Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
The CDC says the "reckler cycle sproysus outbreak is over," the parasite that causes
it is seasonal.
“This year's largest devour outbreak began in May, and was mostly linked to iceberg”
lettuce, grown in Mexico, and appears Rachel Carlson has more. Nearly 20,000 people in the U.S. were hit by the diarrhea causing illness this summer. The agency still has a backlog of thousands of possible cases to confirm. Two people in Michigan died after becoming sick with the disease. Over half of all confirmed cases were linked to lettuce from caler farms, sold at Taco Bells
and in some grocery stores. But the CDC said Friday that all affected lettuce from this source, which was recalled in July, has been taken off shelves and removed from restaurants. So you can feel a little safer eating the salads you've been avoiding. The Food and Drug Administration is still investigating the outbreak, which was concentrated
in Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois. People Carlson and PR news. A federal judge has temporarily paused the federal government's use of a question on civil
“service job applications, and PR's Andrew Xu has more on that story.”
The question asked applicants to identify one or two of President Trump's executive orders or policy initiatives that are significant to them and explain how they'd help implement them if hired. According to the lawsuit, it showed up in some 70,000 postings, including for a nonpartisan roles like Wildland Firefighters, air traffic controllers, and accountants.
Several unions sued to block the government from asking the question, calling it an unlawful loyalty test. US District Judge George O'Toole issued a stay temporarily halting the government's use of the question. But he stopped short of ordering that agencies not use the answers.
They've already collected in making hiring decisions, and reassure and PR news. America commemorated the 9/11 attack today with solemn events across the country. Five people charged in those attacks that took place 25 years ago, remained in a prison camp in the US naval base on Guantanamo. But so far, they've not gone to trial, and PR's Sasha Fife explains one reason for
the delay. The military court was basically invented from scratch after the 9/11 attacks. This case could have been tried in US federal court, and many people think if it had, it would be long over by now. Our federal courts have successfully prosecuted countless terrorism suspects who are now
in US prisons, but our government put the military court in Cuba because they said they wanted it to be beyond the reach of US law. The prosecution of those defendants has been taking so long numerous judges have come and gone over the years. On Wall Street stocks rebounded today after a drop in oil prices, the S&P 500 snapped
a four-day losing streak, climbing 9/10 of a percent, the Dow finished the day up 1 percent,
or 509 points, the Nasdaq also rose 1 percent, Brent Crude, a fell 2.8 percent. You're listening to NPR news. North Korea launched several missiles toward the sea on Saturday, local time, the test launches of short-range ballistic missiles came one day after the US, Japan and South Korea, and a joint military drills. North Korea views the drills as a provocation, South Korea's
military says the launches came from the eastern coast, the US Pacific Command says the launches do not pose an immediate threat to the US. People across the country are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in a small Colorado city, firefighters, police officers, and their families took part in a memorial stair climb.
Colorado Public Radio's "Steena Seek" has our reports. More than 100 people marched up and down the bleachers at the local football stadium. Each stair step representing a life lost. Grand Junction Fire Chief Peter Scarris says it's important to remember how the attacks brought the country together, and that there are so many ways people try to make the world better.
We try to make it better by going and helping those in need, and it's just that American
“spirit of help and humanity that I think people need to remember more.”
Scarris is a former New York City policeman who had friends who died on 9/11. Frampier News, I'm Steena Seek, in Grand Junction Colorado. The stick-controlled metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority voted unanimously today to begin the process to rename that city's airport to honor singer and actor Dolly Parton. Parton died two weeks ago at the age of 80.
Nashville officials say the city authority is also in favor of the name change, the process could take a year or more to complete. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.
This week on the MPR Politics podcast, the Republican midterm convention was basically
a two-night MAGA infomercial. He is told voters, "I want you to pretend please that I'm on the ballot just come out and vote and show up for it." We break down President Trump's midterm strategy, including that $5,000 promise.
