Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Duahli Saikautel. Lawmakers who attended closed-door briefings about the attack of a boat in the Caribbean that was allegedly involved in drug smuggling are demanding further investigation. Representative Jim Himes is the top Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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 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.
He added, Americans need to actually see the visual of what it is that we are doing. Ukrainian and American delegations met again in Miami in an attempt to advance peace in Ukraine. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports one controversial issue is the eastern Ukrainian territory of Donetsk, partially occupied by Russia.
Ukraine still holds on to a little less than 30% of Donetsk Oblast, but it's a key fortified belt that includes several cities with people who want to remain in Ukraine. Russia wants Ukraine to hand it all over. Ukrainians fear the U.S., in its quest to seal a deal, will pressure Kyiv to abandon Donetsk.
Russia is making incremental gains in eastern Ukraine but lost 25,000 soldiers in the month of October alone. Ukraine's commander-in-chief, General Oleksandr Sersky, says Kyiv's strategy is to exhaust the Russians and prevent their advance. Sersky says he does not even allow himself to consider a scenario in which Ukraine would be forced to give Russia the entire Donetsk region.
Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
Vaccine advisors to the CDC have recommended narrowing their hepatitis B immunization guidance for newborns. The change rolls back a decades-long policy, as NPR's Ping Huang reports.
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Chapter 2: What recent events are lawmakers investigating in the Caribbean?
The panel voted to recommend a birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine only for infants born to women who test positive. Previously, the shot had been recommended to all babies. It's a policy credited with dramatically lowering liver diseases caused by the virus. Pediatrician Cody Meissner voted against the change.
Do no harm is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no.
But he and two others opposed to the change were overruled by eight members of the committee who voted yes. Several said they cast their votes to support parents making their own decisions. CDC staff pointed out that the previous policy allowed for this and that the group's responsibility is to make recommendations at the population level. Ping Huang, NPR News.
This is NPR. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing to stop the development of a 400-acre housing and education project that has been described as the epicenter of Islam in North America.
Paxton accused the developer Epic, or East Plano Islamic Center, and its corporate entity of engaging in a, quote, "...radical plot to destroy hundreds of acres of beautiful Texas land and line their own pockets."
Epic has proposed to build more than 1,000 single- and multifamily homes, a K-12 faith-based school, a sports complex, a community college in the city of Josephine, about 40 miles northeast of Dallas. Celebrated architect Frank Gehry has died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 96. The legendary artist was known for designing whimsical buildings around the world.
And Perez Milton Guevara reports.
One of Frank Gehry's most famous works is the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Like many of his buildings, it's wavy and weird. A building for music and performance should be joyful, should be a great experience and should be fun to go to. He told NPR he was obsessed with movement, drawing inspiration from sailboats and fish.
Gary was born Frank Goldberg in 1929, but later changed his name. His awards include the Pritzker Architecture Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Gary's goal was to create buildings that inspire emotion.
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