Corva Kuhlman

Minnesota Public Radio's Peter Cox has more.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just wrapped up the announcements for its Oscar nominations.

Ten films are now nominated for Best Picture.

The films include Begonia, F1.

Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams.

On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are up by more than 200 points.

The Nasdaq is also up more than 200 points.

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A Texas jury has acquitted a former Uvalde school police officer in connection with the deadly mass shooting in 2022.

Adrian Gonzalez was accused of failing to do his duty when a gunman killed 21 people, mostly children.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is expected to vote today to rescind its 2024 harassment guidance.

NPR's Andrea Hsu reports the EEOC chair has long opposed parts of the guidance dealing with gender identity.

The National Weather Service says an Arctic blast of cold is pummeling the northern plains today.

There are forecasts of wind chills of 50 degrees below zero.

The frigid cold will combine to create a major winter storm.

That will start hitting the southern plains and parts of the south by tomorrow.

Areas in the south could get crippling ice.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Kuhlman.

President Trump says he has signed the bill requiring the Justice Department to publish all the files it has on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.