Governor Charlie Baker says the state is making sure flavors like fruit cotton candy or mint will no longer be available unfortunately it s becoming increasingly clear that the federal government is not going to act decisively so we re going to do everything that we can with state level authority the remains to us the state s Republican governor temporarily banned all day products sales after health officials began investigating respiratory illnesses associated with a ping flavors won t be available when vapors go back on sale next month neither will menthol cigarettes for n.p.r. News I m Mike d un in Boston in southeast Texas mandatory evacuations have been expanded important h.s. After a refinery explosion at the t.p.c. Plant early yesterday morning 3 workers were injured and surrounding homes were damaged the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality continues to monitor air quality in that area there s no word yet on the cause of that blast in listening to n.p.r. News from Washing
Doctors have been offering emergency medical services but now they too have walked off the job and plunged the public health care system further into crisis they re demanding that the fire junior doctors be reinstated and that their wage grievances be addressed junior doctors are asking for 500 percent increase in salaries as a cushion against triple digit inflation the strike has seen many patients turned away the government remains intransigent on Tuesday it s announced that almost 450 doctors have been fired in ongoing disciplinary hearings e.u. Ministers are gathering in Spain to agree a multi-billion dollar program for the European Space Agency which includes returning humans to the moon Jonathan Amos as more every 3 years European Space Agency member states come together to approve its policies it s 2 days of hard negotiations countries big cash to take the lead on new rocket systems planetary probes a new types of telecom satellite the meeting always starts with some drama and
Half hour special tribunals in Bangladesh has sentenced 7 Islamist militants to death for their role in an attack in the capital Dhaka in 2016 in which $22.00 people were killed once a suspect was acquitted its act on the holy artisan cafe was carried out by 5 men who took diners hostage most of the victims were Italians or Japanese nationals the 5 attackers were killed during an operation to end the standoff the next morning. E.u. Ministers are gathering in Spain to agree a multi-billion dollar program for the European Space Agency which includes returning humans to the moon our science correspondent Jonathan Amos has more it s 2 days of hard negotiation as countries big cash to take the lead on new rocket systems planetary probes and new types of telecom satellite the meeting always starts with some drama and this time it s centered on whether the u.k. Will live up to a promise to increase its annual subscription of 300000000 pounds it would enable Britain to participate in the Amer
At the top of the world the Arctic ice is receding while Russian military power is expanding I m Rachel Martin and I m Steve Inskeep How do Russia s military moves look from Norway and how is that u.s. Ally respond and. Also what Amazon suffers pains you get a package and why are some bars asking patrons to pour their own drinks It s Wednesday November 27th this day in 1983 The Senate confirmed new vice president Gerald Ford he replaced Spiro Agnew who resigned and soon replaced President Richard Nixon. The news is next. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Janine Herbst the New York Times is reporting that President Trump had already been briefed on a whistle blower s complaint about his dealings with Ukraine when he released military aid to the country in September Julian Barnes is one of the reporters who broke the story Trump learns about this even before the. House is notified that there is a complaint remember they learn in early September that there is a complaint they don t
No it will not happen N.P.R. s Tom Bowman a nonprofit student loan group is sowing the good summer Financial Protection Bureau in the Department of Education as N.P.R. s Chris Arnold explains the suit alleges the c f p b is not doing its job when it comes to student loans the lawsuit says that under the trap administration the nation s most powerful consumer watchdog agency has unlawfully decided to abandon a key duty its obligation to police the companies that manage more than $1.00 trillion dollars worth of federal student loans our goal is to have the court come in and say you have a responsibility you re not doing it and the law requires you to Michael Martinez is a lawyer with democracy forward which is bringing the case on behalf of the nonprofit group student debt crisis the lawsuit focuses on a loan forgiveness program for public service workers thousands of police officers teachers government workers and others say they re being unfairly disqualified from the federal program