5pm ET, October 09 | The latest headlines from NPR
Summary
This NPR News Now episode covers President Trump’s announcement of a deal to buy Russian diesel fuel and new U.S. sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court. The broadcast also reports on the appointment of Katie Zachariah as White House press secretary and details the imminent landfall of Category 3 Hurricane Isaias on the Gulf Coast. Additional stories include a Federal Reserve report on wealth disparities, an ICE shooting in New York, the spread of Ebola in Kenya, and ongoing disputes over industrial pollock fishing in Alaska.
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NPR News Now Introduction
Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel fuel
US sanctions International Criminal Court after Nobel Prize
Katie Zachariah named White House press secretary
Hurricane Isaias forecast to hit Gulf Coast
Wealth gap widens between older and younger families
ICE officers shoot and wound man in New York
Kenya reports first Ebola case from DRC outbreak
Political fight over Alaska pollock trawling
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