This NPR News broadcast covers a series of breaking developments: new U.S.-Canada trade tensions following 50% tariffs, a high-speed IndyCar race in Washington, D.C., political controversy over Muslim prayer facilities at Texas airports, a growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic
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