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On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Federal aviation officials are easing restrictions and allowing more flights to depart as more air traffic controllers return to work, NPR's Joel Rose reports.
The reductions in air traffic at dozens of major airports will be lowered from 6 percent to 3 percent of flights through the weekend. The Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration say that reflects improvements in staffing levels at air traffic facilities. The FAA said the restrictions were necessary to keep the airspace safe as the agency grappled with widespread staffing shortages of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown. But with the shutdown over, air traffic controllers have finally received some of the back pay they earned, and most are now back to work. Airlines say they're confident they can ramp up quickly and should be able to return to their full schedules before Thanksgiving holiday travel begins.
Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.
President Trump is ending his support for Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. The two have been feuding. In a social media post Friday night, Trump called Greene wacky and said he would endorse a challenger against her in the midterms if the right person runs. Greene has been moderating her once deeply conservative views and has been criticizing Trump for not releasing the Epstein files. The election interference criminal case against President Trump and several others in Georgia is moving forward. Alex Helmick from member station WABE reports that a new prosecutor was appointed before a Friday deadline.
Fulton County District Attorney Fawnie Willis originally brought the massive RICO case but was removed by a Georgia court for her personal relationship with a special prosecutor. The prosecuting attorney's counsel of Georgia, executive director Pete Scandalakis, was ordered to appoint a new prosecutor, but each one he approached respectfully declined.
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Scandalakis said that dismissal at this point was not the right course of action and has named himself to lead the case and perform what he called a comprehensive review to determine how to proceed. In a statement, the president's lead defense counsel, Steve Sadow, calls the case a politically charged prosecution and says that a review of the facts will lead to dismissal. For NPR News, I'm Alex Helmick in Atlanta.
Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Southern California as a major storm threatens to cause flooding and turn hillsides into mud. First responders are telling residents that if they don't evacuate when they're told to, it may be too late. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is asking residents to be cautious.
Slow down if you're driving and plan ahead for the potential for longer travel times. And please, if you don't have to leave your home, please don't.
The evacuation orders are expected to remain in place throughout the weekend. Laney College football coach John Beam has died. Police in Oakland, California say he died on Friday, one day after being shot on the school's campus. It was the second shooting at a school in Oakland in two days. Laney was known for his appearance in the Netflix documentary series Last Chance U. You're listening to NPR News. The UN Human Rights Council is debating whether to call for an inquiry into killings and other human rights violations at a hospital in Sudan's Darfur region. The group met on Friday in a special session called to highlight hundreds of killings at the hospital by the paramilitary rapid support forces.
The UN says that last month the RSF took control of the hospital and killed more than 450 people. The Darfur region has been a major focus of fighting in the North African nation. The Food and Drug Administration is requiring tough new warnings about the safety of a controversial gene therapy for muscular dystrophy.
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