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Jack Speer
In Washington, I'm Jack Speier. A judge is dismissing the federal election interference case against President elect Donald Trump. The move grants a dismissal request from special Counsel Jack Smith. NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.
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Ryan Lucas
Judge Tanya Chutkan's decision to dismiss the election interference case against Trump without prejudice comes just hours after Smith submitted his request with the court. In that filing, Smith said the government is confident in the strength and merit of the case against Trump, but that department policy prohibits the prosecution of a sitting president in a separate filing. Smith is also moving to drop the other case he brought against Trump for hoarding classified documents, but prosecutors will continue the prosecution of Trump's two co defendants in that case. Smith had been known to be winding down the cases following Trump's election win. Smith himself is expected to leave his post before Trump takes office. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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Jack Speer
President elect Trump is threatening tariffs on day one of his administration on his social media platform. Trump saying he'll hit Canada and Mexico with 25% across the board tariffs on all goods unless the countries control the flow of election illegal drugs, especially fentanyl and illegal migrants across the border. Separately, Trump threatened a 10% tariff on all products from China. Trump has for decades supported the use of tariffs against US Trading partners that he views as taking advantage of the U.S. most economists say the cost of tariffs will ultimately be borne by U.S. consumers. Macy says an accounting employee hid tens of millions of dollars in expenses at the department store chain. That forced the company to delay its quarterly financial report, which is widely watched for clues about consumer spending around the holidays. More from NPR's Alina Salyuk.
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Alina Salyuk
It's one of the most unusual announcements Macy's has made. The company says it has discovered that a single employee who oversaw expenses from small package delivery had intentionally hid huge sums spent on those expenses. It was up to $154 million spent over the past three years. Macy says the person is no longer employed by them. The company claims nobody else was involved and it did not say why the employee intentionally made these errors. This means Macy's is delaying its financial forecast for the all important holiday season. The chain is trying to turn around at slumping sales with a plan that involves closing 150 underperforming stores. Aline Seljuk NPR News.
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Jack Speer
In what has become something of a Thanksgiving tradition lately, billionaire investor Warren Buffett says he'll give a billion dollars in Berkshire Hathaway stock to four of his family's foundations. Buffett also offered new details about who will handle his fortune after his death. Buffett initially said his three children to be responsible for distributing $147.4 billion, but added successors to them. Given that his children might not be able to give away all that money in their lifetimes need to be added. Buffett began giving away much of his vast fortune in 2006. This is the nation's highest court is declining to hear the case of a challenge to a federal requirement that cigarette packs and advertising for the products include graphic images depicting the effects of smoking. The warnings include pictures of damaged lungs and other effects of cigarette use. Nearly 120 countries around the world have adopted the warning label, so it's not clear when they might appear in the US Some legal claims still remain, with the FDA not planning enforcement until next December. A new study shows HIV infections around the world have dropped significantly over the past 15 years. Imperial's Gabriel Emanuel owes more New infections.
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Gabriela Emanuel
Are down more than 20%, and much of the progress is in sub Saharan Africa. Austin Carter is with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and an author on the study. He says this is a testament to national and international efforts that includes a U.S. program called PEPFAR.
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Austin Carter
This program has provided a huge amount of treatment and has translated to a lot of the improvements that we're seeing.
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Gabriela Emanuel
While much of Africa has made headway, other places are seeing HIV rates go up, like Russia, Ukraine and the Philippines. Gabriela Emanuel, NPR News.
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Jack Speer
More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a New Zealand beach have been safely returned to the ocean. Conservation workers and residents helping to refloat the whales by lifting them on sheets. Still, at least four of the animals died despite efforts to save them. New Zealand is known as a hotspot for stranding of whales. New Zealand's conservation agency praised what he called the incredible efforts of those involved. I'm Jack Speer, NPR News, in Washington.
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