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NPR News: 05-22-2025 5PM EDT
The Supreme Court's 4-4 vote is an affirmation of the Oklahoma Supreme Court's findings. that in at least Oklahoma, the rule of law continues to rule.
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NPR News: 02-06-2025 3PM EST
It's two and a half times the size of our Milky Way. Never before has a telescope detected so many rings in a galaxy. This cosmic bullseye has nine star-filled rings, with what looks like an arrow really a smaller blue dwarf galaxy piercing the heart. It traveled like a dart, NASA says, some 50 million years ago, leaving what looks like a ripple linked by a trail of gas.
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NPR News: 02-06-2025 3PM EST
Our universe has billions of galaxies, huge groups of stars and other matter glued together by gravity, thought to form and grow by collisions and mergers. What is really rare is for one galaxy to dive through the center of another. And the rings around this bullseye boost a long-established theory, NASA says. They appear to have moved outward almost exactly as models predicted. Amy Held, NPR News.
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NPR News: 05-25-2025 12PM EDT
The green flag means go. 33 racers, 200 laps, 500 miles make 109 years of iconic auto racing history. Kyle Larson, looking to secure his own pit stop in history after the checkered flag finish line, he's off to Charlotte, North Carolina via helicopter, not race car, for tonight's Coca-Cola 600. seeking to become just the fifth driver to pull double duty.
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NPR News: 05-25-2025 12PM EDT
Last year's bad weather thwarted those plans. This year's forecast looks good. The gates are already open for the sellout crowd at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after days of pre-events, including Carb Day, a practice session named after carburetors, not the bread. Though the Weenie 500 Friday saw six Wienermobiles hauling buns, fans are still hungry for the main event. Amy Held, NPR News.
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NPR News: 01-19-2025 6PM EST
Negative wind chills forecast early this week spurred the National Weather Service to issue extreme cold advisories. As far south as Texas, Alabama, and Georgia, in North Dakota, there's a wind chill of 55 below possible. Widespread cold that's not just a nuisance, but can be life-threatening. with frostbite and hypothermia possible. Multiple cities are opening warming centers.
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NPR News: 01-19-2025 6PM EST
Along the East Coast, several inches of snow are set to fall before the bitter cold arrives by Monday. Some of the Arctic air mass also set to reach portions of the western U.S. In Southern California, however, the concern is the return of fierce Santa Ana winds tomorrow. That, plus low humidity, create more critical fire weather risk. Amy Held and Pierre Neuss.
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NPR News: 03-16-2025 2PM EDT
Across states, dozens of tornadoes, some described as violent, tossed trees, cars, and homes. I've got foundations with no houses attached to them. Mark Smith is coroner in Wayne County, Missouri, where several died. In the community of Butler, Tiffany Boyles said the gas station where she worked is no more.
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NPR News: 03-16-2025 2PM EDT
In Arkansas, the governor says recovery could take months, all from a sprawling system with winds feeding wildfires in Oklahoma and Texas and a deadly dust storm driven 50-car pileup in Kansas. Forecasters say a slight risk remains Sunday for severe weather in the eastern U.S. Amy Held, NPR News.
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NPR News: 02-16-2025 6PM EST
Rain over burn scars led to mudslides trapping cars in the Los Angeles area. The fire department responded, and a member had his vehicle swept off the road and into the ocean by debris flow, according to a spokesman. Mud has even seeped into homes, including Jill Forders near Pasadena.
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NPR News: 02-16-2025 6PM EST
That same system moved eastward, says forecaster Bob Orovac.
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Kentucky's governor says historic flooding closed hundreds of roads. By Sunday, winds were picking up all along the East Coast, bringing the risk of outages. And in the Northern Plains, Arctic air is bringing life-threatening cold into the negative 30s. Amy Held, NPR News.
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NPR News: 01-05-2025 6PM EST
Despite a D.C. snow emergency, Congress is set to meet to certify President-elect Donald Trump's election win tomorrow. Later, the Senate is also set to hold confirmation hearings for Trump's cabinet picks. And Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is still meeting with skeptical senators. NPR's Luke Garrett has this report.
