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Why is the Trump administration seeking to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi saying the Trump administration is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the president to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's governing board days after a federal appeals court blocked Cook's dismissal. Without evidence, Trump has accused Cook of committing mortgage fraud. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his government will recognize a Palestinian state unless Israel commits to peace in Gaza. And Piers Francoardonia's reports President Trump says he disagrees.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a joint press conference said he and President Trump agreed on the need to end the conflict in Gaza and secure the release of the hostages. Trump said he wants the immediate release of hostages and said that it's important to remember the Hamas led attacks against Israel on october seventh, twenty twenty three. He acknowledged though that he had a different opinion regarding recognizing the Palestinian state.
I have a disagreement with the Prime Minister on that score. One of our few disagreements actually.
How are U.S. courts protecting unaccompanied Guatemalan and Honduran children from deportation?
France, Canada and Australia have also said they would recognize a Palestinian state. Trump has said doing so would only reward Hamas. Franco Ordonez and PR News.
A judge in Washington DC has temporarily blocked the administration from deporting Guatemalan and Honduran children who were sent to the US unaccompanied. US District Judge Timothy Kelly extended a decision first issued over the Labor Day weekend. And Pierre Cimerabustilla reports.
Lawyers for dozens of minors say their clients fear going home and their removal would be a violation of their due process rights and federal law. Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo has told reporters he wanted to prevent vulnerable children from being sent to ICE detention centers.
Nearly all the children were in the custody of Health and Human Services Department's Office of Refugee Resettlement, and living at shelters in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. Kelly, who was appointed by Trump, granted a preliminary injunction that extends temporary protection indefinitely.
Can vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) supplements really lower the risk of skin‑cancer recurrence?
The government can appeal this decision. Jimena Bustillo and Pierre News, Washington.
A new study finds vitamin B3 supplements may help prevent a recurrence of skin cancer. NPR's Allison Opry reports the study included more than thirty-three thousand veterans who've been treated for the disease.
Perform skin cancer surgeries often recommend nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3. Small studies have shown it can help prevent non-melanoma skin cancers. The new research adds to the evidence, says study author Lee Wheelis of Vanderbilt University.
A fifty-three percent reduction in the risk of skin cancers among patients taking nicotinamide.
B three supplements are widely available over the counter. The participants took five hundred milligrams twice a day for at least thirty days.
What’s driving the recent drop in mortgage rates and how does the Fed’s rate cut factor in?
Alison Aubrey,
NPR News. This is NPR.
Anyone shopping for affordable mortgage rates is finding the borrowing cost for a thirty year loan have fallen this week. The housing finance entity Freddie Max says the average rate on a fifteen year mortgage has also fallen since last week to five point four one percent. Yesterday the Fed lowered short term interest rates for the first time this year by a quarter percentage point. This coming is critics accused Trump of trying to assert his authority on the central bank, which was designed to be independent. Fat Bear Week, which celebrates the resilience of brown bears, has its main event next week with adult bears fighting for the title of Fattest Bear of the Year. First up though, Chubby Cubs competing in Fat Bear Junior.
And Pierre's Ava Pucatch reports voting in the junior tournament opens today.
The National Park Service encourages voters to vote for the bear they best believe exemplifies fatness and success in brown bears.
When does Fat Bear Week’s junior tournament start and how can listeners vote for the fattest bear?
The bears beef up for the winter, gorging on salmon in Brooks River in Alaska's Catmine National Park and Preserve. Cubs competing in Fat Bear Jr. have familial ties to some of the iron giants of Fat Bear Week.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is the Trump administration seeking to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook?
0:01–1:03
2
How are U.S. courts protecting unaccompanied Guatemalan and Honduran children from deportation?
1:03–2:08
3
Can vitamin B3 (nicotinamide) supplements really lower the risk of skin‑cancer recurrence?
2:08–2:55
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What’s driving the recent drop in mortgage rates and how does the Fed’s rate cut factor in?
2:55–3:59
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When does Fat Bear Week’s junior tournament start and how can listeners vote for the fattest bear?
3:59–4:38