Trump Threatens Border Closing; ‘Halloween’s’ Scary Score; Weird Ice Shelf Sounds

Something strange and beautiful comes early to Japan. [NPR] by Korva Coleman and Jill Hudson Heads Up [People in a migrant caravan make their way towards the border with Mexico on Thursday in Siquinalá, Guatemala.]( John Moore/Getty Images Here’s some of the news we’re watching today. President Trump threatened to [close the entire U.S. border]( with Mexico to prevent a caravan of Central American migrants from entering. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of migrants of mostly Honduran refugees are reportedly headed to the U.S. border. It’s unclear how Trump would block the group from crossing at a legal point of entry. The [Boston Red Sox are going to the World Series](. The Sox defeated the Houston Astros 4-1 Thursday night. The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League series and can wrap it up in Game 6 tonight. --------------------------------------------------------------- The Daily Good Something strange and beautiful comes early to Japan. [A cherry blossom along the Meguro River in Tokyo on Thursday. The blooms are an unusual occurrence this time of year.]( Kwiyeon Ha/Reuters The springtime bloom of cherry blossoms is an annual rite of celebration in Japan, but this week, an odd thing happened: [Some of the trees bloomed again. In autumn](. The apparent cause? Strong winds from two typhoons that struck the country in September and early October stripped leaves from trees and brought warm temperatures in their wake. --------------------------------------------------------------- Digging Deeper A rural Colorado coal county was struggling. Then a tech company came to town. [When the mines in the North Fork Valley started laying off employees, Eric and Teresa Neal hired and retrained former coal miners to learn how to work with fiber optic cable.]( Meredith Rizzo/NPR Between 2014 and 2016, two of the three coal mines in Delta County, Colo., shut down, and the valley's tight-knit little towns with folksy names faced the prospect of shuttering businesses and consolidating schools. A then-fledgling company began bidding and winning contracts to expand broadband to thousands of homes and businesses, and the company’s owners retrained about 80 former coal miners to work with fiber-optic cable. [Now Delta County's population is growing]( and — thanks to better Internet service — people who work remotely are moving in from urban areas. An ICE raid leaves a Texas town short of welders. More and more businesses are being raided as the Trump administration goes after employers who knowingly hire unauthorized immigrants. The biggest bust of all targeted a trailer manufacturer in northeast Texas, where [immigration police hauled off more than 150 workers](. The raids have employers complaining that ICE raids are undermining another Trump administration priority of boosting manufacturing in America. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listen Michael Myers is baaaack! [John Carpenter (center) directed and wrote the score for the horror classic Halloween, and wrote the score for its 2018 sequel.]( Trevor de Brauw/Courtesy of the artist The masked baddie from the Halloween movies is returning to the big screen to terrorize Laurie Strode, played again by Jamie Lee Curtis, exactly 40 years after the 1978 original. John Carpenter talks about writing the original film’s score, which is still one of the most recognizable and enduring horror flick themes ever written. (Listening time, 2:35) [▶ LISTEN]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Picture Show Is Mark Bradford the best painter working today? [Bradford represented the U.S. at the 2017 Venice Biennale. His exhibit, Tomorrow Is Another Day, is now at the Baltimore Museum of Art.]( Carlos Avendaño/Baltimore Museum of Art Mark Bradford is a large man who makes huge paintings. The 6-foot-8-inch activist and artist constructs abstract works that are inspired by horrors he — and we — have known. NPR’s Susan Stamberg talks to Bradford about [making art that is beautiful and menacing](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [A StarKist brand product is seen on a grocery store shelf. Authorities say StarKist has agreed to plead guilty to price fixing as part of a broad collusion investigation of the industry.]( Lisa Poole/AP - Charlie the Tuna, you rat! The feds say StarKist, Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee [conspired to keep the prices of canned tuna prices high](. - In time for the weekend: NPR Music’s appreciation of [the late soul-singing goddess, Sharon Jones](. - Your cat is not gonna like hearing them (trust us), but the [sounds coming from Antarctic ice shelves]( are truly bizzare-o. - Grandma was right! [Sunlight helps kill germs indoors](. --------------------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you're subscribed to our Daily News emails. | [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | NPR 1111 N. CAPITOL ST. NE WASHINGTON DC 20002 [NPR]