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a look at new Food and Drug Administration regulations regarding cigarette sales that went into effect today. The rules require retailers to ask for a photo I.D. for all customers buying cigarettes who look younger than 27. Failure to comply could cost store owners $250. President Clinton argues the new rules will actually help retailers, since they won't have to guess the age of those buying cigarettes.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that American Edmond Pope went on trial in a Moscow court today, accused of trying to buy Russian military secrets. Pope's supporters deny he's a spy, insisting he's a businessman who was buying declassified Russian technology. Members of the U.S. Congress have urged the Clinton administration to hold up aid to Russia if Pope is convicted. The trial is expected to last several weeks.

The Fed also announced plans to accelerate the process of cutting down on its bond-buying program amidst concerns over inflation.

The Supreme Court heard arguments today on a challenge to the Brady gun-control law, which requires background checks on people trying to buy handguns. Sheriffs from Arizona and Montana filed suit, saying the law is unconstitutional because it requires states to carry out a federal policy. Supporters of the law say it has been effective in keeping criminals from buying guns. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

The government announced Tuesday that it plans to buy huge amounts of short-term debts from companies. The Fed will buy "commercial paper," a short-term financing mechanism that many companies use to finance their day-to-day operations, like meeting payroll or purchasing supplies.

When thousands of Haitians – like Dachka and Exode – arrived in the unlikely border town of Del Rio, Texas, they hoped they were crossing the finish line of an arduous immigration journey. But when the U.S. started flying some families back to Haiti (including their South American children) migrants were forced to make a critical decision: stay in the U.S. migrant camp and risk expulsion – or return to Mexico.

This week on Petrie Dish we talk with experts about why you feel how you feel, and what happens inside your body when you start to feel overwhelmed.…

TPR Noticias al Día–Lunes, 21 de noviembre de 2022

In two Texas counties along the border with Mexico, 20 to 25 percent of seniors have Alzheimer's or related dementias. Those rates are among the highest in the US and represent a mostly Latino population. But Latinos are underrepresented in Alzheimer's clinical trials. Physician and neurologist Dr. Gladys Maestre is changing that at her NIH-funded Alzheimer's research center in the Rio Grande Valley, the first of its kind in Texas. She's using a "place-based" approach to dementia care, bringing her Latina identity and cultural knowledge to investigate the social, environmental, and biological factors that influence brain health.

This November, San Antonio voters will decide whether to approve the "SA Ready to Work" initiative that would promote workforce development in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, which wiped out more than 60,000 area jobs. On San Antonians' ballots as the City's "Proposition B," it proposes a four-year program to train 40,000 residents for future in-demand jobs to provide stable careers in the post-COVID economy.