Turmoil at the DOJ after prosecutors quit in protest

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  Good morning.

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  It's Monday, February 17th.

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  I'm Shemitah Basu.

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  This is Apple News today.

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  On today's show, protest resignations at the Department of Justice.

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  Nebraska, a state that relies on an immigrant workforce,

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  braces for deportations and disaster in Kentucky after deadly floods.

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  But first, an outbreak of measles is sweeping through parts of Texas.

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  State health authorities report at least 48 confirmed cases,

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  but say as many as 300 people might be infected.

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  It's Texas's worst outbreak of the highly contagious disease in 30 years.

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  The majority of confirmed cases are in Gaines county, along the New Mexico border.

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  The Texas Department of State Health Services says every infected person is

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  either unvaccinated or their vaccination status is unknown.

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  Most of the confirmed cases are school aged children.

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  It is troubling because this is completely preventable.

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  That's Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician at Johns Hopkins, speaking to cbs.

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  And I think this is really a reminder that measles is still a risk

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  and it is kind of the canary in the coal mine.

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  And it's the most contagious infectious disease known to humans.

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