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Better late than never: The delayed September jobs report will be out next week

A key report on the September job market is now scheduled for release next  week.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will report on September's job gains and unemployment rate next week. That's the first of many overdue economic reports held up by the government shutdown.

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Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs

Mathew Hunter, 26, works at KYUK in Bethel. Due to the funding cuts his position will drop from full-time to 10-15 hours on call.

A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.

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A storm devastated Alaska Native villages. Now their public media lost funding

A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK faces severe cuts to its staff and news department.

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Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family

Jen Trejo holds a photo of her son Christopher as she is comforted outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2023, in Washington.

A federal bankruptcy court judge said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.

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In Kansas and elsewhere, some state lawmakers are skeptical of the redistricting rush

Kansas state Rep. Mark Schreiber, seen here in 2023, was one of 10 Republican holdouts in the chamber for a special session on redistricting.

Kansas Republican leaders couldn't rally enough support this fall for a special session on redistricting. It's just one example of lawmakers pushing back on a new round of partisan gerrymandering.

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Scientists pull ancient RNA from a wooly mammoth's body

The body of the young wooly mammoth known as Yuka was so well-preserved that scientists were able to recovery ancient RNA molecules.

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a wooly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.

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Seizures, broken spines and vomiting: Scientific testing that helped facilitate D-Day

Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered unethical today. Her book is Chamber Divers. Originally broadcast April, 10 2024.

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The Trump administration plans major cuts to long-term housing for homelessness

Tents are set up in a homeless encampment along a Los Angeles freeway in May.

The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

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The Trump administration plans major shift away from long-term housing for homelessness

Tents are set up in a homeless encampment along a Los Angeles freeway in May.

The overhaul shifts funds to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. The administration says it promotes "self-sufficiency," but critics warn many will risk losing housing again.

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She criticized President Trump during the shutdown. Now she's been put on leave

Jenna Norton, a program director with the National Institutes of Health, says she has been put on leave following the end of the government shutdown. She spoke critically of the Trump administration both before and during the shutdown.

Jenna Norton has spoken critically about the Trump administration's funding cuts and mass firings at the National Institutes of Health. At the end of the shutdown, she says she was put on leave.

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Trump to address the affordability issue. And, Border Patrol heading to Charlotte

President Trump arrives for the signing ceremony for the "Fostering the Future" executive order in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 13, 2025.

Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, and now President Trump is preparing to take on the concern. And, Charlotte, N.C., is bracing for Border Patrol agents to arrive in the city.

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BBC apologizes for edit of Trump speech but says it won't provide legal compensation

A view of the logo outside the BBC Headquarters in London, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.

The BBC has apologized to President Trump for the way it edited his Jan. 6, 2021 speech but says it won't pay compensation. Trump has threatened a $1 billion lawsuit against the British broadcaster.

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Unlike the government, the quiz never stopped. Can you ace this week's test?

From left: Rep. Adelita Grijalva, Jack Schlossberg, "Fedora Man."

This week's quiz is mercifully light on politics, unless you count President James Garfield, a Kennedy family member and a new House rep … OK, so it's not light on politics. But there are geese?

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Economic promises helped Trump get elected. Now he has an affordability problem

President  Trump speaks to members of the press after exiting Air Force One on Nov. 9 at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

Americans are feeling the strain of high prices, even as President Trump tries to tout "record highs" in the stock market.

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As social media grows more toxic, college athletes ask themselves: Is it worth it?

Florida State forward Cam Corhen (L), shoots over Louisville forward Roosevelt Wheeler during an NCAA college basketball game in Louisville, Ky., Feb. 4, 2023. Corhen says he experienced online harassment when he played basketball at FSU.

Building a social media brand has helped enrich players. But constant harassment — fueled in part by sports gambling — has come to outweigh potential income. Now, staying "regular" is the goal.

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North Carolina official talks about Border Patrol agents being sent to Charlotte

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks George Dunlap, a commissioner on the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, about the upcoming arrival of Border Patrol agents in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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'Much more than a job': Food bank workers reflect on the joy they find in their work

Cyndi Kirkhart and Scott Thompson of the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington, West Virginia, talk about how they met and the rewards of feeding the hungry.

