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Why are protesters forming a human chain at the Kennedy Center and what are they demanding?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. A huge crowd of protesters locked arms to form a human chain in front of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in DC yesterday, angry over the recent closure and President Trump's threats to demolish the memorial to the slain president if his name isn't on it. And Pierre Zava Berger has more.
The Kennedy Center looks different these days. A tarp almost completely obscures JFK's name from view, and security barriers prevent anyone from going in or out. That's why yesterday protesters held signs who were red, white, and blue enchanted. Hands off the arts organizers like DC drag performer Terra Hoot said they want to spread awareness.
I hope it inspires people to take action to call their elected officials, um those elected officials to take action to make sure they take care of this historic. Space of American history.
The future of the Arts Center remains in limbo as a legal battle plays out in federal court. When asked about the potential demolition yesterday, Trump said quote I'm ready to fix it, but that the Trump administration should be recognized for that work. Ava Berger and PR News, Washington.
In Pennsylvania, health leaders say there was a possible measles exposure at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's NICU. Officials at the hospital say it happened in the main building at several times and locations on September eleventh. Pennsylvania has the biggest and deadliest outbreak in the U.S. this year, with more than seven hundred and sixty cases and four reported deaths. Lauren Shoop's two month old was exposed to measles during a routine visit to children's hospital of Pittsburgh and had to spend twenty one days in quarantine.
It's sad that families like us are paying the price for
What is the scope of the recent measles exposure at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s NICU?
The decisions of people who choose not to follow like science fact advice because we certainly will will vaccinate her when she's able to be vaccinated.
Officials at the hospital in Philadelphia say they're working to give all NICU infants preventative antibody treatments to help protect them. Waterfront houses across the country are threatened by erosion and sea level rise. And here's Rebecca Hersher reports when a house collapses into the water, it's impossible to clean up all the debris.
Waterfront homes are threatened in California, Maine, Michigan, and Virginia, among other states. One of the hot spots for home collapses is Dare County, North Carolina. Thirty two homes have fallen there since twenty twenty. Contractors, volunteers, and government workers pick up a lot of the debris that ends up strewn on the beach, but some of it is swept out to sea. Dave Halleck is the National Park Service superintendent for Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
If it sinks It's on the ocean floor and it it does not get removed.
That's bad for ocean creatures and for people who fish, surf, and swim. A bill that would help remove homes before they fall is stalled in Congress. Rebecca Hersher, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A big college football game between number eight Ole Miss and number seven LSU gets underway in Oxford, Mississippi today, but the game's being overshadowed by the return of one coach to the place he abandoned last year. Steve Fodderman has more.
LSU head coach Lane Kiffin used to coach here at Ole Miss. Then last year he bolted, leaving before the season ended to take over at LSU. And fans here like Ronda Loeb haven't forgotten.
We all feel like we got slided by the way Lane lay off.
When Kiffen left, Mississippi was about to take part in the college football playoffs. Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barber is a bit more direct. I I think he's a narcissist. And old Miss Student Bailey Wood compares it to being dumped by a boyfriend.
I just feel betrayed. Not a favorite person for sure.
This will not be a warm and fuzzy homecoming. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Oxford, Mississippi.
The heirs of Holocaust victims have filed lawsuits in California to reclaim paintings in Los Angeles and Poland that were looted by the Nazis.
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