Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are down to the wire with efforts to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. The House overwhelmingly passed a temporary spending bill Saturday after Speaker McCarthy turned to Democrats for help. But the Senate has to approve the bill too, and it’s not yet clear what they’re going to do. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins has the latest.
《連邦政府閉鎖回避へ; 下院が４５日間の「つなぎ予算案」可決; マッカーシー議長が民主党の協力を取り付けて可決; ウクライナへの支援は含まれず; 上院での採決待ち; the House overwhelmingly passed a 45-day temporary spending bill after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, unable to overcome disagreements in his own party, turned to House Democrats for help; more Democrats voted for the bill than Republicans; The measure includes the $16 billion in disaster relief money that President Biden wants, but not the aid for Ukraine that many House Republicans don't want; motion to vacate the speaker is likely; ４５日の猶予期間に何をするのか; Kevin McCarthy is a speaker who lives day by day;　》

New York City remains under a state of emergency after Friday’s record rainfall overwhelmed the city’s drainage system and turned roadways into rivers, and the White House is sounding the alarm about a build-up of Serbian troops along the country’s border with Kosovo amid escalating tensions between the two sides.

Cities across the U.S. broke thousands of heat records this summer, but in many of them, some areas were hotter than others. These areas are known as urban heat islands, which can mean higher energy bills and unsafe conditions for residents. Blair Waltman-Alexin of Austin PBS, in partnership with Austin Vida, reports.
《ヒートアイランド現象; urban heat islands; Blair Waltman-Alexin; higher temperatures in places with less greenery; temperatures could be different by anywhere between 5 to 10 degrees; redlining; 》

Nearly 300,000 American men are expected to be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year alone, though most of those diagnosed don’t die from it. Ali Rogin speaks with Dr. Charles Ryan, a genitourinary oncologist and head of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, about the screening, diagnosis and treatment of the disease, and what it means to live with it.
《９月は前立腺がん啓発月間; Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; Charles Ryan, genitourinary oncologist, head of the Prostate Cancer Foundation; アフリカ系アメリカ人男性の罹患率が高い; One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, but that rate increases to one in six for African-American men; a combination of both biological factors, genetic factors as well as societal factors; prostate cancer occurring in a black man is likely to occur earlier in life; PSA test; 前立腺特異抗原; U.S. Preventative Services Task Force; アメリカ合衆国予防医学専門委員会; USPSTF; 前立腺スクリーニング検査は全員に推奨されているわけではない; 20 to 25% of all of the men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States may not require any treatment; active surveillance; 》

Mahogany Browne is a poet, writer, organizer and educator. Recently, she became the first-ever poet-in-residence at the Lincoln Center in New York City. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on poetry as ritual.
《儀式としての詩; poetry as ritual; Mahogany Browne, poet, writer, organizer and educator; 》