美国国家公共电台 NPR 2015-12-31

 From NPR news in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. Missouri governor Jay Nixon says he's calling up the state's national guard to help deal with unprecedented 1 floods. It's very clear that Missouri is in the midst of a very historic and dangerous flooding event. The amount of rain we received, in some places in excess of a foot, has caused river levels not only to rise rapidly but to go to places they've never been before. The death toll 3 for Missouri's flooding has risen to 13. 12 died in vehicles that were swept from flooded roads. He says the rain has moved out but the threat from rising water levels along the Mississippi river and its tributaries 4 continues. 

 
 
Cleveland's mayor is discussing the next steps regarding two police officers involved in the fatal shooting death of Tamir Rice. A grand jury decided 5 yesterday not to indict 6 them but as Elizabeth Miller 7 of member station WCPN reports they could still face consequences. Mayor Frank Jackson said on the media to discuss the administrative 8 review process for officer Timothy Loehmann and Frank Garmback. Loehmann fatally shot twelve-year-old Rice as the officers arrived at the park responding to a 911 call of a guy waving what was discovered to be an airgun. Garmback was driving the cruiser. The community will review the case to determine whether the officers violated any department procedures. With protests going on in Cleveland and other cities, Jackson emphasized that they need to continue investigation 9. 'Whether they agree with the grand jury's decision or not, we are moving here with our process.' Disciplinary actions, if any, for the officers could range from suspension to termination. For NPR news, I'm Elizabeth Miller in Cleveland.
 
 
Iraqi prime minster Haider al-Abadi made a triumphant 10 lap through the center of the strategically key city of Ramadi today. Yesterday, Iraqi troops backed by the US-led coalition 11 pushed IS militants 12 out of the provincial 13 government complex but NPR's Tom Boldman tells us Iraqi forces have not yet retaken all of Ramadi. Colonel Steve Warren, the American military spokesman in Baghdad, said there are still pockets of resistance, there are still IS fighters they have to deal with before Ramadi can be cleared. And colonel Warren wound't give an estimated when that would happen. An old Iraqi general told US officials just last week the day expected Ramadi to be cleared by about mid 2 January. NPR's Tom Boldman.
 
 
The State Department says there's been a marked and troubling increase in civilian 14 casualties in Syria since Russia's air campaign started September 30th. Non-governmental groups say emergency response workers were among those killed and medical facilities, schools, and markets have been struck. US officials say secretary of state John Kerry has called his Russian counterpart to voice his concerns. 
 
 
On Wall Street today, the Dow gained 192 points to close at 17720. The NASDAQ rose 66 points to close at 5107. The S&P was up 21. This is NPR. 
 
 
The WHO says the west African country of Guinea is now Ebola-free. Still NPR's Joanne Silberner reports it will be some time before the epidemic 15 can be declared over. The two-year Ebola outbreak showed up first in Guinea and then spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone. Guinea is the last of the three nations to be designated transmission-free. But Ebola has re-emerged before. The virus can persist for months in fluids in semen and breast milk. Epidemiologists in Guinea will be watching closely over the next three months so that they can identify new cases in time to stop the disease to stop the disease to spread again.  The WHO official says the key to ending the epidemic once and for all is building up the nation's healthcare system. Joanne Silberner, NPR news in Washington.
 
 
DuPont says it will cut 1700 jobs, about 28 percent of its workforce 16 in its home state of Delaware in the beginning of the New Year as it undertakes merging 17 with Dow Chemical. Thousands of positions around the world will also be eliminated. DuPont says the restructuring will affect about 10 percent of its workforce. 
 
 
Twitter is updating its terms of service to tackle abuse on the social networking service. The new rules offer more details of about what kinds of tweets and actions can result in suspended accounts. Twitter says it will not tolerate behavior intended to harass 18, intimidate 19 or use fear to silence another user's voice. Twitter is faced criticism of the way it's handled complaints of abuse. I'm Barbara Klein. NPR news in Washington.