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NPR News: 01-05-2025 6PM EST
This is NPR News. The national tribute for the late President Jimmy Carter moves to Washington this week after ceremonies in his home state of Georgia began this weekend. Tuesday, he will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol ahead of a national funeral service Thursday, before Carter is brought to his final resting place in Plains, Georgia.
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NPR News: 01-05-2025 6PM EST
The extended farewell traces Carter's journey from the Depression-era South all the way to the White House. The 39th president died December 29th at the age of 100. Residents of Santa Cruz, California, are celebrating the reopening of their wharf, two weeks after record swells battered the coast and sheared off 150 feet of the wooden pier.
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But Nick Altenberg from member station KQED reports, climate change means the wharf may still be vulnerable.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. President Biden will be in New Orleans tomorrow to pay tribute to the 14 people killed and dozens injured in a New Year's Day attack. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports the FBI says the man who rammed a truck into revelers on Bourbon Street after pledging his allegiance to ISIS had recently visited the city at least twice.
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NPR News: 01-05-2025 6PM EST
Millions are in the path of a major U.S. winter storm. NPR's Shondalese Duster has more.
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NPR News: 03-15-2025 2PM EDT
Buildings crushed, tractor trailers tipped, trees and power lines down. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said daylight dawning on the devastation helped crews assessing the damage. In Butler County, the coroner reported rescue workers found a man dead in a home turned upside down.
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NPR News: 03-15-2025 2PM EDT
Scenes from a massive system that swept from Texas Friday, where a wind-whipped dust storm led to three car crash fatalities, into the southeast a day later, where residents were told to take shelter. as forecasters issued a rare high-risk Level 5 warning of severe thunderstorms with the potential for violent, long-lasting tornadoes.
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NPR News: 03-15-2025 2PM EDT
In Texas and Oklahoma Saturday, dry winds continue to drive wildfires.
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NPR News: 05-26-2025 1PM EDT
Memorial Day became a federal holiday in 1971. Long before that, Americans recognized what was known as Decoration Day, adorning the graves of those who died in service. Today, it's the turn of two Civil War veterans. John and Henry Whedon served in the 39th U.S. Colored Infantry Regiment based in Baltimore. Thought to be cousins, they are buried in a churchyard in Frederick, Maryland.
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Joe Wilson, also a veteran, says they have long been neglected. He worked with the VA to secure veteran headstones for the men.
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Tens of thousands of Black service members in segregated units fought and died in the Civil War. Amy Held, NPR News.
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NPR News: 12-22-2024 9PM EST
The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly fired on and hit an F-18. Forcing two U.S. Navy pilots to eject safely, according to U.S. Central Command, one pilot suffered from minor injuries. For more than a year, the U.S.
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NPR News: 12-22-2024 9PM EST
military has been operating Navy warships in the region, conducting strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who are targeting international ships in the Red Sea, and disrupting commerce in one of the world's busiest waterways. Also this weekend, CENTCOM says they shot down drones and a guided missile operated by Houthis and conducted strikes on a Houthi missile storage facility in Yemen.
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NPR News: 11-11-2024 3PM EST
Here's NPR's Amy Held. Thirteen women will serve as governors next year, breaking the record of 12 set two years ago. After Kelly Ayotte won the governor's race in New Hampshire, the new record was inevitable with two women running in that race.
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NPR News: 11-11-2024 3PM EST
And while the increased visibility is helping normalize seeing women in high office, the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers finds women remain underrepresented in political leadership. with money, family responsibilities, and party influence among the persistent barriers against increasing their political power.
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Through history, 49 women have served in their state's chief executive office. 18 states have never had a female governor. Amy Held, NPR News.
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NPR News: 01-05-2025 8PM EST
Congestion pricing is now in effect in the heart of New York City. NPR's Robbie Griffiths has this report.
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It's NPR News. With California's commercial Dungeness crab season starting today, the port of San Francisco is kicking off fresh-off-the-boat crab sales. Billy Cruz of member station KQED reports.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. A major snowstorm is moving from the Midwest to Washington, where Congress is required by law to meet and certify the presidential election results tomorrow. The D.C. government has declared a snow emergency, but congressional leaders say they will not be delayed. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
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South Korea's anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Sung-yeol. A one-week warrant for Yoon is due to expire Monday.
