L.A.’s Private Firefighters, and U.S. Childhood Vaccination Rates Fall

Plus, remembering a civil rights Freedom Rider.  

On Today’s Episode:

Dangerous Winds Are Forecast as Crews Battle L.A. Wildfires, by Yan Zhuang, Amy Graff and Jonathan Wolfe

Childhood Vaccination Rates Were Falling Even Before the Rise of R.F.K. Jr., by Francesca Paris

Israeli Security Chiefs Join Critical Talks for a Cease-Fire in Gaza, by Isabel Kershner, Adam Rasgon and Ronen Bergman

Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Hamed Aleaziz

Charles Person, Youngest of the Original Freedom Riders, Dies at 82, by Clay Risen

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