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Incoming White House "border czar" Tom Homan speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest 2024 in Phoenix on Dec. 22.

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  • National

Trump's border czar says immigration raids will begin next week, including in Chicago

Prospects of a raid in Chicago come just a few weeks after Trump's border czar Tom Homan visited the city and threatened to prosecute the mayor if he did not cooperate.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim,
  • Adriana Cardona-Maguigad,
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Less than a day from when the popular social media app is set to be banned in the U.S., President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the possibility of delaying the expulsion of TikTok.

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  • National

Trump says he'll likely give TikTok a 90-day extension

President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the possibility of delaying a ban less than 24 hours from when the social media app is expected to shut down.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Juliana Kim
Police officers stand guard as supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol try to enter the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

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  • Asia

South Korean court orders formal arrest of President Yoon over martial law decree

South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, faces possible imprisonment over his declaration of martial law last month. The formal arrest comes days after he was apprehended.

January 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A content creator on TikTok holds a protest sign outside the Supreme Court building on Jan. 10 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Technology

With TikTok's future uncertain, creators ponder life without the app

Barring a last minute sale by its Chinese parent company, TikTok could soon go dark in the U.S. Now, creators on the Chinese-owned platform pay tribute to it — and talk about what's next.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman and
  • Chloee Weiner
Moderna headquarters, exterior view, in Cambridge, Mass.

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  • Health

U.S. pays $590 million to Moderna to speed up development of bird flu vaccine

The public health risk remains low, but bird flu variants have proven to be unpredictable, which is why the virus is a top priority for the federal government.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
The Federal Trade Commission has sued PepsiCo, accusing it of "rigging" the market for soft drinks by offering special deals to one big-box retailer, but not others.

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  • Business

Pepsi accused of illegal pricing deals with 'a large, big box retailer' in U.S. lawsuit

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Pepsi, alleging it has rigged competition by offering unfair pricing deals to a big retailer at the expense of smaller rivals, resulting in higher costs for shoppers.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Old photo of fire captain Shane Lawlor and his two sons at a Santa Monica Fire Station. Lawlor has been a firefighter for 17 years. He was dispatched last week to the Pacific Palisades and is still fighting the fires there.

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  • Education

A California fifth grader interviews his firefighter father

Cian Lawlor's father was dispatched to the Palisades Fire just over a week ago and he's been working it ever since. The 11-year-old had some questions for his dad.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Migaki and
  • Janet W. Lee
The Pacific Ocean is seen in the distance beyond palm trees and the charred remains of homes destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 13, 2025.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Great writers on Los Angeles

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Simon
A screenshot of the "Created by Humans" website.

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  • Book News & Features

Major authors hope new AI licensing site will help them keep control of their books

In the wake of several lawsuits involving authors suing AI companies for allegedly scraping their literary works to train models, some big-name writers are signing on to a new AI licensing platform.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
Workers build an electrical substation for a new Facebook data center under construction on May 29, 2019 in Eagle Mountain, Utah.

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  • Climate

U.S. electricity demand is set to explode. That will make it harder to cut climate pollution

Analysts say the country will burn a lot more natural gas in the coming years to meet soaring electricity demand, potentially locking in decades of heat-trapping emissions.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Private firefighting crews hired by insurers and others are raising big ethical questions amid the California wildfires. Pictured here is a snapshot of the devastating impact in Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 14, 2025.

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  • Business

Private firefighters are helping out in LA wildfires. It raises ethical questions

Insurers are deploying private firefighters amid the Los Angeles wildfires. Are they an added bonus for all — or only for those who can afford them?

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Jay Exum and Mike Cliburn, board members of the Friends of the Wekiva River, examine the fresh water of the spring on Dec. 11, at Rock Springs in Apopka, Fla.

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  • Environment

Development is taking a toll on Florida's precious springs

The state has been slow to adopt rules to protect Florida's endangered springs. While a boom in residential construction has increased the amount of groundwater being taken from the aquifers.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Members of the citizen forum including doctors walk in a rally protesting a rape and murder of a resident doctor in a government hospital early August, in Kolkata, India, on Oct. 1, 2024.

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  • World

In India, a police volunteer is convicted of rape and murder of a trainee doctor

A court found a police volunteer guilty of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, a crime that sparked protests and hospital strikes amid concerns over lack of safety for women.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The Center for Science in the Public Interest, which brought the petition to ban red dye No. 3, wants the FDA to require warning labels on food products containing other synthetic dyes.

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  • Your Health

Beyond red dye No. 3: Here's what parents should know about food colorings

Food companies have two years to get red dye No. 3 out of their products. But other synthetic dyes have also raised concerns, because of behavioral issues in kids. Here's what parents need to consider.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Maria Godoy and
  • Allison Aubrey
President Biden will leave office with a mixed legacy on Guantánamo. The prison, down to now down to just 15 prisoners, remains open.

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  • Politics

Biden's Guantánamo legacy 'one step forward, several steps backwards'

After some initial momentum and a few successes, Biden leaves office like his predecessors, with the prison at Guantánamo Bay open, and the 9/11 case unresolved.

January 18, 2025
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
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