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What is the Trump administration’s claim about acetaminophen and autism?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The Trump administration is blaming the common drug acetaminifin for increased cases of autism. Medical groups say there's no clear evidence showing a causal link. NPR's Nell Greenfield Boyce reports that the National Institutes of Health just awarded more than fifty million dollars to explore the roots of autism.
NIH Director Jay Badacharya said the thirteen new grants will help scientists consider the effect of environmental and medical factors, everything from nutrition to pollutants.
For too long, it's been taboo to ask some questions for fear the scientific work might reveal a politically incorrect answer.
He said past NIH research on autism has not given families the answers they wanted. The NIH did, however, fund one very large study looking at acetaminophin use in pregnancy and the risk of autism.
How is the NIH funding new research into autism’s environmental and medical causes?
It analyzed data from more than two million children in Sweden and found no connection. Nell Greenfield Boyce, NPR News.
President Trump has signed an executive order designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization. And Pierzo Det Youssef reports he's instructing his administration to investigate those with connections to the decentralized movement.
Antifa is shorthand for anti fascist. It is described as a decentralized far left movement or ideology. Jason Blazegis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies says the domestic terrorist designation represents a first and that it may run into trouble. First, Antifa is not a structured group, and the US government has a a definition of domestic terrorism, but does not have the legal authorities to designate entire organizations as domestic terrorist groups.
What legal challenges arise from designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization?
Under US law, groups with foreign operations may be formally sanctioned as terrorist organizations. Blazikis said no such process exists for purely domestic groups because of the risk of infringing on First Amendment freedoms, Odette UCF and PR News.
ABC's parent company Disney says Jimmy Kimmel live will return to the air on Tuesday. ABC suspended the show last week after Kimmel made remarks about the person accused of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
And even former host David Letterman, they all lined up to support Kimmel. You know, Whoopi Goldberg, one of the hosts of the ABC show, The View, criticized the decision. There was a moveon.org petition circulating to get the show back on. And on Hollywood Boulevard outside the studio where Jimmy Kimmel Live is taped, protesters talked about the suspension as a threat to free speech, not just to Kimmel, but to all Americans.
Why was Jimmy Kimmel Live suspended and what are the free‑speech concerns?
NPR's Mandalid Del Barco reporting Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns or operates nearly forty ABC affiliates, says it will preempt Jimmy Kimmel live on its stations, replacing it with news programming. I'm Ryland Barton in Washington. This is NPR News. France is officially recognizing a state of Palestine, joining more than one hundred and fifty other countries that have done so. The move came during a United Nations conference aimed at generating new support for a two state solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The move further isolates Israel, which is waging another major offensive in Gaza. A prominent Egyptian activist whom human rights watch says rose to prominence during the country's Arab Spring Revolution is set to be released following years of imprisonment, NPR's A Batrawi reports on his case and what it represents.
State media reported that Egypt's president has issued pardons for seven people, among them Ale Abdelfateh.
How does the Vermont court ruling affect transgender athletes in school sports?
The activist was first arrested along with thousands of others in years of turmoil following Egypt's 2011 uprising. He was just twenty nine then. Abdelfate, known for his black curly hair, beard, and the glasses he often wears, is now forty-three and has a son. He was added to a terrorism list and was serving a five-year prison sentence on charges of Spreading false news for posting on Facebook about torture in Egyptian jails. He'd already spent two years in pretrial detention and had served five years on another charge of protesting without a permit.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the Trump administration’s claim about acetaminophen and autism?
0:00–0:52
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How is the NIH funding new research into autism’s environmental and medical causes?
0:52–1:44
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What legal challenges arise from designating Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization?
1:44–2:42
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Why was Jimmy Kimmel Live suspended and what are the free‑speech concerns?
2:42–3:38
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How does the Vermont court ruling affect transgender athletes in school sports?
3:38–4:39