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The Corruption Investigation Office for high-ranking officials will likely seek a new court warrant to extend the window for Yoon's detention he's wanted on charges of insurrection related to his brief imposition of martial law on December 3rd. Jobs data and clues from the Fed will be top of mind as investors return to a full trading week after the holiday period.
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In December, the Fed cut rates for a third consecutive time but signaled it was expecting only two cuts this year. It is releasing minutes from that meeting Wednesday, and the jobs report is due out on Friday. This is NPR News.
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Four years after the insurrection and violent attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters, from the White House tonight, President Biden addressed Democratic members of Congress.
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Biden says he is leaving office determined to respect the peaceful transfer of power. People in Atlanta can pay their final respects to former President Jimmy Carter until Tuesday. Georgia Public Broadcasting's Sarah Callis reports.
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Thousands of flights into or out of the U.S. have been canceled or delayed, and roadways have become treacherous in parts. As dangerous winter weather moves from the Midwest toward the East Coast, Karen Zarr with member station WUKY has this report.
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And you're listening to NPR News. Flu cases are up across most of the U.S. The CDC says though emergency room and doctor's visits are increasing, it's shaping up to be a pretty typical winter respiratory virus season. Norovirus outbreaks, however, are spiking. The CDC says they are exceeding numbers seen in recent years, even pre-pandemic. The fast-moving virus can present as a stomach bug.
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Handwashing is recommended to limit spread. Young children and older adults are most at risk from severe dehydration. The Golden Globe Awards are being presented tonight in Los Angeles, and Pierre's Mandelit Del Barco reports the film leading nominations could make transgender history.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. Today, in one of his final acts as president, Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. It increases retirement payments to some 3 million beneficiaries, including public workers like teachers, firefighters, and police officers. Despite Social Security trust funds facing a looming insolvency crisis, Biden spoke from the White House.
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2025 is off to a good start for the film industry. Ticket sales this weekend up 20% from the same time last year. Wicked rounded out the top five films at the box office. It's up for several Golden Globe Awards. This is NPR News.
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Travel is also on Biden's agenda in his closing days as president. Tomorrow, he's scheduled to visit New Orleans, where he will comfort grieving community members after the New Year's Day attack. Then he heads to Los Angeles, and Thursday he goes to Rome to meet with the pope and the Italian prime minister.
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Giorgio Maloney was at Mar-a-Lago this weekend visiting President-elect Trump, who is set to take over from Biden January 20th. Authorities say the man who killed 14 people in that New Year's Day attack in New Orleans visited Egypt and Canada in 2023. Then he went to New Orleans in the months before his rampage. Aidan McHale with member station WWNO has more.
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NPR News: 05-05-2025 3AM EDT
United announced the cancellation of 35 round-trip flights every day from New York Airport. because the technology air traffic controllers rely on has, quote, failed. In a statement, CEO Scott Kirby says it's clear the airport cannot handle the planes scheduled to operate there. This weekend at Newark, Odette Fortier planned to join her tour group, but got stuck on the tarmac.
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NPR News: 05-05-2025 3AM EDT
We can't go another day. It's not just Newark. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says unless a whole new air traffic control system is built, people will lose lives. The current system relies in part on floppy disks and World War II era radar. Upgrade funding is under consideration by Congress. Amy Held, NPR News.
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NPR News: 05-30-2025 3PM EDT
E-C-L-A-I-R-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T. Faison Zaki fell down as Confetti rained down, overwhelmed with his win. Go! The 13-year-old can spell words, but struggled to find words. Eclair C. Small means a clearing up. And in his fourth competition, the seventh grader from the Dallas area cleared up any doubts, moving from 370th place in 2019 to runner-up last year.
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This year, he prevailed over three days, 21 rounds, and nearly 250 contestants. Scripps is marking a century of spelling since 1925, inspiring word nerds from around the world. Amy Held, NPR News.