--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: City leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, say they are still largely in the dark about a planned Border Patrol operation that could start this weekend.
--:-- Nick Delacanel: Border Patrol agents are expected in Charlotte on Saturday or early next week.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The local sheriff says he's not involved and Charlotte police say they don't take part in federal immigration enforcement.
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--:-- J.D. Masuera Arias: This is not about public safety. It is not about finding criminals. It is about fear, it is about quotas, and it's about control.
--:-- Aisha Dew: State Representative Dew also questioned why a border operation is planned for Charlotte, noting the nearest border is South Carolina.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canal in Charlotte.
--:-- Nick Della Canal: After enduring nearly seven weeks of a government shutdown, air traffic controllers are finally getting paid for their work.
--:-- Joel Rose: The Federal Aviation Administration is updating the staffing shortage status. The number of staffing shortages at FAA facilities has declined a lot this week.
--:-- Joel Rose: The FAA has confirmed that controllers have gotten the first chunk of their back pay today. It's about 70 percent of their total take-home pay.
--:-- Joel Rose: But that is only part of what they're owed. They're supposed to get the rest later in the month, including any overtime and shift differential pay that they're owed.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: at the National Institutes of Health. A critic of the Trump administration's policies was put on leave on her first day back to work.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: The notice Jenna Norton received said she was being put on paid leave not for disciplinary reasons, but she suspects it is in response to public comments she's made warning that funding and staffing cuts at NIH are harming the American public.
--:-- Jenna Norton: I fully believe we have those rights, but I also understand that this administration is not following the law. I mean, that is the whole reason why I am speaking up.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: The Trump administration faces multiple lawsuits over its firing of federal workers and cancellation of grants including at NIH
--:-- Andrea Hsu: The Department of Health and Human Services which oversees NIH did not respond to NPR request for comment.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The 2020 election interference case against President Trump and allies in Georgia has a new prosecutor now.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: Peter Skandalakis, executive director of Georgia's Prosecuting Attorneys Council, is taking over from Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: Willis was disqualified because of an appearance of impropriety stemming from an intimate relationship with the lead investigative prosecutor.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: At last check on Wall Street, the Dow was down 309 points.
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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Bureau of Labor Statistics plans to release a September jobs report Thursday, November 20th.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The jobs report was originally due to have come out October 3rd, but the government shutdown halted the release of almost all government data.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The BLS had already largely compiled the September jobs data, so its release had been expected.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The BLS has not said yet when the October jobs report, as well as the inflation report for last month will be released
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The CEO credited with expanding Walmart's economic and technological footprint over the last decade is leaving the company.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: Today Walmart announced that Doug McMillan, who is 59, plans to retire early next year.
--:-- Andrea Hsu: As of February, John Ferner, the 51-year-old head of Walmart's U.S. operations, will take the reins of the retail giant.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: In a couple of weeks, two classic snacks will look different.
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: Some Doritos and Cheetos are losing their bright orange color.
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: And their maker says it's going to stop using artificial dyes.
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: The new Doritos and Cheetos are called simply "naked."
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: PepsiCo, which makes the snacks, says they're made with no dyes or artificial flavors.
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: And so they're lighter in color instead of bright orange.
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: Synthetic food dyes have been under extra scrutiny as the federal government's Make America Healthy Again initiative urges companies to get rid of them.
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: Kraft Heinz and General Mills announced earlier this year they're planning to remove artificial dyes from U.S. products.
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: In April, PepsiCo said it would speed up its plan to shift to natural ingredients.
--:-- Pierce Kristen Wright: The new Cheetos and Doritos roll out December 1st, although PepsiCo says you'll still be able to buy the original snacks for the time being.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: It's NPR News.
