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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. Authorities in Florida counties and the path of Hurricane Milton are expanding evacuation orders. WUSF's Kerry Shelverton reports that some rescue crews are shorthanded.
Barrier Islands are already under evacuation orders, and now so are some areas many miles inland near rivers and low-lying areas. Sarasota Fire Chief David Rathbun. I cannot overemphasize enough. If you're in those evacuation zones, you need to leave. He also says rescue teams are scarce after Hurricane Helene. Resources for our partners are a little bit stretched forward.
There's a number of federal urban search and rescue teams that are still deployed to North Carolina. Rathbun warned it could be days before rescuers can reach people. For NPR News, I'm Carrie Sheridan in Sarasota. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is leading a coalition of more than a dozen states that are suing TikTok.
The plaintiffs claim the social media giant is harming young people. Leslie McClurg from member station KQED has details. Rob Bonta announced the lawsuit at the San Francisco Public Library. He says TikTok violates state consumer protection laws by hooking kids and teens. They have chosen profit over the health of our children.
Bonta specifically called out addictive features like autoplay, infinite scroll, and the beauty filter, which researchers say damages the self-esteem of girls. They specifically prey on young people's vulnerabilities, their developing brains.
They have an algorithm that's designed to suck our kids in and keep them on. California is also among more than 40 states suing META for similar reasons. No comment yet from TikTok. For NPR News, I'm Leslie McClurg in San Francisco.
Studies in animals suggest that drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may be good for your brain, but bad for motivation. NPR's John Hamilton reports from the Society for Neuroscience that's meeting in Chicago. Scientists say these GLP-1 drugs, which are widely prescribed for diabetes and weight loss, appear to have some positive effects on the brain. One study in rodents with a form of Alzheimer's showed that the drugs improved memory. Another found that they reduced pain.
But Ralph DeLeon of Yale University says GLP-1 drugs made mice less likely to exercise. It reduces running quite significantly. It stabilizes to about a 40% reduction versus control. So this is a notable reduction. DeLeon says mice on the drugs appear less motivated to get to their running wheel. He says it's unclear whether this holds for humans who take GLP-1 drugs. John Hamilton, NPR News.
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