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From NPR news in Washington, I'm Jack1 Speer.The Obama administration wants to make it harder for people to buy a gun without a background check. As NPR's Scott Horsley explains president Obama has decided2 to act on his own after a push for gun control legislation stalled in the senate. An emotional president Obama told a room full of gun control advocates America can't be held hostage by the gun lobby. He announced a series of executive actions including a move to narrow loophole. It allows some dealers3 to sell large numbers of weapons online or at gun shows without a federal license4. 'Anybody in the business of selling firearms must get a license and conduct background checks or be subject to criminal prosecutions5.' Republican leaders in congress criticized the president's move, calling it a distraction6 that undermined the Second Amendment7. The White House says it's confident the measures will stand likely legal challenges. Scott Horsley, NPR news, Washington.
Some former students of a
prestigious8 Rhode Island boarding school are now calling for an independent
investigation9 into sexual abuse charges that reportedly span three decades and involve 7 former staff members. St. George's School in Middletown last month announced it found 26 students were sexually abused by school employees. Now WBUR station member reporter Fred Thys says that number may have gone up. Attorneys representing some of the student say that they now have 40 people whom they believe for the incredible
alleged10 victims of sexual abuse that began at the school in the 1970s and went on until 2014. Around 400 students currently attend the private where tuition is roughly 56,000 dollars a year.
The leader of a small armed group that hunkered down inside a wildlife refuge in east Oregon says its members will leave when a plan is in place to
turnover11 management of federal lands to locals. Ammon Bundy telling reporters that now he or national wildlife refuge ranchers, loggers and farmers should have control of the land. They can claim their own rights so that they could begin using them and then they can stand strong enough to defend them themselves and then we will go home. Ammon Bundy is the son of Clevin Bundy. The older Bunday was involved in a high profile standoff with the government in 2014 over grazing rights.
Yahoo is
apparently12 throwing in the towel in terms of a plan to compete with video services like Netflix and You Tube. The company now says it will close its online video hub Yahoo Screen which was redesigned by the company sixteen months ago. Announcing the
cancellation13, CEO Marissa Mayer is apparently retreating from an earlier plan to build a destination site to compete with Netflix and You Tube. Instead, the company will
scatter14 its video contact across its digital magazines and other services.
A mixed close on Wall Street. The Dow was up 9 points at 17158. The NASDAQ closed down 11 points. You're listening to NPR news in Washington.
US military officials say one serviceman is dead and two others were wounded today in fighting in southern Afghanistan. Latest skirmish apparently came amid
intensified15 efforts by the US and its Afghan parterres to push back against recent Taliban gains in the region. Taliban in recent weeks has been seeking to retake parts of Helmand province which shares a border with Pakistan.
A new study finds State passed 57 additional
restrictions16 on
abortion17 last year. NPR's Jennifer Layton reports the uptick is part of a trend to help push the US
Supreme18 court to begin to take up the issue. Most restrictions were passed in midwestern and southern states, that's according to the Guttmacher Institution, an abortion rights think tank. Since 2010, 4 states have passed at least 20 restrictions each. Among the most common last year,
mandated19 waiting periods and limits on medication abortion. More states also pass laws requiring abortion providers to operate like ambulatory
surgical20 centers and requiring their doctors to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Those are the measures the Supreme Court has said to review in what could be its most significant abortion case in two decades. Arguments in March will focus on whether a Texas law imposes an
undue21 burden on women seeking to end
pregnancy22. Jennifer Layton, NPR news, Washington.
Baltimore city officials say they're looking to
demolish23 thousands of vacant buildings in the city over the next four years, part of an effort to deal with urban
blight24 there. Maryland governor Larry Hogan and Baltimore mayor's Stephanie Rawlings-Blake are unveiling the plan saying some of the work will take place in the neighborhood where Freddie Gray was hurt while he was in police
custody25. Gray's death pumped major * on rest of the city. I'm Jack Speer, NPR news.
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