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Morning news brief

3:55am January 16, 2025

by Leila Fadel

The diplomatic wrangling that led to a long-awaited ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, reactions to the deal, and how LA and other communities could tighten laws around wildfire safety.

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Corn sweat is real, and it's made extreme heat in the Midwest even more uncomfortable

Corn sweat is real. Corn draws in water, then releases it into the air through evaporation. And all that moisture produced by more than 90 million acres of corn nationwide can make it more humid.

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National

States train election workers to identify AI-manipulated materials

Election officials across the country have spent years fighting false claims and conspiracy theories about stolen elections. Now they’re worried that new AI technologies could make the problem worse.

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Las Vegas police refuse to comply with NFL facial recognition tech at games

by Martin Kaste

Las Vegas police are refusing to comply with the NFL’s new plan to use facial recognition technology for stadium employees during games.

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A growing number of backcountry spots now require a permit for camping

Recreation.gov is kind of like Ticketmaster for campsites — a government website that controls access to the most popular recreational sites on federal public land. Many critics say it’s not fair.

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PFAS spill raises questions about older fire systems found in U.S. airport hangars

More than 1,400 gallons of firefighting foam with toxic PFAS "forever chemicals" spilled into the environment when a fire suppression system at an airplane hangar in Maine went off by accident.

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National

DirecTV subscribers lose access over sports-heavy weekend due to licensing dispute

by Michel Martin

DirecTV subscribers saw channels owned by Disney go off the air in the middle of matches of the U.S. Open this weekend due to a contract dispute between DirectTV and Disney, which owns ESPN and ABC.

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World News

Evacuation orders force families in Gaza into perilous and overcrowded 'safe zones'

by Anas Baba

Israel's stepped-up evacuation orders are shrinking the safe zones in Gaza, increasing danger to constantly displaced Palestinians.

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National

Fact-checking TV ads from the Harris and Trump campaigns

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin talks with PolitiFact Chief Correspondent Louis Jacobson in order to fact-check television ads released by the Harris and Trump campaigns.

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Health & Safety

European conservationists are teaching endangered birds how to migrate

Endangered birds don’t have many older birds around them to learn from. So, taking inspiration from Hollywood, conservationists in Europe are teaching endangered birds how to migrate.

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National

Morning news brief

by Michel Martin

Israelis protest Netanyahu government after bodies of six hostages recovered. Unions are taking more prominent roles in U.S. politics. A look at Harris and Trump plans to tackle high housing costs.

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World News

Israelis protest Netanyahu government after bodies of 6 hostages recovered from Gaza

by Leila Fadel

Hours after the bodies of six hostages were recovered in Gaza, Israelis protested the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for a general strike.

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National

Unions are taking more prominent roles in U.S. politics as support for labor rises

by Don Gonyea

With public support for labor on the rise, unions are taking more prominent roles in politics, including key speaking slots at last month's Democratic National Convention.

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