--:-- Janine Herbst: This week on Consider This, COVID, vaccines, Tylenol. As the government makes massive changes in its approach to public health, we hear from doctors trying to keep up. If you hear something and you have a question about it, that's the time to have a conversation with the person who knows your health best.
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--:-- Janine Herbst: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
--:-- Janine Herbst: On social media today, President Trump says he's sending federal troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect ICE facilities from protesters.
--:-- Joni Odenland: From member station OPB in Portland, I have more. Trump said federal troops would be deployed to handle, quote, domestic terrorists in the city.
--:-- Joni Odenland: He has frequently discussed ongoing protests outside the Portland ICE facility, which were most active back in June.
--:-- Joni Odenland: Videos of federal vehicles in Portland had already been circulating online Friday.
--:-- Joni Odenland: At a press conference, Mayor Keith Wilson urged demonstrators to protest peacefully.
--:-- Joni Odenland: He called the deployment of federal troops, quote, a big show.
--:-- Joni Odenland: We have no tolerance for anyone in Portland who uses this difficult moment to hurt others or our homes.
--:-- Joni Odenland: It's unclear how many troops will be deployed or from which agency.
--:-- Joni Odenland: At least one protest is planned Sunday outside the Portland ICE facility.
--:-- Joni Odenland: For NPR News, I'm Joni Odenland in Portland, Oregon.
--:-- Janine Herbst: The medical group Doctors Without Borders is suspending all of its operations in Gaza City saying it has no choice as the group's facilities are being surrounded by Israeli military forces.
--:-- Pires Anas Baba: And I report from Gaza City, the closure leaves hundreds of thousands of people with almost no access to healthcare.
--:-- Pires Anas Baba: Here in Gaza City, the sound of sirens and Israeli artillery is nearly constant.
--:-- Pires Anas Baba: Medsa-Saint-Frentir decided to suspend its operations here after the organization said Israeli forces moved within hundreds of meters of its clinics.
--:-- Pires Anas Baba: That makes 28 health centers which have shut down or suspended operations in Gaza City this month.
--:-- Pires Anas Baba: Among them, the only functioning pediatric hospital because of Israel's latest ground offensive there.
--:-- Pires Anas Baba: MSF says its staff could no longer work safely or guarantee even basic treatment for patients with burns, trauma wounds or new bones in critical care.
--:-- Pires Anas Baba: The organization is urgently calling for guarantees of safe access for humanitarian workers.
--:-- Pires Anas Baba: Anas Babo, NPR News, Gaza City.
--:-- Janine Herbst: The storm system forming in the Atlantic could become Tropical Storm Imelda by the end of the weekend.
--:-- Janine Herbst: And the National Hurricane Center says it could bring storm surges, heavy rains, and gusty winds to the southeast coast next week.
--:-- Janine Herbst: South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster says people should be ready, pray, and hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
--:-- Janine Herbst: And the time to prepare is now, and not when the wind's blowing and the rain is falling down and things are getting shoved around.
--:-- Janine Herbst: He says flooding is also possible.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Right now, it's called Tropical Depression 9.
--:-- Janine Herbst: This on the anniversary of Hurricane Helene that severely impacted both Carolinas.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Meanwhile, Hurricane Humberto has quickly intensified to become the third major hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season.
--:-- Janine Herbst: You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Nationwide, K-12 students with disabilities are suspended at far higher rates than their non-disabled peers.
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: As I report from member station WFYI, families say those missed days come at a cost.
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: Shanae's 13-year-old son has ADHD.
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: We're only using her middle name because we're describing her son's disability.
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: Shanae says ADHD makes him impulsive, and she's frustrated by how often that has led to suspensions.
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: Why is he getting in trouble for what ADHD looks like?
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: Records show he was suspended for at least 10 days last school year.
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: That's a lot of missed classroom time. I don't want him to get even further behind.
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: An official with her son's middle school says its strict discipline policies are essential to foster quiet classrooms where students are focused on academics.
--:-- Dylan Piers-McCoy: For NPR News, I'm Dylan Piers-McCoy in Indianapolis.
--:-- Janine Herbst: In Washington state, thieves stole one million dollars' worth of craft whiskey from Westland Distillery.
--:-- Janine Herbst: The 12,000 bottles, including the distiller's sought-after limited edition 10th anniversary bottles of Gariana whiskey, were bound for New Jersey.
--:-- Janine Herbst: But the liquor never made it to its destination, disappearing July 31st when someone showed up at the distillery's warehouse with fraudulent paperwork and picked it up.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Officials say the Gariana whiskey stolen regularly wins awards and sells out.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Additional security is now in place for the remaining whiskey.
--:-- Janine Herbst: This kind of theft is actually rare in the U.S.
--:-- Janine Herbst: I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Rachel Martin: Hey, it's Rachel Martin. I'm the host of Wildcard from NPR.
--:-- Rachel Martin: For a lot of my years as a radio host, silence sort of made me nervous.
--:-- Rachel Martin: That pause before an answer, because you don't know what's going on on the other side of the mic.
--:-- Rachel Martin: But these days, I love it.
--:-- Rachel Martin: Ah, gosh. Give me a minute.
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