"Live from MPR News," I'm Jial Snyder, the Trump administration is asking the...
Court to clear the way for a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to restrict mail-in voting
for the mid-term election in Piers Hansi-Lawong reports.
“For now, the U.S. Postal Service is blocked for moving ahead with key parts of its plan,”
which should note U.S. P.S. is financial support of NPR. The Postal Service's plan involves delivering mail-in ballots only a people on voter list that the states would have to turn over to the mailing agency. A federal judge in Boston has found that plan is likely illegal because U.S. P.S. has no authority to control voting by mail.
Last month, the Supreme Court ruled on a procedural question about this legal fight. The High Court has not ruled yet on the legality that postal services plan. And there's a little time left for the plan to be fully carried out before mail-in voting starts from the mid-term election. North Carolina said to begin sending out ballots Friday.
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“"The billionaire Leon Black is refusing to speak with lawmakers about his links to convicted”
sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Instead, he's filed a lawsuit against the Congressional panel running the investigation. Here's NPR's Bill Chappell." Leon Black is refusing to obey two subpoenas from the House Oversight Committee. The panel wants him to share any non-disclosure agreements he might be a party to,
and to testify about his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. But Black says the House Committee doesn't have the power to do that. His lawsuit names the committee and its chair Republican Representative James Comer of Kentucky. In response, Comer says he wants to hold the billionaire investor in contempt.
Of all the powerful people interviewed by the committee, Comer said,
Leon Black is the first to file a lawsuit. Bill Chappell, NPR News.
“Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrow is applauding his state court's action that paves the way”
at least for now for the return of two NFL players to college football. Murrow says the players were not getting a fair shake from the SEC or the NCAA. You know, I want to congratulate the lawyers here for the players. They came to this court asking for a fair and unbiased forum to decide a grievance that they brought about the way these rules were being applied to them.
After an hour's long hearing Thursday at Judge and East Baton Rouge, Paris issued a preliminary injunction in that high-profile eligibility case that's working its way through the courts, the judge's order means the two players can join their former co-chat LSU, which opens play against Climson this weekend. Nine days after a huge flash flood in Nepal, official say rescuers have pulled two survivors
from a tunnel linked to a hydropower plant, the two have been identified as a mechanical form and a mechanical supervisor. Local authorities say some nine-hundred workers are missing from multiple hydropower projects in Nepal with many believed to be trapped in tunnels of floods. Nine days ago killed more than twelve-hundred people thousands remain missing. This is NPR. The federal immigration and customs enforcement officer is expected to make
an initial court's appearance Friday, NPR has confirmed that ICE officer Christian Castro turned himself in as in and as in federal custody. Castro is charged with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of a Venezuelan man during the immigration
crackdown in Minneapolis. The city of Toronto still cleaning up after a powerful storm hit
Southern Ontario. Dan Carpenter reports that even Rogers Stadium home of Major League Baseball's Blue Jays sustained significant damage. Video taken from a health stadium staff are still assessing the damage nearby tents and temporary structures were also destroyed. The storm brought almost a month's worth of heavy rain, golf ball-sized hail and winds gusting to more than 60 miles an hour. Trees were downed in several major roads including the North South Don Valley Parkway
and Gardner Expressway were flooded. Some drivers needed to be rescued from the vehicles. Environment Canada also issued weather alerts across Southern Ontario as well as a tornado warning. At the height of the storm thousands of people in the city were without power. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpenterac in Toronto. Global stock markets are advancing shares in Asia largely higher in Friday trading after Wall Street gained ground stocks in Japan, South Korean
China rising after the S&P 500 rose more than 1% Thursday. What tech stocks powering much of the gains looking ahead and bestigators are waiting rather investors are waiting for the Friday release of the Labor Department's jobs report. One of here this podcast without sponsored breaks, Amazon Prime members can listen to NPR News now. Sponsor free through Amazon Music or you can also support NPR's vital journalism and get NPR Plus at plus.npr.org. That's
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