Loading summary
Transcript13 lines
- [00:00]
Data IQ Representative
This message comes from Data iq. Companies can struggle to turn data into real AI apps. Data IQ makes it easy with low code tools so anyone can build and scale AI. Visit D A T A I K U.com NPR.
- [00:18]
Dale Willman
LIVE from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Memorial service was held in Webster Springs, West Virginia, Friday. That's the home of 20 year old Sarah Beckstrom. The the National Guard specialist was shot and killed on Wednesday. Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf was critically injured in the same shooting in Washington, D.C. an Afghan national who is granted asylum in the U.S. has been arrested and is facing multiple charges, including murder. West Virginia State Senator Robbie Morris spoke at the service, saying the tragedy is incomprehensible.
- [00:47]
Robbie Morris
The loss that we are all feeling, the anger, the devastation.
- [00:53]
Dale Willman
It'S a lot.
- [00:54]
Robbie Morris
There's never a good time for something like this to happen, but it seems to hit harder around the holidays.
- [01:02]
Dale Willman
Congress returns next week to debate whether to extend health care subsidies that are expiring at the end of the year. NPR's Dieter Walsh reports on the divide over the details.
- [01:11]
Dieter Walsh
As part of the deal to end the government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune agreed to hold a vote by mid December on legislation to extend extend Affordable Care act tax credits that phase out on December 31st. Some Republicans support renewing these subsidies, but want to add income caps to limit who can qualify. Even if a bipartisan deal clears the Senate, it's unclear whether House Speaker Mike Johnson would allow a vote. Many conservatives oppose any extension. Unless Congress acts quickly, more than 20 million Americans will see sponsors spikes in health care premiums. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News.
- [01:50]
Dale Willman
Ukraine's president says his chief of staff has resigned as a corruption investigation involving prominent officials widens. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more on the controversy surrounding Andrei Yermak.
- [02:00]
Eleanor Beardsley
In a video posted to social media, Zelenskyy said Ukraine must be strong and unified as it heads into peace negotiations with the Trump administration in the coming days for internal strength. There should be no reason to be distracted by anything other than the defense of Ukraine, he said. Anti corruption officials searched Yermak's house as part of their investigation into the siphoning off of $100 million from the state nuclear power agency. Yermak's experience dealing with the Trump administration will be missed, but he was becoming a liability. Russia wants Ukraine to make mistakes, said Zelensky. There will be no mistakes on our part. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
- [02:39]
Dale Willman
President Trump is again attacking President Biden's use of an auto pen. Auto pens allow the mass production of signatures on large numbers of documents. Presidents from both parties have them. But in a social media post Friday, Trump said without any evidence that Biden staffers used the pen to sign documents rather than Biden himself. Trump has in the past acknowledged that he's also used an auto pen on some documents. Officials in Hong Kong say the death toll in the fire this week at a large apartment complex there has reached 128, and they say many other people are still not accounted for. This is NPR News. President Trump says he will pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez. Hernandez was convicted in the US in 2024 on drug trafficking and weapons charges. Trump says he was treated unfairly. Hernandez had served two terms as the leader of the Central American country. A daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned from her role as an opposition member of parliament because of a scandal involving the sending of mercenaries to Russia. As Kate Bartlett reports, 17 South Africans asking to be returned from Donbas, Ukraine, where they're fighting with Russian troops.
- [03:51]
Kate Bartlett
Judy ZelisiMbudla Zuma resigned from the Umkonto with Sizzle party Friday amid allegations from her own half sister she had trafficked South Africans to Russia. Zambudla Zuma denies the charges, saying she, too, was duped by a recruiter. She claims she thought the men were being sent to Russia to train as bodyguards and return to work for her political party. Earlier this month, the men contacted the South African government saying they were on the front lines in Donbas, Ukraine, and begging to be repatriated. The government says it's working with the Russians and Ukrainians to get the men back, and a police investigation has been launched. NPR has seen terrified WhatsApp messages from the men saying they had no idea they were going to be fighting in a war. Kate Bartlett, NPR News, Johannesburg.
- [04:35]
Dale Willman
Police in Paris say they now have all four people who robbed the Louvre museum last month in custody after a fourth person was arrested earlier this week. The 39 year old is facing charges of robbery by an organized crime and criminal conspiracy and if convicted, could spend 15 years in prison. Francis Crown jewels were stolen in that robbery. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
- [04:57]
Mint Mobile Representative
This message comes from Mint mobile. Starting at $15 a month. Make the switch@mintmobile.com Switch $45 upfront payment for 3 months, 5 gigabyte plan equivalent to $15 a month Taxes and fees Extra first 3 months Only see terms.