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--:-- Janine Herbst: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says on social media that he'll send troops to Portland, Oregon, to protect ICE facilities there from, quote, Antifa and other domestic terrorists.
--:-- Janine Herbst: But Oregon's governor, Tina Kotek, is pushing back. Any deployment would be an abuse of power and a misuse of federal troops. Saying there's no need for federal troops in Oregon, quote, stoking fear and creating conflict. There is no insurrection. There is no threat to national security. And there is no need for military troops in our major city.
--:-- Janine Herbst: The Pentagon says it's ready to send military troops to Oregon at Trump's direction.
--:-- Janine Herbst: President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order, declaring children born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally or temporarily American citizens.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Lower court judges so far have blocked Trump order from taking effect anywhere holding that it likely violates the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
--:-- Janine Herbst: More than three dozen former national park superintendents are pleading with the Trump administration to close all parks if there is a government shutdown.
--:-- Janine Herbst: And Pierce Kirk Siegler reports the park service kept some parks open during a government shutdown in the first Trump administration.
--:-- Pierce Kirk Siegler: In a letter to the president's interior secretary, Doug Burgum, 40 retired superintendents at parks ranging from Denali to Big Ben to Shenandoah urged that all parks be closed if the Republican-controlled Congress can't pass a budget and there's a government shutdown.
--:-- Pierce Kirk Siegler: They say past shutdowns in which parks stayed open with a skeleton staff resulted in increased vandalism and habitat destruction and other public safety risks.
--:-- Janine Herbst: The Interior Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but the possible shutdown comes amid a major strain facing America's national parks.
--:-- Janine Herbst: President Trump has cut about a quarter of the park's permanent staff, just as many reported record visitation this summer.
--:-- Pierce Kirk Siegler: Kirk Ziegler, NPR News.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Iran has recalled its ambassadors to Britain, France, and Germany over their moves to reinstate international sanctions over the regime's nuclear pursuits.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Terry Schultz reports sanctions are due to take effect this weekend after a last effort by China and Russia to prevent them failed
--:-- Terry Schultz: The Iranian regime called the decision to restore UN Security Council sanctions against Tehran irresponsible.
--:-- Terry Schultz: A month ago Britain France and Germany warned Iran snapback sanctions would apply if Tehran did not take steps to halt its nuclear program, including the resumption of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, part of the 2015 deal under which Iran agreed to curtail its advancement.
--:-- Terry Schultz: President Trump pulled the U.S. out of that agreement in 2018.
--:-- Terry Schultz: China and Russia proposed an extension of the moratorium, but it failed to get support.
--:-- Terry Schultz: The sanctions include an embargo on conventional weapons, a global asset freeze, and travel bans on Iranian officials.
--:-- Janine Herbst: For NPR News, I'm Terri Schultz.
--:-- Janine Herbst: You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
--:-- Janine Herbst: A year after Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina with lethal floods and landsides, the city of Asheville has its own way of seeking healing.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Blue Ridge Public Radio's Laura Hackett has more.
--:-- Laura Hackett: Librarian Erin Parcels is standing on a bridge with a red megaphone overlooking the same river that leveled Asheville's River Arts District a year ago.
--:-- Laura Hackett: She's there to lead a primal scream on behalf of the local library.
--:-- Laura Hackett: Two, one.
--:-- Janine Herbst: The scream was a meaningful way to mark all that Asheville has been through says first screamer Francie Gens.
--:-- Francie Gens: I think we need to get it out and we need to feel it and we need to be together and know that we all feeling this and let it resound and be heard.
--:-- Laura Hackett: The idea came from Chicago, which has a weekly scream club.
--:-- Janine Herbst: In Asheville, where the city faces years of home, road, and water repairs, locals hope to make it a monthly occurrence.
--:-- Laura Hackett: For NPR News, I'm Laura Hackett in Asheville, North Carolina.
--:-- Janine Herbst: It's fall and festivals celebrating the season are taking place around the country with music, crafts, parades, and food.
--:-- Janine Herbst: In West Virginia, that means a roadkill cook-off competition.
--:-- Janine Herbst: The rules? Prepare a tasty dish using an animal normally found dead on the side of the road. Think snake, squirrel, you get the idea, but not actual roadkill.
--:-- Janine Herbst: Organizers say meat should be hunted or farmed.
--:-- Janine Herbst: West Virginia tourism officials call it a celebration of regional flavors and resourcefulness that intrigues and satisfies.
--:-- Janine Herbst: I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News.
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