled through Democratic priorities like the Affordable Care act, now the focus of Democrats refusal to reopen the government. Pelosi has been a leading foil to President Donald Trump, overseeing two impeachments and a House investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol. For NPR News, I'm Scott Schaefer in San Francisco.
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After several hours of deliberation, a jury in Washington, D.C. today acquitted a former Justice Department employee charged with throwing a sub sandwich at a federal agent. It happened in August during President Trump's law enforcement surge in the nation's capital. Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor charge after a federal grand jury rejected more serious charges. This after the federal agent claimed the sandwich exploded all over his suit and that he could smell the mustard and onions. But a photo showed the sandwich hit his bulletproof vest and stayed wrapped. His acquittal is the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention, and the image became a symbol of resistance to the Trump administration. Wall street is trading lower at this hour. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Several countries in Africa are seeing a surge in cholera cases. The infection comes from drinking contaminated water. NPR's Gabriela Emanuel has more.
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In the past few weeks, Angola has seen an almost 700% increase in cholera cases with about 1,000 new cases last week. Kids represent a third of those cases. Cholera is both preventable and treatable, but it requires good water infrastructure and rapid medical attention. Yat boom of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says across the continent, cholera's return is worrying health experts.
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We see the number of total cases that are tripling what we've seen in 2022, and same thing for the number of deaths.
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He expects things could get worse as many countries head into their rainy season. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.
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The federal government shutdown, now in its 37th day, is putting millions of Americans at risk of not being able to pay their home heating bills. The shutdown delayed the federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program that helps around 6 million households pay their heating and cooling bills while buy fuel or fix a broken heater. The Department of Health and Human Services sends most of the annual funding to states to run the program around this time of the year. But because of the shutdown, that hasn't happened yet. And even after the shutdown ends, it will take some time for the money to be distributed. On Wall street, the dow is down 271 points, NASDAQ down 301s and P500 down 47. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
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