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--:-- Shea Stevens: Republicans and Democrats are blaming each other for the partial government shutdown that's now on its second day. House lawmakers are not scheduled to meet again until Friday.
--:-- Vice President J.D. Vance: We need to reopen the government. Let's fix America's problems. Let's work together to solve them. But let's reopen the government before we have our negotiation about health care policy. That's what the American people demand, and that's certainly what the president of the United States wants.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Vance says there's no final decision on the fate of certain federal workers, but that extraordinary measures may be needed during the shutdown.
--:-- Shea Stevens: GOP lawmakers are insisting on passes of a short-term spending bill. Democrats are demanding that expiring health care subsidies be restored.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are already furloughed. Others are expected to work without pay until Congress reaches a deal.
--:-- Shea Stevens: More from NPR Andrea Hsu.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: The Congressional Budget Office estimates some 750 federal employees could be furloughed. That includes roughly half of the Department of Agriculture, half of civilians working for the Defense Department, and close to three-quarters of the Labor Department.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: Where most employees are still working, although mostly without pay, include the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and Transportation.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: Separate from the shutdown, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced layoffs of 1% of its staff, more than 100 people, including those in communications and the patents unit.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: That agency is not funded by Congress, but rather by user fees, so it remains operational.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
--:-- Shea Stevens: A federal judge says the Trump administration must continue providing millions of dollars in disaster relief funds to states.
--:-- Rebecca Hersher: NPR's Rebecca Hersher reports that the states affected by the ruling are currently run by Democrats.
--:-- Rebecca Hersher: The funds in question come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA. They total about $233 million and are used to train and pay salaries for local first responders, among other things.
--:-- Rebecca Hersher: The money is supposed to go to 11 states, including California, New York, and Illinois, as well as Washington, D.C.
--:-- Rebecca Hersher: The Trump administration is trying to block those states from receiving the funds in what Democrats say is an attempt to punish jurisdictions for not cooperating with immigration enforcement efforts.
--:-- Rebecca Hersher: The states sued to retain the funding. Now a judge says the money must continue to flow while the lawsuit moves through the courts.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Rebecca Hersher, NPR News.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Two Delta regional planes collided while taxing on the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
--:-- Shea Stevens: The right wing of one plane preparing to take off to Roanoke, Virginia, hit the fuselage of another plane that was arriving from Charlotte last night.
--:-- Shea Stevens: At least one injury has been reported. Airport operations were not affected by the mishap, which is under investigation.
--:-- Shea Stevens: U.S. futures are flat in after-hours trading following Wednesday's gains on Wall Street.
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--:-- Shea Stevens: Rescuers are using heavy equipment and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines.
--:-- Shea Stevens: At least 72 people died from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that's trapped an unspecified number of residents in the hard-hit city of Bogo and outlying rural towns in Cebu province.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Army troops, police, and civilian volunteers were deployed on Wednesday to conduct house-to-house searches for survivors.
--:-- Shea Stevens: In sub Africa children under five die nearly every minute from the mosquito disease malaria.
--:-- Jonathan Lambert: NPR Jonathan Lambert reports on new research suggesting that treating baby wraps with insect repellent could lessen the toll.
--:-- Jonathan Lambert: During the day, many babies in rural Africa often get around on mom's back in a baby wrap where they're exposed to mosquitoes.
--:-- Jonathan Lambert: New research in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that treating those wraps with the insect-repellent permethrin can protect babies.
--:-- Jonathan Lambert: In a large study in Uganda, babies in treated wraps saw minimal side effects, a slightly increased risk of rash, and great results, about a two-thirds reduction in malaria compared with babies in non-treated wraps.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Conservationist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Goodall may be best remembered for living among chimpanzees in Africa and documenting their distinct personalities and daily habits.
--:-- Shea Stevens: Her research is seen as vital to how the world perceives chimpanzees and the complexity of all humans.
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