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Health officials in South Carolina reported more than 100 new measles cases on Friday.
That adds to the more than 550 known cases since the outbreak began in October.
Stocks dipped slightly on Friday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 83 points.
The Nasdaq closed down 14 points, while the S&P 500 was down by just 4 points.
The snowpack in many western states is below normal for this time of year.
That's mostly because of an exceptionally warm December, as NPR's Lauren Summer tells us.
Uganda's president has an early lead in what has turned out to be a contentious presidential election.
Provisional results from half the polling stations show President Yoweri Museveni with more than 70 percent of the vote.
The 81-year-old is seeking to extend his rule into a fifth decade.
Activists protesting the partial results, meanwhile, lit bonfires in the capital city of Kampala.
Social media companies in Australia have removed access to about 4.7 million accounts that have been identified as belonging to children there.
The move comes as that country's ban on social media use by those under the age of 16 takes effect.
The law was enacted in December.
Platforms including Facebook, YouTube, and X are facing large fines if they fail to comply.
And again on Wall Street, stocks were down slightly on Friday.
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.