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Russia says its naval 1 vessels 2 have launched missile attacks against targets in Syria. NPR's KF says president Putin was briefed on the operation today. Russia's defense 3 minister Sergey Shoygu  described the latest attacks to Putin in a televised briefing. He said four Russian warships 4 in the Caspian Sea fired more than two dozen rockets at IS targets in Syria. He said those rockets hit their targets. After one week of Russian air strikes, Putin said it was too early to gauge 5 the results of the campaign. Shoygu said that Russia has requested the US and other countries to supply any intelligence they have on IS targets in Syria. The Russian defense minister later said that Washington has refused to supply their information. KF, NPR news, Moscow. The Pentagon says it is willing to share flight information with Russia after a US military plane had to be diverted away from a Russian warplane over Syria. Doctors Without Borders is calling for an independent investigation 6 into a US airstrike on a hospital run by the medical aid group in Afghanistan. The organization says it may have been a war crime. A dozen hospital staffers and ten patients were killed in Saturday's airstrike. The US military has admitted the attack was a mistake and has vowed 7 to conduct its own investigation. Earlier today, president Obama called the president of the charity and apologized. Historic rainfall in the state of South Carolina has led to catastrophic flooding. At least 15 have died and South Carolina Public Radio's LH says officials fear the worst is not over. Areas from Myrtle Beach to Charleston are bracing 8 as the smaller rivers made their way toward the Atlantic Ocean. Governor Haley says first responders are ready. 'We have been through this entire process, prepositioning 48 hours in advance. So we're constantly 48 hours ahead of what's gonna happen. We've done that so a lot of that positioning of groundsmen and crew workers and  first responders are there. They are ready. It's not over yet.' Thousands of national guard troops are on the ground across the state. More than 400 roadways and bridges are closed. For NPR news, I'm LH in Columbia, South Carolina.
It's been a week since a cargo 9 ship sank off the coast of the Bahamas in Hurricane Joaquin. This afternoon coast guard captain M said officials had to make a difficult call. We have decided 10 that we will suspend that search at sunset tonight. Any decision to suspend a search is painful. In this particular case, we were searching for fellow professional mariners 11. We were also searching for members of extended coast guard families. Federal investigators 12 are still hoping the recovery of a data recorder from the ship that had 33 people on board. On Wall Street, strong gains for the markets. The Dow advanced 122 points. This is NPR.
California governor Jerry Brown says his state is in the forefront of tackling climate change. He sighed a bill today that aims to increase the state's use of renewable energy to 15 percent and make existing buildings twice as energy-efficient by 2030. The American Civil Liberty's Union has filed a class action lawsuits 13 against Benton county in southeast Washington state. The Northwest news network's AK says the ACLU contains the county's court fees unfairly target low-income people. In Benton county, when a person cannot pay their court fees, they can be put into jail or forced to labor 14 on a worker party. The ACLU says this practice is unfair to low-income people. It says the system is designed to  * county services by extracting money and labor from vulnerable people. People are assessed these fines as a part of a criminal sentence. ACLU says the county regularly assesses fines of more than 1000 dollars without considering the person's ability to pay the fines. The ACLU wants Benton county to allow more time to pay fees and offers alternatives like community service. For NPR news, I'm AK in Richland, Washington.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three researchers including an American. They've explored beating cancer by stopping cancer cells from repairing their DNA 15. The findings have led to the development of at least one new cancer drug,  Tomas Lindahl of Sweden, Aziz Sancar of US-Turkish decent, and Paul Modrich of the US will share the prize money that totals 960,000 dollars. I'm Nancy Lance. NPR news in Washington. This post was generated by put listening repetition system,  Check the original dictation thread!