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News Brief: Trump-Ukraine, White Supremacist Group, Puerto Rico Relief

10:46am January 17, 2020

Watchdog report says Trump broke the law withholding Ukraine aid. FBI arrests 3 alleged members of white supremacist group. Federal disaster declaration provides funds to quake-stricken Puerto Rico.

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3 Alleged Members Of White Supremacist Group Arrested By FBI

10:46am January 17, 2020

by Hannah Allam

The FBI says it has disrupted an armed neo-Nazi cell that discussed bomb-making and attacks. They were charged in connection with their membership in a group called The Base.

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Legal Battle Over Terminally Ill Child Raises Sanctity Of Life Questions

10:46am January 17, 2020

by Wade Goodwyn

In Ft. Worth, Texas, legal action over whether a hospital can remove a terminally ill, 11-month-old girl from life support is raising legal, medical and ethical questions.

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Trump Declares Major Disaster After Puerto Rico's Earthquakes

10:46am January 17, 2020

NPR's Noel King talks to Jennifer Gonzalez-Colon, who represents Puerto Rico in Congress, about the more than $3 billion worth of aid to help the island after a series of destructive earthquakes.

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Earthquakes Revive Puerto Ricans' Mistrust of The Government

10:46am January 17, 2020

by Adrian Florido

People across the island are collecting donations for those displaced by earthquakes. Rather than give them to the government, they're delivering the goods to the affected region themselves.

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From left, then-Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participate in a USMCA signing ceremony in November 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Senate OKs North American Trade Deal To Replace NAFTA, Giving Trump A Much-Needed Win

11:15pm January 16, 2020

by Scott Neuman

With the renegotiated pact and Wednesday's signing of an initial trade deal with China, the president can say he fulfilled a key campaign pledge to get tough on trade.

FBI headquarters in Washington. The bureau is changing its policy on election security notifications to prepare for the 2020 presidential race.

FBI Vows To Warn More Election Officials If Discovering A Cyberattack

9:04pm January 16, 2020

by Miles Parks

The bureau was faulted after the Russian attack on the 2016 election for keeping too much information from state and local authorities. It says it'll use a new policy going forward.

Details about the forthcoming assistance for earthquake victims remain vague but a spokesman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency told NPR the funds will be released "on an ongoing basis."

Puerto Rico Relief: Trump Declares Major Disaster After Series Of Earthquakes

8:23pm January 16, 2020

Island officials were quick to thank the president for the designation, which makes residents eligible for more financial assistance from FEMA. They were just told aid for 2017 hurricanes is coming.

A view of Jeffrey Epstein's stone mansion on Little St. James Island. Prosecutors in the Virgin Islands on Tuesday filed a civil lawsuit that accuses Epstein of human trafficking that victimized young women and children as young as 11 years old. Some of t

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U.S. Virgin Islands Officials: Epstein Trafficked Girls On Private Island Until 2018

6:36pm January 16, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The Virgin Islands Attorney General's Office says Epstein recruited and abused young women and girls over two decades on his two private islands. Some victims allegedly were as young as 11 years old.

Boeing 737 Max aircraft operated by Southwest Airlines crowd the tarmac of the airport in Victorville, Calif., after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded the planes last year.

Report Defends 'Thorough Work' Done Certifying Boeing 737 Max — But Suggests Changes

5:26pm January 16, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

Amid difficult questions about the steps taken by Boeing and regulators, the review commissioned by the Department of Transportation largely validated the process that put the jetliner in the air.