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More than 200 million people — about 60% of the U.S. population — were under a winter weather advisory or warning on Friday, the National Weather Service said. More than 3,000 flights were canceled.
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NPR NewsTesting pregnant people's blood to look at free-floating DNA can tell doctors about the health of the fetus. But these tests sometime turn up DNA that might be shed by cancerous cells.
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NPR NewsThe bipartisan legislation would update the certification process for presidential elections, which Donald Trump and his allies tried to exploit after the 2020 election.
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NPR NewsSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced that the Senate will proceed to final passage on a $1.7 trillion government funding bill on Thursday morning.
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NPR NewsTemperatures across the High Plains plummeted 50 degrees Fahrenheit in just a few hours. The storm is so large that around 190 million people are under some type of winter weather advisory.
NPR NewsIn some places, temperatures dropped more than 30 degrees in an hour. Wind chills reached well below zero. Inches of snow fell. Nationwide, thousands of flights were canceled or delayed.