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News brief: Russia under pressure, North Korea missile tests, LA City Council turmoil

6:40am October 11, 2022

Russia carries out rounds of airstrikes across Ukraine. North Korea confirms a simulated use of nukes to destroy its enemies. After racist comments, LA City Council president resigns leadership post.

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The Mexican, U.S. and the Canadian flags.

Why the U.S. might not win the global economy without Canada and Mexico

6:31am October 11, 2022

by Greg Rosalsky

A new book argues that for the U.S. to become more globally competitive and create good jobs, we must embrace and expand trade with Canada and Mexico.

After racist remarks, Nury Martinez resigns as president of the LA City Council

5:12am October 11, 2022

Some Los Angeles City Council members are facing increasing pressure to resign after a leaked recording revealed racist and derogatory comments made during a conversation with a local labor leader.

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What does the leaked racist conversation tell us about local Los Angeles politics?

5:12am October 11, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Los Angeles Time columnist Gustavo Arellano about the president of the Los Angeles City Council resigning her leadership post after she made racist remarks.

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San Antonio officer is fired after shooting teenager in a McDonald's parking lot

5:12am October 11, 2022

by Marian Navarro

Authorities are investigating after a rookie police officer shot a 17-year-old who was eating in his car in the parking lot of a San Antonio, Texas, McDonald's just over a week ago.

Travis Gienger from Anoka, Minn., stands behind his winning pumpkin at the 49th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday.

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A 2,560-pound Minnesota pumpkin was crowned the winner at this year's weigh-off

5:01am October 11, 2022

by Juliana Kim

The winning pumpkin, grown by a Minnesota teacher, set a new North American record for heaviest pumpkin.

DJ Art Laboe sits in his studio and talks about his 75 years in the radio business in 2018, in Palm Springs, Calif. Laboe, a pioneering disc jockey who hosted a syndicated oldies show for decades, died on Friday.

Pioneering DJ Art Laboe, who coined 'oldies but goodies,' dies at 97

8:40pm October 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

Laboe is credited with inventing the "oldies, but goodies" phrase, as well as with helping end segregation in Southern California by organizing live DJ shows that attracted a diverse audience.

LAX officials told NPR that FlyLAX.com was partially disrupted early Monday morning. The service interruption did not compromise internal airport systems and there were no operational disruptions, according to authorities.

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Pro-Russian hackers claim responsibility for knocking U.S. airport websites offline

7:58pm October 10, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Killnet urged hackers to take down dozens of airport websites across the country early Monday morning. Within hours several sites were down. But officials say the outages did not interrupt operations.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) speaks during a campaign rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport on Saturday in Minden, Nevada.

Alabama Sen. Tuberville equates descendants of enslaved people to criminals

5:18pm October 10, 2022

by Juliana Kim

Tuberville spoke at a pro-Trump rally in Nevada on Saturday ahead of the November midterm elections. The NAACP called the comments "flat out racist, ignorant and utterly sickening."

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L.A. City Council president faces calls to resign after she made racist comments

4:19pm October 10, 2022

by Adrian Florido

On a recording, the L.A. City Council president made racist comments. There have been calls for her resignation and the episode has exposed the racial tensions that have affected politics in the city.

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