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Russia's massive attack on Kyiv kills at least 4 people, injures dozens of others

An apartment is seen damaged after a Russian attack on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.

At least 430 drones and 18 missiles were used in the overnight attack, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Comey and James seek case dismissal, arguing prosecutor was illegally appointed

FILE - Lindsey Halligan, outside of the White House, Aug. 20, 2025, in Washington.

Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge to dismiss their cases, arguing prosecutor Lindsay Halligan was illegally appointed.

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Disney eyes a future where users help shape the story

In an earnings call on Nov. 13, Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted at working with AI companies to create user-generated content on Disney+ to increase engagement with subscribers.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said his company is talking with AI companies about allowing subscribers to create their own short-form videos on Disney+.

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Federal special education staff may get their jobs back. But for how long?

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, D.C., in December 2024.

A new deal to end the government shutdown may briefly restore staff to U.S. Education Department offices that had been gutted by layoffs.

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Air traffic controllers promised fast shutdown pay, but they've been told that before

An American Eagle jet flies past the air traffic control tower at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on, Nov. 8, 2025. As essential employees, controllers were required to work during the government shutdown without pay. When the last shutdown ended in 2019, it took some years to get all the money they were owed.

The Transportation Secretary says air traffic controllers will be paid promptly as the government reopens. But after the last shutdown, in 2019, some controllers sued to get paid in full for overtime.

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A decade after the Bataclan attacks, France is still grappling with how to remember

People lay flowers and light candles in tribute to the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks at a temporary memorial at Place de la République in Paris on Wednesday.

In the 2015 attacks, 130 people were killed, including at the Bataclan concert hall. France is still wrestling with how to remember the deadliest attack on its soil in modern history and how to live with it.

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'Thrilled to be open': Smithsonian and other museums welcome visitors back

Visitors return to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2021, after the museum was closed for more than 400 days due to the pandemic.

The Smithsonians, National Gallery of Art and other sites that receive federal funding are announcing their reopening plans now that the government shutdown is over. Past closures have been costly.

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'We were gone far too long.' House members reflect on longest shutdown

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise chat while on their way to talk with reporters after the vote to re-open the government on Nov. 12. Johnson sent members home after they voted on a continuing resolution to fund the government in mid-September.

The House of Representatives was sent home for the duration of the government shutdown. Members returned to the Capitol Wednesday with a lot on their minds.

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The government shutdown is over, but not everything is back to normal

A flight takes off from Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, with the U.S. Capitol in view. The federal government reopened Wednesday, but some of the impacts will be felt longer.

President Trump signed a bill reopening the government Wednesday night, but it will take more than a day for some things to return to business as usual. We're tracking those here.

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If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!

After an earthquake struck Bangkok, these migrant workers from Myanmar shared a kind smile amid the shock and disbelief.

November 13 is World Kindness Day. Its goal is to encourage acts of kindness. (After all, one kind day is better than none.) Here's a look at the nature and nurturing of human kindness.

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What new Epstein emails say. And, ACA subsidies in limbo

A protester holds a sign related to the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 12, 2025. Democrats released emails Wednesday in which Jeffrey Epstein suggested Donald Trump was aware of the disgraced financier

Details on the newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein. And, the government shutdown has ended, but health insurance subsidies remain in limbo, with a vote on the matter expected next month.

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'We need to get out of here': Trump's immigration crackdown is quietly reshaping where immigrants live in America

![A woman poses for a portrait outside her home, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Tampa. Her family are discussing emergency plans if she or her husband were to be detained, and are looking to move to another state where the police presence is less felt.

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The Trump administration says that more than 1.6 million immigrants have self-deported. But there's also evidence of an internal migration from target cities and states and into quieter areas that feel safer.

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Why home insurance is unaffordable, even in places without wildfires or hurricanes

A hailstorm damaged virtually every building in the small town of Cozad, Neb. in June 2024. More than a year later, Baltazar Avalos is still working to fix damage to his home.

Some of the country's highest home insurance prices are in the central U.S., a region generally considered to be protected from climate-driven disasters such as wildfires and hurricanes.

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