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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Cleanup continues in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Milton. Statewide, more than 2 million customers are still without power as some 50,000 power line workers from 43 states and Canada are working to fix the lines. And hundreds of thousands of customers are still in the dark in the Tampa Bay area where gas stations are also offline.
Kathy Carter from member station WUSF has more. At a mobile station just off Interstate 75 in Bradenton, Florida, cars were backed up to the off-ramp. Ukiah Green said she waited over an hour before finally making it to the pump. She still doesn't have power, so is filling up two large gas jugs for her generator back home. I've been out of gas since Wednesday. I had to catch a ride from my cousin to even get here. The line is hella long. It's a search to even look for gas.
Green says she lives 30 minutes away but quickly arranged a ride after a neighbor told her this station was open. He also said to bring cash because that's the only payment they're accepting right now. For NPR News, I'm Kathy Carter in Bradenton, Florida.
With less than a month to go to the presidential election, the candidates are on the campaign trail. Kamala Harris is wrapping up a two-day visit to Arizona today with a rally in Scottsdale. She campaigns in Greenville, South Carolina Sunday. Donald Trump rallied in Aurora, Colorado today and Reno, Nevada.
Boeing says it will cut around 10 percent of its workforce, or around 17,000 workers, and will cut its production schedule. This has losses mount amid a machinist strike that's been going on for five weeks now. The aircraft maker says it will end production of its 767 freighter in 2027 and delay the rollout of the new 777X until 2026.
It also expects to report a loss in the third quarter. In a memo, the embattled company's CEO, Kelly Ortberg, says the business is in a difficult position and faces many challenges.
The commercial spaceflight company SpaceX says it could conduct another test launch of the largest rocket ever built as soon as Sunday. And here's Jeff Brumfield reports environmentalists, though, are concerned about the launch's impact. Every time SpaceX launches its rocket called Starship, it sprays nearly 200,000 gallons of water onto the launch pad. Some of that water flows onto sensitive wetlands. Last month, SpaceX was fined by the EPA for violations of the Clean Water Act.
Regulators appear ready to let this launch proceed, but Jared Margolis, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, says the violations show the company's disregard for environmental rules. They're protecting their corporate interests by moving quickly and not following the law. Margolis is leading a lawsuit by environmental groups to slow the Starship program. SpaceX says the water is safe and it's now in compliance with the law. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News. This is NPR.
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