Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A universal recommendation to start hepatitis B immunization at birth is being rolled back under new guidance and advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved today. The panel is now recommending newborns should only be vaccinated at birth if their mothers test positive for the virus. Full immunization of infants involves three shots.
It's also recommending testing of children's antibody levels after each hepatitis B shot to determine whether additional shots are needed. The new guidance marks a departure from more than 30 years of standard practice that's been credited with dramatically lowering liver diseases caused by hepatitis B. The U.S. military launched another attack on an alleged drug boat last night in the Pacific.
Four people on the vessel died. Nearly 75 percent of the boat strikes have been in the Pacific since late October, but the U.S. Navy has increased its presence in the Caribbean. One encounter in particular is under bipartisan congressional scrutiny, a follow-up military strike on an alleged drug vessel in September that killed two survivors of the initial strike.
Yesterday, lawmakers saw video of it. They were also briefed by the Navy admiral who ordered that strike, which, according to The Washington Post reporting, was done in compliance with Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth's orders in the campaign against drug trafficking threats to the U.S., Democratic Congressman Jim Himes of Connecticut spoke with NPR about what he took away from the video.
What you see in that video is the United States for a lengthy period of time observing two men with no weapons, with no radio. They've just had a massive munition go off over their head in such a way that their boat has been destroyed.
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A conflagration. So what I saw was two probably soon to be dead, not because of a missile, but because of drowning, shipwrecked sailors. And the United States took the decision to kill them, which in the Pentagon manual is the very definition of a war crime.
The Virginia man suspected of planting two pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol nearly five years ago is expected to appear in federal court today in Washington, D.C. We have more from NPR's Ryan Lucas.
The suspect in custody is 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr. He was arrested in Woodbridge, Virginia, south of Washington, D.C. The FBI made the arrest after a nearly five-year investigation that had seemed to have gone cold. Top Justice Department officials, including FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, touted the arrest at a news conference Thursday.
Folks, you're not going to walk into our capital city, put down two explosive devices, and walk off in the sunset.
Officials say a new team at the FBI took a fresh look at all the evidence collected in the case and generated new leads that ultimately led to Cole's arrest. Cole is expected to appear in federal court in D.C., just down the street from the U.S. Capitol building. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
You're listening to NPR News. The Trump administration's immigration operation in southern Louisiana is off to a relatively slow start. NPR's Martin Coste has more from New Orleans.
Federal immigration authorities haven't said how many arrests they've made since this operation started on Wednesday, but volunteer spotters say they haven't seen that many. Rachel Tabor is with a group that's been teaching people strategies to avoid arrest and deportation.
What people themselves are doing are remaining inside because it's very rare for these people agents to actually have warrants that legally allow them to enter a house. You know, for all the narrative of this being about getting quote-unquote criminals, well, we haven't seen a warrant yet.
Tabor says she does worry about a quote, siege situation in which the feds try to outlast the ability of people to stay away from work or school. The Department of Homeland Security has not said how long the operation will last. Martin Koste, NPR News, New Orleans.
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