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News Wrap: More E. coli cases linked to McDonald's outbreak

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Friday, more people have been reported sick from the E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's, the Biden administration is proposing a new path for student loan forgiveness, Hezbollah militants and the Israeli army traded fire across the Lebanese border and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says North Korean troops could join Russian forces on the battlefield as soon as this weekend. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines more people have been reported sick from the E. coli outbreak

0:06.2

tied to fast food giant McDonald's quarter pounders.

0:09.6

The CDC says there are at least 75 reported illnesses in 13 states as far west as Washington state

0:15.9

and as far east as Michigan.

0:17.8

The number of hospitalizations has risen to 22 and one person has died.

0:22.4

No source of the outbreak has been confirmed, but Taylor Farms, a

0:26.0

California-based supplier of yellow onions to McDonald's and other fast food chains, has voluntarily

0:31.6

recalled its produce from a facility in Colorado.

0:35.4

The Biden administration is proposing a new path for student loan forgiveness, this time

0:39.9

for Americans facing imminent financial hardship.

0:43.4

If finalized, the Education Department could proactively cancel loans for borrowers with

0:48.4

an 80% risk of imminent default within two years.

0:52.4

It's estimated some 8 million people would qualify,

0:55.2

including those facing unexpected medical bills,

0:58.2

high child care costs, or damage from natural disasters.

1:01.9

This is President Biden's third attempt at student loan

1:04.4

forgiveness and the proposal is expected to face legal challenges just as the

1:09.0

first two attempts have. Hezbollah militants and the Israeli army traded fire across the Lebanese border today.

1:16.0

Two people in northern Israel were killed by shrapnel from a Hezbollah rocket attack.

1:21.0

While in southeast Lebanon and Israeli

1:24.0

airstrike killed three journalists overnight. Many other media are

1:28.0

staying in the same area which has been largely spared from

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