30 kilometers an hour will batter so no more County Chris Buckley has more water is continually being dropped by planes as far fighters try to contain the blaze in the grind but days of forecast strong hot dry winds are going to make their job much more difficult power is expected to be cut almost a 1000000 homes in the state as a precaution there are concerns that sparks from electricity lines combined with the extreme winds could prove dangerous smoke is rising and spreading across California fanned by those strengthening winds Catholic bishops are voted to recommend allowing married men to become priests in remote areas breaking with the tradition of celibacy within the church the vote follows a Vatican signal in the Amazon region Here s John Mannus celibacy has been the norm for Catholic priests for centuries though it s always been a discipline rather than a matter of doctrine attendees of this lot have now voted that man who are already church deacons in the Amazon should be eli
Taking a back on this day in history October the 10th 780 it looks like the great hurricane the 1780. Killed 223-0000 people in the Caribbean it hit Barbados 1st. It was the deadliest recorded hurricane that was all the way back in 1718. 223-0000 people killed in the Caribbean on this day 780. It s 11 o clock as promised we take you back on. Major funding for on point is provided by Geico offering car insurance as well as services for homeowners and renters insurance through the Geico Insurance Agency additional information can be found at Geico dot com or 180947. From n.p.r. And w.v.u. Our Boston I m making this is on point cd Smith has been transfixing readers for almost 20 years for her novels including white teeth and Swing Time are sweeping explorations of imperfect characters in interlocking worlds in Smith s new short story collection we see something different a writer not satisfied with her talent unafraid to experiment we ll talk with her about it also on the show today a co
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To protest the economic policies of President Emanuel Micron s prescriptions for anti-anxiety and sleep medications have risen sharply N.P.R. s Reto chatter Jay reports that according to a new study published in The Journal Jama network open the percentage of outpatient medical visits that led to prescriptions for commonly used medications leg Xanax and have been doubled between 20032015 these drugs called benzo die as a penes are best for short term use but their long term use grew by 50 percent this is concerning says study author Dr some of a drug and Women s Hospital in Boston because long term use he says is harmful they re addictive because you to have slower breathing i.v. To be altered in terms of mental status and then eventually it can also cause i overdosed and that overdose deaths from these drugs have risen by almost 8 times since 1909 research and p.r. News the National Weather Service says issued wind chill warnings for parts of the Northern u.s. Temperatures could dip