Louise Schiavone
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NPR News: 01-02-2025 4PM EST
Congress returns tomorrow with Republicans holding narrow majorities in both houses. That could complicate President-elect Donald Trump's plans to pursue an ambitious legislative agenda. NPR's Lexi Schipittel reports.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Authorities have identified the driver of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas as 37-year-old Matthew Allen Livelsberger. He previously was an active duty special operations soldier with the Army. then joined the National Guard, followed by the Army Reserve.
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Wall Street approaching the close. The Dow was down 151 points, the Nasdaq off 30 points. This is NPR News in Washington. In San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon has been sworn in as governor, giving her pro-statehood new progressive party a historic third consecutive term.
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What would have been an upbeat event was overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout across the island on New Year's Eve. 1.3 million customers were affected. Outages were still being reported today as crews tried to stabilize Puerto Rico's power grid. Long-distance migrations can take a toll on animals.
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NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports on new research showing some bats time migrations to get a liftoff from passing storms.
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In Oxfordshire, England, researchers say that a dinosaur highway has been discovered during excavations in a limestone quarry. Paleontologists at the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham say nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years have been identified. The dinosaurs were the Cetiosaurus and the Megalosaurus, a ferocious predator. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.
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The FBI says they found no indication that this case is related to the early New Year's morning deadly truck attack in New Orleans by 42-year-old American-born Shamsud Din Jabbar of Houston, also a veteran who died in a shootout with police. Sheriff Kevin McMayhill of Las Vegas described what investigators found in the remains of the Cybertruck.
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Officials say Livelsberger shot himself in the head before the blast. The Sugar Bowl college football playoff game kicks off at this hour in New Orleans. The Notre Dame-Georgia game had been postponed after the truck attack in the French Quarter on New Year's Day. NPR's Becky Sullivan reports.
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NPR News: 01-02-2025 3PM EST
President Biden awards the Presidential Citizens Medal today to former Congresswoman Liz Cheney and Mississippi Congressman Benny Thompson. NPR's Tamara Keith reports they led the congressional committee that investigated the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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NPR News: 01-02-2025 3PM EST
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Bourbon Street in New Orleans is now open, and the FBI today is saying they now believe that the driver in the truck attack that left 14 people dead early New Year's morning acted alone. 42-year-old American board Shamsherdine Jabbar of Houston was killed in a shootout with police.
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On Wall Street, at last check, the Dow was off 217 points, the Nasdaq off 95. This is NPR News. In New York City, officials say a 20-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of New Year's Day at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The mayor was not there at the time. Adams' security detail arrested the man, who was charged with attempted burglary.
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There's a new dog breed joining the official lineup recognized by the American Kennel Club, the Danish-Swedish farm dog.
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Dangerously cold weather is moving into the eastern United States over the coming days, creating lake effect precipitation in the northeastern states. A couple of feet of heavy snow could fall in upstate New York. By the weekend, a wave of arctic air is expected to put much of the U.S. in freezing conditions.
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or sub-freezing temperatures from the Plain States to the Midwest to the East Coast in both northern and southern states. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.
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The FBI is saying there appears to be no definitive link between yesterday's attack in New Orleans and the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded in front of a Trump Hotel in Las Vegas hours later. Authorities say the driver of the Cybertruck was 37-year-old Matthew Allen Leifelsberger.
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In a news briefing in Las Vegas this afternoon, Sheriff Kevin McMayhill said that police still don't have 100 percent confirmation because he was burned beyond recognition.
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And now New Orleans is gearing up to host the Sugar Bowl today. The Gulf State's newsroom's Kat Stromquist has details.
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NPR News: 03-22-2025 5PM EDT
Lebanese health officials say there were deaths and injuries. NPR's Kat Lonsdorff reports.
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NPR News: 03-22-2025 5PM EDT
Computer programming jobs in the U.S. have dropped to their lowest level in 45 years. NPR's Windsor Johnston tells us AI has a lot to do with this.
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Disney's live-action Snow White hit the theaters this week, and PR's Bob Mondello reports.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. In a new move to increase deportations, the Trump administration is canceling a program that allowed over 500,000 people to be in the U.S. legally. NPR's Ximena Bastillo has more.
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NPR News: 03-22-2025 5PM EDT
The Vatican says that Pope Francis will be released from the hospital tomorrow. He was admitted to the hospital February 14th for a bout with bronchitis that had turned into double pneumonia. Dr. Sergio Alfieri with Gemelli Hospital says Pope Francis has improved and is no longer considered critical, thanks in large part to oxygen therapy and medicines.
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Doctors say the Pope remained alert throughout and he will continue to need rest and care. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.
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After a policy standoff, the Venezuelan government has agreed to accept repatriation flights from the U.S., carrying its deported nationals. Flights are expected to resume tomorrow morning. The Israeli military says it struck multiple Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, after several rockets were fired toward Israel from the area. Hezbollah denies involvement in the attack.
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NPR News: 03-08-2025 5PM EST
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. President Trump is urging congressional Republicans to pass a temporary government funding bill in hopes of avoiding a government shutdown. As NPR's Tamara Keith reports, Trump posted the message on his social media site after House Republicans released bill language.
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For a second consecutive night, Russia has launched heavy aerial attacks on Ukraine. This as the United States has stopped sharing satellite images with Ukraine. Phillips O'Brien is a professor of strategic studies at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
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NPR News: 03-08-2025 5PM EST
Professor Phillips O'Brien at St. Andrews in Scotland. Ukraine estimates at least 22 people have died over the past two days of Russian attacks. In Syria, international human rights observers say at least 1,000 people have died in clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. This is NPR News in Washington.
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The Trump administration's wide-ranging federal workforce cuts have not spared the National Weather Service. Weather experts say cuts to the agency's Alaska-based staff are already making forecasts less accurate around the world. Alaska Public Media's Eric Stone reports.
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NPR News: 03-08-2025 5PM EST
Most Americans are setting their clocks ahead this weekend, adding more evening sunlight, one of the glories of the approaching spring and summertime. About 70 countries currently observe what Americans call daylight saving time, This is the spring-ahead phase of time change where an hour of sleep is lost.
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The architect who imagined the transformation of an abandoned railway station into New York City's popular High Line Park has died. Richard Scofidio was 89. He was widely honored for his avant-garde artistic visions. I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.
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NPR News: 03-08-2025 5PM EST
President Trump's latest tariff threat targets Canadian dairy and lumber. But as Dan Karpinchuk reports, Ottawa says it is not sure exactly what Trump is looking for.