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planning of facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus.
“There is a growing outbreak in East Central Africa.”
As NPR's ping-hoong reports the White House plan is drawing criticism. The U.S. took a leading role in the 2014 Ebola outbreak. It's seeking a different tactic now. Then, the U.S. sent thousands of trained responders to the affected region and brought them back to the U.S.
Now, the White House says the son Americans who may have been exposed to the virus and aren't shown symptoms to a facility they're standing up in Kenya. Dr. Dan Jenigan, who led CDC's response during the 2014 outbreak, says the policy discourages aid workers. "If they can't even rely on the federal government to help them get back, if they get sick,
that is a chilling message for those that are willing to really go and help." The U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has said the current administration, quote, "Cannot and will not allow any cases of Ebola to enter the United States," ping-hoong and PR news. The Justice Department has opened that investigation into the writer E. Jean Carole over potential perjury tied to her civil lawsuits against President Trump.
“It's the latest probe to target a perceived enemy of the president and PR's Ryan Lucas”
his more. The investigation into E. Jean Carole is being handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago. That's according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. The investigation is examining whether Carole committed perjury in a deposition tied to civil lawsuits she brought against Trump.
Carole won a $5 million civil judgment against Trump for sexually abusing her decades
ago and another $83 million judgment against him in a defamation suit. The Justice Department did not respond to a request for comment. The investigation is the latest launched by the Trump DOJ against the president's critics, or perceived political adversaries, Ryan Lucas and PR News, Washington. California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsam signed a bill to ban law enforcement from
interfering in elections ahead of the state's primary next week. The bill was authored after a California sheriff seized hundreds of thousands of ballots earlier this year. From Member Station K. B. C. R. Madison Oment reports. The new law makes it a crime for law enforcement authorities to seize ballots from election
officials. It also banes them from accessing voting equipment and list without a court order. Newsam says the law strengthens election integrity amid challenges from local and federal officials.
“With the clarify, the rules of engagement, that's why this legislation is important.”
They're fines associated with this, and jail time. Three years. The fine for taking ballots is $1,000. In February, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, who's a Republican and running for governor, seized $650,000 from a vote to redraw the state's congressional map to favor
Democrats. For NPR News, I'm Madison Oment in San Bernardino. You're listening to NPR. The U.S. military says it hit Iranian drones and a side along Iran's coast near the straight of Hormuz overnight. Iran says it then struck a U.S. base, but it did not identify
which one. Kuwait then said it defended against incoming missiles and drones today. They're believed to be from Iran. The Major League Baseball Players Association has released its opening proposals in the upcoming Labor Battle in Baseball.
NPR's Becky Sullivan reports the current Union contract expires after the end of this season.
The Players Union proposals would bump the minimum annual salary to one and a half million
dollars and expand incentives for lower revenue teams to invest in players, but the Union doesn't touch the two most charged words in the sport right now. Salary Cap. There is no hard cap in Baseball, just a penalty called the luxury tax for teams that spend over a certain threshold.
The goal between the halves and the half-naughts has become a huge issue. The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series 2 years running. They'll spend nearly $420 million on player salaries this year plus a 7-figure luxury tax. Meanwhile, small markets like Cleveland and Tampa only spend around $100 million.
And response, the League says the Union proposals don't do enough to address what they call competitive imbalance. Becky Sullivan and PR News. The Associated Press and other news organizations are reporting that the FBI has arrested a former CIA official at his home in Virginia.
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