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What charges are Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife facing in New York?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sang. Do they make the football team? Counter protests outside a New York City federal courthouse today where Al said Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores were arraigned on drug trafficking, weapons, and other charges. They each pleaded not guilty. NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.
Nicolas Maduro faces narco terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, and weapons charges. His wife, Celia Flores, faces three of those same counts. At a hearing in federal court in Manhattan, both Maduro and Flores entered pleas of not guilty. During the proceedings, Maduro introduced himself as the president of Venezuela and a prisoner of war. The first court appearance comes two days after a US military operation captured the couple in the heart of Venezuela's capital, Caracas, and took them to New York to face trial.
How are the new U.S. childhood vaccine schedule changes affecting routine shots?
US prosecutors allege Maduro presided over a large-scale drug trafficking operation, working hand in hand with drug cartels to ship tons of cocaine to the United States. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump is holding up the U.S. action in Latin America as a warning to Venezuela's neighbors and closest allies. Trump named Colombia, as well as Cuba, where flags were flown at half-staff today. Officials say the government is paying tribute to thirty two officers killed in the US strike in Venezuela. US health officials have announced a major overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule. And PR Sping Wang reports a changes will reduce the number of vaccines routinely recommended for all kids.
Vaccines against polio, measles, tetanus, and pneumonia are still recommended for all children, but others that used to be, like shots for hepatitis A and B or flu and meningitis, are now shifted to more limited recommendations, such as for kids at high risk or only after consulting with a healthcare provider. The acting director of the CDC made the changes after a memo from President Trump last month directed officials to compare if the US vaccine.
Why did Minnesota Governor Tim Walz drop his re‑election bid and what fraud investigation is he pursuing?
vaccine schedule with those of peer developed countries such as Denmark to align with them. The changes were made without formal public comment or input from vaccine makers and sidestepped the usual process of getting guidance from the CDC's vaccine advisors. Health officials say all the vaccines are still available free to anybody who wants them. Ping Huang, NPR News.
Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz is no longer running for a third term. Today, the Democratic Party's twenty twenty-four vice presidential nominee said. He was dropping his reelection campaign to Minnesota's top office to focus his energy on investigating alleged fraud in the state's child care programs.
Waltz accused President Trump and his allies, though, of politicizing the fraud probes at the expense of Minnesota's families. The Dows closed up, nearly six hundred points, it's NPR news. Anne Frank's stepsister, Holocaust survivor and memoirist Eva Schloss.
Who is Eva Schloss and how is she honoring Anne Frank’s legacy today?
His died at the age of ninety six. The King of England is among those paying tribute to the Schloss's legacy, and Pierre's Lorne Freyer, as this from London.
King Charles says he's privileged and proud to have known Eva Schloss. She was the co-founder and honorary president of the Anne Frank Trust UK, a charity named after her stepsister. Schloss was born in 1929, Vienna, then fled the Nazis to Amsterdam, where she became friends with the teenage diarist. Both were from Jewish families, forced into hiding, then arrested and sent to concentration camps. The only Two members to survive were young Eva, her mother, and Anne's father, who then married after the Holocaust. Eva later married a German Jewish refugee and settled in London, where it was only in her late fifties that she became a Holocaust educator and author.
What is driving the recent surge in flu cases across the United States?
Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London. The US
Secret Services agents detained a man overnight after he allegedly tried to break into Vice President J D Vance's Ohio home and cause property damage. Officials say the house east of downtown Cincinnati was not occupied by any member of Vance's family at the time.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What charges are Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife facing in New York?
0:01–0:54
2
How are the new U.S. childhood vaccine schedule changes affecting routine shots?
0:54–1:58
3
Why did Minnesota Governor Tim Walz drop his re‑election bid and what fraud investigation is he pursuing?
1:58–3:06
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Who is Eva Schloss and how is she honoring Anne Frank’s legacy today?
3:06–3:56
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What is driving the recent surge in flu cases across the United States?
3:56–4:39