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As NPR's Maria Godoy reports, the move comes amid an outbreak of infant botulism, a serious illness caused by bacterial toxin.

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futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street.

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A rare full blackout in the Dominican Republic is being blamed on a series of failures in the transmission system for the Caribbean nation's electrical grid.

According to the state-owned Dominican Electricity Transmission Commission, two power plants shut down, triggering a cascade of failures.

But the country's energy minister says the exact cause is not clear.

The blackout has paralyzed business and transportation businesses.

It also caused hospitals, banks, and other institutions to rely on generators.

Iraq has held parliamentary elections that were largely peaceful.

Jane Araf has the story from Oman.

Thailand says it has paused the implementation of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Cambodia, pending an apology for a landmine explosion.

The Thai Prime Minister is accusing Cambodia of laying new mines in violation of the truce that was signed just last month.

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President Trump is taking steps to lower the cost of obesity drugs.

NPR's Franco Ordonez reports that Trump announced a deal with two pharmaceutical companies to allow some people to get drugs like Ozempic for as little as $149 per month.

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carriers have already begun flight cancellations in keeping with the FAA's new restrictions.

The agency is cutting domestic trips by 10 percent at 40 major U.S.