NPR News: 12-09-2023 3PM EST

Published: 12/9/2023

NPR News: 12-09-2023 3PM EST

Get these topics and transcript in your inbox

Main Topics

TopicMentionsSentiment
NPR13

Strong positivity

United States6

∘ Neutral

Dubai4

∘ Neutral

Ken Paxton4

∘ Neutral

Gaza Strip4

∘ Neutral

Supreme Court of Texas3

∘ Neutral

Boston3

∘ Neutral

Don Garber2

Weak positivity

Hamas2

∘ Neutral

Transcript

[00:00s-00:22s]: Hey, it's Camille Lukashani from NPR Storycore Podcast. I'm one of thousands of NPR network voices coming to you from over 200 local newsrooms across the country. We bring all Americans closer together through free and independent journalism, music, politics, culture, and so much more. The NPR network, what you hear changes everything. Learn more at npr.org slash network.
[00:23s-00:52s]: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nur Rahm. As the war between Israel and Hamas continues in Gaza, United Nations officials warned of a complete breakdown in humanitarian aid for the more than two million Palestinians caught in the fighting. In many areas, UN officials say the distribution of food, fuel, and medicine has largely stopped because of the fighting. NPR's Brian Mann reports. Israeli officials are resisting international calls for a humanitarian
[00:52s-01:29s]: ceasefire in Gaza. Arguing that Hamas must be defeated first and on Friday, the United States vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate truce. According to a statement today from the UN Agency coordinating humanitarian relief in Gaza, there's growing potential for, quote, a complete breakdown of public order. The statement warned of the growing risk of a mass displacement of refugees from Gaza into neighboring Egypt. Thomas White headed the United Nations Relief Agency, said on social media, his organization is, quote, hanging on by our fingertips. Some aid convoys are being looted and UN vehicles' stone white wrote. Brian Mann and Pierre News, Ramallah.
[01:29s-01:46s]: Climate activists at the United Nations Climate Conference in Dubai say there are signs the negotiations are making the oil and gas industry nervous. NPR's Nathan Rott reports from Dubai. The statements from climate activists come in response to a letter leaked to reporters that was
[01:46s-02:29s]: sent by OPEC, the massive oil and gas cartel, comprising some of the largest fossil fuel producing countries in the world. The letter reportedly urged members and allies to reject calls at the climate summit to adopt language, named it phasing out the use of fossil fuels. It's been one of the most contentious issues here in Dubai with some countries, including the US, encouraging the UN to approve language that would signal a needed shift away from climate warming energy sources like oil and gas. Adopting that language will require consensus from the nearly 200 countries at the summit, which is scheduled to end Tuesday. Nathan Rott and Pierre News, Dubai. The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed a
[02:29s-02:40s]: pregnant woman whose fetus has a fatal diagnosis to have an emergency abortion. Olivia Aldery from member station KUT reports. Kate Cox received a temporary restraining order from a district
[02:40s-03:21s]: judge Thursday, allowing her to have the procedure. But Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton petitioned the state's Supreme Court to reverse that order, saying the judge had abused her discretion. Paxton also pinned a letter threatening liability to any hospital or doctor who facilitates an abortion. The higher court temporarily halted the judge's order late Friday night, but it's not yet issued a ruling on the matter. Lawyers who represent Cox at the Center for Reproductive Rights say they hope the Supreme Court will quickly deny Paxton's request, since urgent medical care is at stake. I'm Olivia Aldridge in Austin. This is NPR News in Washington.
[03:23s-03:52s]: A Michigan judge yesterday sentenced Ethan Crumbly to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He had pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the shooting deaths of four of his classmates two years ago at Oxford High School when he was 15. One of football's oldest and most storied rivalries gets underway at this hour. NPR's Amy Held reports, for the first time, the Army Navy game will take place in the Boston area. The Army Navy games are more than a matchup.
[03:52s-04:41s]: They are American history. Since 1890, football teams representing the US military academy at West Point and the US Naval Academy have played in what has come to be known as America's game. They've only happened outside the Mid-Atlantic area two other times. This year is the first New England hosts. As the nation and Boston commemorate another famous rivalry between American colonists and British rule. This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. To honor the dual history, Boston is displaying a 374-pound bag of tea representing 124 years of the Army Navy games plus 250 years since the brewing American Revolution that led to independence. Amy Held and PR News. The Major League Soccer Cup Final will be held this afternoon in Columbus.
[04:41s-05:08s]: The Columbus crew will play Los Angeles FC. Commissioner Don Garber says this was a good season for the MLS, partly because of superstar Lionel Messi who joined Inter Miami this summer. Ticket prices for his matches soared as did sales of pink number 10 jerseys. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington. News is a public service. That's why NPR never puts a pay wall in front of our journalism.
[05:08s-05:21s]: NPR.org our free website promises to stay that way so that you get all of it. Breaking news, pop culture, award-winning journalism wherever you are. To stay connected head to NPR.org.
[05:23s-06:00s]: Hey, it's Robin Hilton from NPR Solsons Considered. I'm one of thousands of NPR network voices coming to you from over 200 local newsrooms across the country. We bring all Americans closer together through free and independent journalism, music, politics, culture, and so much more. The NPR network, what you hear changes everything.