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What are the latest developments in the Spokane wildfires and evacuation orders?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Thousands of people are still displaced in Spokane, Washington, after a tense day of wildfires. Doug Nedvornik from Spokane Public Radio has more.
Three major wildfires continue burning in and around Spokane, charring several thousand acres. Go now evacuations remain in place for all the areas affected. 20 to 30 mile an hour winds spread the fires quickly yesterday. Local authorities say several hundred structures burned.
What did Spokane officials say about safety, property concerns, and firefighting conditions?
Spokane Police Chief Kevin Hall says he knows people are eager to go back and check on their homes, but he's urging patience.
We understand there's consternation about your property, about your pets, that you may need medication, but we cannot allow you back into the area when it's unsafe to do so.
The winds are abating a bit, but conditions remain challenging for firefighters. For NPR News, I'm Doug Nadvornik in Spokane.
A senior envoy for President Trump's Board of Peace says two days of Israeli strikes in Gaza killed civilians and destroyed medical supplies.
How have recent Israeli strikes in Gaza affected the peace roadmap and civilian casualties?
This comes as the board and mediators push to implement a final peace roadmap while Israel continues bombing without official comment. Empire's Anas Baba has more.
In a post on X, Board of Peace envoy Nikolai Mladenov said the strikes followed weeks of efforts by the Board of Peace and mediators, including Egypt, Qatar, Turkey, and the United States, to get Palestinian factions in Gaza to agree to President Trump's final plan. He said his team is working around the clock to de-escalate, adding that both sides had obligations under the agreement. But Gaza Halt officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 19 Palestinians since Sunday morning, including women and children. For Palestinians here, the violence is not limited to the past two days. Nearly nine months after the Board of Peace announced a ceasefire after two years of war, Palestinians continue to live under daily Israeli bombardment, while more than two-thirds of the Gaza Strip remains under Israeli military control.
The Trump administration is proposing changes to banking regulations meant to lighten the burden on community banks. St.
What changes to the Community Reinvestment Act are being proposed and how could they affect affordable housing?
Pierre Stephen Basaja reports, though, it could lead to banks investing fewer dollars in affordable housing.
Under the Community Reinvestment Act, the more a bank invests locally, the more likely regulators will approve profitable mergers and acquisitions. In 2024, the law encouraged about $170 billion in affordable housing and local infrastructure lending. That's according to the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders. The group says the new rules would reclassify about 800 banks as small, so they would no longer need to follow those regulations. And that would likely lead to lower investment in rural housing, where those banks are often located. Federal regulators say the proposed loosened rules will lower the burden on community banks. Stephen Basaja, NPR News.
What happened in the Twin Falls shooting and what details have authorities released so far?
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Police in Idaho have identified the suspect in a shooting at a fast food restaurant in Twin Falls yesterday as 24-year-old Chad Williams, whom police say died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officials say he opened fire at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant and say an off-duty police officer and citizen actively engaged him by returning fire. At least three people died, several others were injured. The restaurant says one of the dead was an employee. There's no word on a motive.
Why are WestJet flight attendants striking and how is the disruption impacting travelers?
Canada's second largest airline is on strike. Dan Carpenter reports more than 4,000 flight attendants at WestJet walked off the job this morning.
In a statement, the airline says its latest offer to the flight attendants union is industry-leading and transformative and directly addresses the main issues behind the walkout, unpaid work. In response to the strike, WestJet issued a lockout. The union for the flight attendants says it's ready to go back to the bargaining table. It says flight attendants work about 35 hours a month without pay, before and after flights.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What are the latest developments in the Spokane wildfires and evacuation orders?
0:00–0:31
2
What did Spokane officials say about safety, property concerns, and firefighting conditions?
0:31–1:04
3
How have recent Israeli strikes in Gaza affected the peace roadmap and civilian casualties?
1:04–2:08
4
What changes to the Community Reinvestment Act are being proposed and how could they affect affordable housing?
2:08–2:55
5
What happened in the Twin Falls shooting and what details have authorities released so far?
2:55–3:31
6
Why are WestJet flight attendants striking and how is the disruption impacting travelers?
3:31–5:04