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Staff for the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust in Florida tally the number of people living unsheltered in downtown Miami, late on Jan. 26, 2024. The annual point-in-time count is a nationwide census mandated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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  • National

U.S. homelessness jumps to another record high, amid affordable housing shortage

The annual federal count finds more than 770,000 people living in shelters or outside. It cites rising rents and the recent surge in migrants as key factors behind the increase.

December 27, 2024
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  • Jennifer Ludden
The FDA says that people who bought 24-count packages of organic pasture-raised eggs with UPC 9661910680 under the Kirkland Signature  brand — and also bearing the Julian code 327 and a use-by date of Jan 5, 2025 — should bring the products back to Costco or discard them.

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  • Health

Costco egg recall for salmonella receives FDA's most severe designation

The FDA has classified its recall of eggs sold under Costco's Kirkland brand as a Class I recall, a designation reserved for instances of the highest potential health risk — including death.

December 27, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. A Georgia appeals court has agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against Donald Trump.

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Georgia Today: State Senate can subpoena Fani Willis; Deadly accident at Tyson; Gangstas to Growers

On the Friday Dec. 27 edition of Georgia Today: Judge rules that Georgia senators can subpoena DA Fani Willis over alleged misconduct in prosecuting President-elect Trump; a deadly explosion at a Tyson Foods plant in Southwest Georgia; and the program empowering at-risk young people through farm work

December 27, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters stand guard at Al Naeem Square in Raqqa, Syria, in February 2022.

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  • World

Syria's U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition faces an uncertain future after Assad's ouster

After Bashar al-Assad's ouster, there are questions about the fate of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the U.S.-backed Kurdish coalition that currently controls a third of Syrian territory.

December 27, 2024
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  • Fatma Tanis
Michael Jeffries (right), former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, exits the federal courthouse after his arraignment on sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges Oct. 25 in Central Islip, N.Y.

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  • National

Claim of dementia could derail former Abercrombie CEO's sex trafficking case

Can his legal team's claims that he has late-onset Alzheimer's disease and dementia put a pause in the sex trafficking trial of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries?

December 27, 2024
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau.

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  • World

Photos from Azerbaijan jet crash suggest a missile strike, according to experts

The Embraer 190 with 67 passengers and crew was flying from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Grozny in Chechnya, Russia, when it crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people.

December 27, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
Clockwise from top left: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in <em>Babygirl </em>(A24); Ted McGinley in <em>Shrinking</em> (Apple TV+); Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada in <em>Shogun </em>(FX); James McAvoy in <em>Speak No Evil (</em>Susie Allnutt/Universal Studios); Tyler James Williams and Quinta Brunson in <em>Abbott Elementary </em>(Gilles Mingasson/Disney); Aaron Pierre in <em>Rebel Ridge</em> (Allyson Rigg/Netflix).

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  • Pop Culture

50 wonderful things from 2024

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making this annual list since 2010. Big, small, inspirational, silly — what these items have in common is that they are all wonderful and brought her joy.

December 27, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
The U.S. Capitol is seen on Dec. 21, in Washington, DC.

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  • Politics

A wild year in politics, by the numbers

From the election results to the the charges against President-elect Donald Trump, here are the numbers that defined 2024 in politics.

December 27, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar stands with state Democratic Party Chairman Ken Martin before speaking at the election night watch party on Nov. 5 in St. Paul.

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  • Politics

Minn. Democratic party chair says his wins could help nationally after loss to Trump

Ken Martin helped turn around the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's finances and secure a streak of statewide wins for the party over 18 years. Now, he wants to do the same thing for the Democratic National Committee.

December 27, 2024
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  • Dana Ferguson
Scenes from some of the most popular TikToks from the Global South in 2024: a dancing teen from the Philippines; that adorable baby pygmy hippo in Thailand; Mr. Bean makes a guest appearance in a TikTok by Khaby Lame.

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  • Global Health

Top global TikToks in 2024: Mr. Bean disciple, lip-synch for their life, baby hippo!

Scenes from some of the most popular TikToks from the Global South in 2024: a dancing teen from the Philippines; an homage to Mr. Bean, that cute baby pygmy hippo.

December 27, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
"Our problem is not with Israel," Governor of Damascus Maher Marwan, appointed by the new administration in Syria, tells NPR. "We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security or any other country's security."

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  • World

New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel

"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor Maher Marwan tells NPR. Syria and Israel have never had diplomatic ties.

December 27, 2024
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  • Hadeel Al-Shalchi
Clockwise from upper left: elephants are clashing with villagers in Zambia; a Sudanese refugee in Chad; 15-year-old Paris Lekuuk of Kenya has decided to start his schooling and is in third grade; artifacts from an Afghan museum honoring those who died in attacks and conflict.<br>

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  • Global Health

Global stories from 2024 that we loved ... but that you may have missed

These stories didn't get huge numbers of views, but readers who found them stayed with them for what qualifies as an eternity on the online clock. Here are our underappreciated favorites.

December 27, 2024
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  • Marc Silver
South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo speaks at the government complex in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024.

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  • News

South Korea's acting president impeached. And, how the 'Beyoncé Bowl' did on Netflix

South Korea's acting president has been impeached less than a month after the impeachment of his predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, for imposing martial law. And, how'd the "Beyoncé Bowl" do on Netflix?

December 27, 2024
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  • Brittney Melton
This photograph shows a boat that arrived with 41 people on board, including two minors, on the Canary island of Tenerife in July 2023.

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  • World

More than 10,000 migrants died in 2024 trying to reach Spain by sea, aid group says

The migration route that connects West African nations with the Spanish Canary Islands remains the deadliest in the world, according to a Spanish aid organization.

December 27, 2024
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By:
  • Miguel Macias

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  • Book Reviews

You can take the suspense: Get cozy with a new mystery or thriller

Here are 10 heart-pounding novels recommended by NPR staff and critics — perfect for winter reading by the fire.

December 27, 2024
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  • Dhanika Pineda
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