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--:-- Giles Snyder: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Beginning today, federal aviation officials are easing restrictions and allowing more flights to depart as more air traffic controllers return to work.
--:-- Pierce Stroll-Rose: And I'm Pierce Stroll-Rose, reporting on this latest sign that commercial aviation is gradually returning to normal following the government shutdown.
--:-- Pierce Stroll-Rose: The reductions in air traffic at dozens of major airports will be lowered from 6 percent to 3 percent of flights through the weekend. The Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration say that reflects improvements in staffing levels at air traffic facilities.
--:-- Pierce Stroll-Rose: The FAA said the restrictions were necessary to keep the airspace safe as the agency grappled with widespread staffing shortages of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown.
--:-- Pierce Stroll-Rose: But with the shutdown over, air traffic controllers have finally received some of the back pay they earned, and most are now back to work.
--:-- Pierce Stroll-Rose: Airlines say they're confident they can ramp up quickly and should be able to return to their full schedules before Thanksgiving holiday travel begins.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Joel Rose NPR News Washington.
--:-- Joel Rose: The eight senators who brokered that controversial deal to reopen the federal government continue to face political backlash from Democrats.
--:-- Kevin Miller: Kevin Miller with Maine Public Radio reports, though, that Senator Angus King says it was a necessary step.
--:-- Kevin Miller: King, who is an independent, has faced intense criticism in Maine for joining seven Democrats in voting to reopen government.
--:-- Kevin Miller: As part of the deal, Republican leaders agreed to hold a Senate vote on whether to extend subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.
--:-- Kevin Miller: The two Democratic caucuses had been demanding an outright extension.
--:-- Kevin Miller: But King says the onus is now on Republicans.
--:-- Kevin Miller: We're either going to be successful and get an extension of the tax credits, probably with some amendments that are negotiated, or the Republicans will say no, and then they're on record clearly as being opposed to fixing this problem.
--:-- Kevin Miller: King handily won re-election last year.
--:-- Kevin Miller: For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller.
--:-- Giles Snyder: President Trump removing tariffs on a lengthy list of items amid pressure to address high consumer prices.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The list includes tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits, and other commodities.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Democrats won big election victories last week with candidates focusing on affordability.
--:-- Scott Horsley: A mixed week for the stock market.
--:-- Scott Horsley: NPR Scott Horsley reports that relief at the end of the shutdown was tempered by concerns that tech stocks might be overvalued.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The six government shutdown was a drag on the U economy.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The White House estimates it shaved about billion off of fourth GDP.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Some of that will be made up now that the government's reopened, but some of the loss will be permanent.
--:-- Scott Horsley: We'll also get a better handle on the economy once the government number crunchers who were idled by the shutdown start churning out reports again.
--:-- Scott Horsley: We'll get a report on the September job market next Thursday, almost seven weeks behind schedule.
--:-- Scott Horsley: Tech stocks lost ground during the week because investors worried the artificial intelligence boom may be overdone.
--:-- Scott Horsley: The tech-heavy Nasdaq slipped about half a percent, while the S&P 500 index rose about a tenth of a percent, and the Dow climbed more than three-tenths.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Giles Snyder: This is NPR.
--:-- Giles Snyder: An unusually strong atmospheric river storm has city officials in Los Angeles on edge.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: Forecasters say the heaviest rain is expected to fall this morning.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: The National Weather Service warning of the potential for rock slides and debris flows in areas ravaged by wildfires earlier this year.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: The rain is expected to last through the weekend.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A hearing is set for next week on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma's efforts to settle thousands of lawsuits over the opioid crisis.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: Yesterday, a bankruptcy judge said he plans to approve the deal which would require members of the Sackler family to pay up to billion over time.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: Purdue filed for bankruptcy in 2019
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: The International Energy Agency has released its closely watched World Energy Outlook a data-driven look at the planet's future energy use.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: And I'm Camilla Dominoski, reporting on this.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: The World Energy Outlook is not a forecast. It lays out several scenarios.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: But Director Fatih Birol says one thing is clear.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: We can comfortably say that the age of electricity has arrived.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: Electricity demand booms in all scenarios, thanks to electric vehicles, AI, and air conditioning.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: Natural gas grows while oil either grows or levels off, based mostly on how quickly electric vehicles take off.
--:-- Camilla Dominoski: The varying scenarios see different degrees of global warming, but in all of them, the world exceeds the globally agreed target of keeping warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Camila Dominoski, NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And I'm Giles Snyder.
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