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Airlines Brace For Flight Disruptions By Trump Supporters Ahead Of Inauguration

4:26pm January 14, 2021

by David Schaper

The Federal Aviation Administration has vowed to take action against anyone who endangers flight safety after Trump supporters reportedly disrupted flights last week with chants and racist taunting.

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U.S. Cities Are Trying To Figure Out Restaurant Week In The Pandemic

4:26pm January 14, 2021

by Laura Ziegler

With the pandemic having closed nearly 20% of restaurants nationwide, the traditional version of restaurant week is at risk. So restaurants are either opting out or modifying their approach.

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How Transgender Visibility Could Help Drive Social Change

4:26pm January 14, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with journalist Imara Jones about how increased transgender representation in media and politics impacts the trans community.

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State Capitols Nationwide Prepare For Possible Inauguration Violence

4:26pm January 14, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark., vice chair of the National Governors Association, about governors nationwide preparing for unrest ahead of the inauguration.

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NCSC Chief On Foreign And Domestic Threats The U.S. Faces

4:26pm January 14, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with William Evanina, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, about the recent Russia hack and the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

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With U.S. In Turmoil, Experts Unsure What Kind Of Extreme Right May Emerge Soon

4:26pm January 14, 2021

by Hannah Allam

As thousands of security forces deploy nationwide in anticipation of unrest ahead of the inauguration, there has been a national reckoning over how seriously to take the right-wing extremist threat.

Biden To Reveal His Emergency Pandemic Relief Plan

4:26pm January 14, 2021

President-elect Joe Biden is set on Thursday to outline his plan for a coronavirus relief package that he wants Congress to act upon quickly after he takes office.

House Impeachment Manager On Preparations For Senate Trial

4:03pm January 14, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., one of the House impeachment managers, about the case's next move — a trial in the Senate.

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Flint Resident Reacts To Charges In Water Crisis Case

4:03pm January 14, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Flint, Mich., resident Jeneyah McDonald about her reaction to former Gov. Rick Snyder's criminal charges in connection with the Flint water crisis.

Shouting protesters face NYPD officers during a Black Lives Matter demonstration last summer in New York City, in outrage over the death of a Black man in Minnesota who died after a white policeman knelt on his neck for several minutes.

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New York State Sues NYPD Over Its Handling Of 2020 Racial Justice Protests

3:28pm January 14, 2021

by Bill Chappell

The state attorney general's office says it has received "more than 1,300 complaints and pieces of evidence" about the police response to the protests in New York City.