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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shays Stevens. President Trump touted his economic policies Wednesday while attending the American Business Forum in Miami. Trump told top executives and other elites there that the U.S. economy is doing great. The stock market has set 40-time, all-time record highs, and just recently, record high, record high, record high, record high. All of them, all of the different exchanges. GDP growth in the second quarter was an amazing, almost 4%. Trump's comments gave it a time when an increasing number of Americans are worried about their finances. He blamed the ongoing government shutdown on Democrats.

Secretary of State, Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegsev have given closed-door briefings on the growing U.S. military presence in the Caribbean. The two officials have updated congressional leaders on U.S. military strikes on small boats in the Pacific and Caribbean. Two people were killed in the latest incident on Tuesday. That brought to 66, the number of people, killed in 16 U.S. military strikes on alleged drugboat since September. Federal investigators say they've recovered flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the UPS cargo plane that crashed in Louisville. At least 12 people died in Tuesday's mishap, including the UPS flight crew. From member station, W.EKU, Curtis Tate, has more.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the plane's voice and data recorders both sustain fire damage in the crash. NTSB member Todd Enman says investigators won't know the condition of their contents until they are sent to a laboratory in Washington for analysis. Enman also says, according to airport security footage, the left engine became detached from the plane while it was attempting to take off. That correlates with the video that we've seen of it detaching from the airplane while it is in flight. Inman says the debris field stretches half a mile. For NPR news, I'm Curtis Tate in Richmond, Kentucky. In Colorado, the man who's accused of firebombing a group of peaceful pro-Israel demonstrators has split it not guilty in state court.

Colorado Public Radio's Alison Sherry has the story. Authorities say that 46-year-old Muhammad Soleiman had told them he planned the June 1st attack for a year and wanted to use a firearm but was denied purchase of one because of his immigration status. Instead, he used Molotov cocktails. Suleiman pleaded not guilty to more than 100 state charges related to that attack on a crowd gathered on a pedestrian mall in Boulder. Fifteen people were injured, including one elderly woman who died later from her injuries. Those charges include first-degree murder and attempted murder. Suleiman also faces federal hate crimes charges.

Both trials are planned for next year. For NPR News, I'm Alison Sherry in Boulder. U.S. futures are lower in after-hours trading on Wall Street following Wednesday's games. This is NPR. Unionized workers at Starbucks are threatening to walk off their jobs in at least 25 cities beginning November 13th if they don't have a new contract by then. In a letter to employees, Starbucks says the union is proposing an immediate 65% pay hike and a 77% increase over three years, among other things. Around 550 of the roughly 10,000 Starbucks locations are unionized. A coffee chain closed dozens of union shops in September as part of a restructuring.

Three Chinese astronauts are not returning to Earth as scheduled. They are assessing damage from a small amount of space debris that hit their space station before leaving. NPR's Emily Fang has details. Just a few days ago, a new team of astronauts launched into space and successfully docked at the Tian Gong station. But the outgoing group of astronauts is now delayed after a six-month stint aboard the station. China's space agency believes space debris hit the station. China's been making big strides in its space program. The Tian Gong or heavenly palace in Chinese is China's first permanently crude station

and was designed to rival the U.S.-led international space station. The space agency says the next crew to Tian Gong will include an international astronaut from Pakistan for the first time. And this week, China said it was on track to land a person on the moon by 2030. Emily Fang, NPR News. Victor Conti, who found it the now-defunct Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative, or Balco, has died at the age of 75. Conti was a leading provider of undetectable steroids to elite athletes and track and baseball. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe.

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