5pm ET, October 09 | The latest headlines from NPR
Summary
This NPR News Now episode covers President Trump’s decision to purchase Russian diesel fuel and his administration’s new sanctions against the International Criminal Court. The broadcast also reports on the appointment of Katie Zachariah as White House press secretary and the imminent landfall of Category 3 Hurricane Isaias in Florida. Additional stories include a Federal Reserve report on wealth disparities, an ICE shooting in New York, the spread of Ebola in Kenya, and the political conflict surrounding industrial pollock trawling in Alaska.
Topics discussed
Trump announces US will buy diesel fuel from Russia
US imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court
Katie Zachariah named new White House press secretary
Hurricane Isaias forecast to hit the Gulf Coast
Wealth gap widens between older and younger families
ICE officer shoots and wounds man in New York
Kenya reports first Ebola death from DRC outbreak
Political fight over Alaska pollock fishing
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