Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. A UPS cargo plane crashed today near the airport in Louisville. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says at least three people died and 11 were injured. NPR's Joel Rose reports the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff with three crew members on board.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the UPS cargo plane crashed at about 5.15 p.m. local time. It was airborne for less than a minute before crashing south of the airport, according to the aviation website Flightradar24. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was headed for Honolulu. UPS says there were three crew members on board the plane, which was 34 years old.
Television images showed a wide swath of buildings on fire near the airport and a massive cloud of black smoke billowing overhead. The Louisville Metro Police Department has said there are injuries reported and issued a shelter-in-place order for the area around the crash site. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
Californians are voting on whether to temporarily replace their congressional maps, which were created by a nonpartisan commission. It's part of an effort to counter maps drawn by GOP-led states at the behest of President Trump. Supporters say Democrats can't stand by while Republicans boost their chances in Congress, as KQED's Guy Marzarati reports.
Critics say the state shouldn't gerrymander their maps.
They point to the popularity of the Citizens Commission and its success in drawing lines that don't favor either political party.
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Chapter 2: What happened in the UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville?
And they argue that these Prop 50 maps are going to put communities with really nothing in common in the same district, all for the purpose of helping Democrats. My KQED colleague Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman spoke with the San Francisco resident Sarah Moore. She voted against the measure.
I ultimately decided that I didn't think that it was right that states would be able to redistrict before they're supposed to be.
A couple of things to note here. One, California Citizens Commission is going to stick around. It's still going to draw our state legislative law and state senate, state assembly. And they would resume drawing congressional districts as well after the 2030 census.
KQED's Guy Marzarotti reporting. Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died at age 84. Once a stalwart of Republican politics, he became a critic of President Trump. and even endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for president last year. NPR's Don Gagne reports.
Dick Cheney's resume includes being a GOP congressman, presidential chief of staff, defense secretary, and vice president, always wearing his conservative politics on his sleeve. But he rejected President Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen and was appalled when a pro-Trump mob rioted at the U.S. Capitol in a bid to overturn that election.
He supported his daughter, Congresswoman Liz Cheney, when she voted to impeach Trump and campaigned for her when Trump worked to defeat her when she ran for re-election in Wyoming. In TV spots on her behalf, Dick Cheney called Trump a threat to the republic and a coward. Liz Cheney lost that election. It was her father's last public act in American politics.
Don Gagne, it's NPR. Chrysler is recalling more than 320,000 Jeep plug-in hybrid vehicles due to a faulty battery that can fail and lead to a fire. The recall includes nearly 230,000 Wranglers and about 92,000 Grand Cherokees. With model years between 2020 and 2026, owners are advised to park the vehicles outside and away from structures.
This is a busy time of year for scientists who are trying to understand autumn leaves. As NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports, the most mysterious color is red.
In the fall, to recover nitrogen, trees take apart green chlorophyll. This reveals yellow pigments that were there all along. But the red pigments are different. Trees make brand new red chemicals just days before a leaf is about to fall. Nicole Hughes is a biologist at High Point University in North Carolina.
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