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There's something wrong with the plumbing in Cincinnati. Billions of gallons of raw sewage ends up in waterways every year. And for some, that raw sewage is a lot closer to home. When it's coming out of the drain down there, it's sewage. The stench was terrible. Listen to the Backed Up podcast from the NPR Network and Cincinnati Public Radio. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. A federal judge in San Francisco has blocked the Trump administration's plan to revoke temporary

legal protections for more than one million migrants. NPR's Matt Bloom reports on the latest ruling affecting people from Venezuela and Haiti. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Edward Chen argues Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Nome broke the law when she rescinded Biden-era extensions of temporary protections for half a million Haitians and 600,000 Venezuelans earlier this year. Noam has argued the extensions are no longer justified, but Chen, citing with immigrant rights groups and the ACLU wrote that the secretary did not follow correct procedures when she ended them early. The Trump administration has sought to end protections for migrants from many foreign countries this year. The latest ruling restores Biden-era extensions for people

fleeing dangerous conditions in their home countries. It could still face an appeal. Matt Bloom, NPR News. It was a mixed week on Wall Street. The job market showed signs of weakness. but NPR Scott Horsley reports that some investors are looking forward to a likely cut in interest rates. All the major stock indexes lost ground on Friday after the Labor Department delivered a disappointing jobs report. U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs in August and revised figures for June showed a net loss of jobs for the first time in more than four and a half years. The gloomy jobs report left investors even more confident the Federal Reserve will lower its benchmark interest rate when policymakers meet later this month. A quarter point rate cut seems all but certain, and some investors think the central bank could go further and order a supersized cut of half a point. For the week that Dow Jones Industrial average fell by a third of a percent, the S&P 500 index rose by a third of a percent,

and then ASDAQ jumped more than 1.1 percent. Scott Horsley and Pair News, Washington. South Korea's president has ordered all-out efforts to respond to the immigration rate on a Hyundai battery factory in Georgia. Authorities say some 475 workers were arrested. many of them, South Koreans. The Israeli military urging all residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the Almawesi area of Kahn Yunus, a humanitarian zone in the south,

as it plans to expand its military operations in the territory. The BBC's Weird Davis reports. Al-Mawesi has been designated a safe zone by the Israeli military for several months now, but according to the UN and other aid agencies, it is anything but safe. We've seen several attacks on physical buildings, and tents inside Amoasi.

Many people have been killed in recent months in this so-called safe area, including in the last week when several civilians, including many children, were killed while queuing for water. The BBC's Wer-Davis reporting there from Jerusalem and from Washington. This is NPR News. Texas now has laws on the books meant to prevent loss of life from flash flooding at youth camps. Texas Governor Greg Abbott held a bill-signing ceremony Friday. Two months after flooding in the Texas Hill country led to the deaths of 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic.

President Trump held his first event in the newly renovated White House Rose Garden last night. NPR's Tamara Keith reports the grass in the iconic garden has been replaced with paving stones. Trump hosted Republican members of Congress whose votes he says he knows he can count. You know, you're the first ones on this great place. We call it the Rose Garden Club. The new limestone patio has tables with yellow and white umbrellas that bear a striking resemblance to the area of Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort known as the Beach Club. We never touched a rose.

The roses are in full bloom, and they will be in full bloom during certain seasons, but we never touched. I tell you what we did, the grass was not usable. No grass, but Trump. Trump has a speaker system set up so he can play his favorite tunes using an iPad. Tamara Keith, NPR News. Now to Milan, Italy, where hundreds are paying their respects today to fashion designer Georgio Armani. A public viewing is being held in Milan's Armani Theater, where Amani regularly showed his runway collections.

It will continue through tomorrow ahead of her private burial. Armani died Thursday at his home in central Milan. He was 91. I'm Tael Snyder. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. T's and Cs apply.