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What emergency measures were taken in response to the nor'easter in New York?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. An unusual quiet settled across snowy lower Manhattan this morning as travel restrictions were in effect. As NPR's Jasmine Garst tells us, a state of emergency was declared in New York and several other states because of a powerful nor'easter.
As of this morning, some parts of New York got over 22 inches of snow. The blizzard began on Sunday evening and has continued with strong gusts of wind of more than 35 miles per hour, making conditions even more difficult. New York officials say it could be one of the worst storms in the last 150 years. Hundreds of thousands of people across the Northeast are without power. Thousands of flights have been canceled. New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New York issued states of emergency and travel bans, urging residents to stay off the road and reminding people that these conditions can be deadly.
Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
Who was El Mencho and why was his death significant for Mexico?
Mexican authorities say they have killed the country's most powerful drug lord. The head of the Jalisco New Generation cartel died from injury sustained in a firefight. NPR's Ada Peralta has more from Mexico City.
His name was Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, but he was known as El Mencho. He was 59 years old. And within the past 10 years, this man allegedly built one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the world. He started in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, but he oversaw a massive violent expansion. So they are now operating from north to south and even internationally.
NPR's Ada Peralta reporting the drug lord's death Sunday led to violence across large parts of Mexico. Armed men torched government-run banks and gas stations, blocked roads and set vehicles on fire.
What impact did the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs have on American businesses?
American businesses are puzzling over how they might get their money back for the tariffs they paid in the past year. This after the Supreme Court ruled Friday that about half of President Trump's tariffs were collected illegally. But the high court did not set out a way for that money to be refunded. Here's NPR's Alina Selyuch.
Ask anyone who sells anything in the U.S. what's on their mind, and they'll probably say tariff refunds. The U.S. government has collected more than $200 billion in tariffs imposed by President Trump, but now the Supreme Court has struck down about half of them. Anyone who paid those tariffs should get their money back, and that anyone is often small business owners like Sarah Wells in Virginia. She sells backpacks and other products for new moms for breastfeeding.
How is the FDA changing policies for rare disease treatments?
They're made overseas. And we not only need the money back, but we need a process to get the money back. Which she hopes will not require hiring lawyers or brokers, extensive paperwork, or years-long litigation. Alina Seluk, NPR News.
U.S. stocks are trading lower this hour. The Dow is down 1.5%. This is NPR News. A federal judge is granting President Trump's request to permanently block a report from being released about his handling of large amounts of classified information. The case involves former special counsel Jack Smith's investigation of Trump's possession of documents at his Florida estate and resulting criminal charges.
What controversy did the BBC face during the BAFTA Awards?
The Food and Drug Administration today proposed a new policy designed to make it easier for patients with very rare diseases to get access to new cutting-edge treatments. Here's NPR's Rob Stein.
The FDA says the policy would allow the agency to approve new treatments in some cases without requiring a study be done first to demonstrate that therapy works. The new policy is designed to make state-of-the-art technologies like gene editing available to patients in situations where the disease is so rare that it would be impossible to conduct a study first. The FDA says the new approach would only apply to situations where there is, quote, plausible evidence the treatment would work, and a follow-up study would be needed to confirm the treatment is effective and safe. Rob Stein, NPR News.
The BBC is apologizing to the public for failing to censor a racial slur during a delayed broadcast of last night's BAFTA Awards, while Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What emergency measures were taken in response to the nor'easter in New York?
0:01–1:04
2
Who was El Mencho and why was his death significant for Mexico?
1:04–1:52
3
What impact did the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs have on American businesses?
1:52–2:37
4
How is the FDA changing policies for rare disease treatments?
2:37–3:20
5
What controversy did the BBC face during the BAFTA Awards?
3:20–4:39