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Two persons ride by on motorcycles as the Palisades Fire destroys a neighborhood in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

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  • Climate

What to know about the wildfires spreading through Southern California

Three wildfires are currently impacting Los Angeles and Ventura counties, prompting thousands of people to evacuate, schools to close and power lines to be shut off.

January 08, 2025
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Colleges and universities collectively experienced a 15% decline in enrollment between 2010 and 2021, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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  • Education

A looming 'demographic cliff': Fewer college students and ultimately fewer graduates

The long-predicted downturn in the number of 18-year-olds is almost here. And it isn't just a problem for higher education. It's a looming crisis for the economy.

January 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Marcus
Blue Origin's reusable New Glenn rocket is almost ready to head into space, having successfully completed a pivotal test on Dec. 27.

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  • Space

Bezos' Blue Origin is nearing liftoff on the 1st flight of its newest, biggest rocket

New Glenn, developed by the private space firm founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, is on the pad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and could launch on its maiden flight as early as Friday.

January 08, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
TK

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  • Health

'Don't be boring!' How to cope with the social pressure to drink during Dry January

What do you say to people when they ask you why you aren't drinking? How do you get your friends to hang out in places other than bars? We tackle the social conundrums of sober socializing.

January 08, 2025
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
A Syrian woman who arrived at a first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad shouts anti-Assad slogans at the arrival terminal of Damascus international airport, in Damascus, Syria on Tuesday.

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  • World

First international commercial flight since Assad's ouster lands in Syria

The Qatar Airways flight landed at Damascus International Airport. Many passengers were Syrian nationals coming come for the first time in more than a decade.

January 08, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A woman cries as the Palisades Fire advances in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

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  • National

Photos: Thousands in Los Angeles evacuate as wind-fueled Palisades Fire quickly worsens

More than 30,000 people in Los Angeles County have been ordered to evacuate as the Palisades Fire blazed through the Pacific Palisades community, fueled by intense Santa Ana winds.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • NPR Staff
A swimmer watches as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach from a wildfire from Pacific Palisades, in Santa Monica, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

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  • Weather

Wild weather brings winds and fire to the West, snow to the South

As the South prepped for snow and more cold starting Wednesday, residents in Southern California faced off with hurricane-strength winds.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying during the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January 2024. Zuckerberg announced on Jan. 7, 2025 that the company would no longer work with third-party fact checking organizations.

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  • Technology

Meta says it will end fact checking as Silicon Valley prepares for Trump

CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company's previous content moderation policies "censorship," repeating talking points from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan,
  • Shannon Bond,
  • and 1 more
An aerial view of mountains just north of Greenland's capital, Nuuk. Greenland is bigger than Mexico and has a sparse population of just 56,000 people.

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  • National

What to know about Trump and his keen interest in Greenland

President-elect Donald Trump has said multiple times that the U.S. should buy Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. The sparsely populated island is geopolitically important and mineral-rich.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
President-elect Donald Trump walks from the podium after a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Trump in news conference says 'all hell will break out' if Gaza hostages not released

The president-elect made a similar pledge on social media in early December. His latest comments came during a wide-ranging news conference from Mar-a-Lago.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Lexie Schapitl
This undated photo, provided by the Las Vegas Police Department shows the Tesla Cybertruck involved in an explosion outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.

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  • National

Man who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas used ChatGPT in planning, police say

The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Then-Vice President Mike Pence reads the final certification of Electoral College votes after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021. A new law clarifies that the vice president's role in the counting of electoral votes is ministerial. Congress will count the votes from the 2024 presidential election on Monday.

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  • Elections

Jan. 6 is set to be different this year — in a big way and more subtle ways too

In response to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot four years ago, Congress passed new rules to govern the presidential certification process. Those rules will be in effect Monday.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Smoke from a brush fire in the Pacific Palisades rises over the 405 freeway in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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  • Weather

Life-threatening windstorm triggers wildfire in Southern California

Southern California hasn't seen significant rainfall since last April, and a pileup of dry fuel in combination with the winds has the region on edge. A mandatory evacuation order was issued for the Palisades.

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Liz Baker and
  • Emily Alfin Johnson
A supporter holds a sign with a photo of Laken Riley before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Rome Ga.

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  • News

Georgia Today: House passes Laken Riley act; Ted Turner hospitalized; Ga. prepares for wintry mix

On the Tuesday, Jan. 7 edition of Georgia Today: U.S. House passes the Laken Riley Act; Ted Turner is hospitalized for pneumonia; and Georgia prepares for snow and ice. 

January 07, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Uniformed military personnel line the path of Jimmy Carter's casket as his state funeral moves from Georgia to Washington, D.C.  Special Air Mission 39 flew his remains from Dobbins Air Reserve Base north of Atlanta.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for January 7, 2025

Jimmy Carter's state funeral has moved to Washington, D.C. after observances in Georgia.  His casket departed by jet this morning.

Forecasters say it's looking more likely that there'll be freezing rain and ice or snow at the end of this week in parts of north Georgia.

Environmental advocates and economic developers in southeast Georgia have struck a deal over water rights concerning Hyundai.

January 07, 2025
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