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As NPR's Martin Costi reports, Kilmar Abrego-Garcia was released from detention on Thursday.

Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noem is renewing an effort to end collective bargaining for TSA airport screeners.

She says those employees serve a primary function for national security, so they should not be represented by a union.

The American Federation of Government Employees says it's a violation of a preliminary injunction that blocked Noem's first attempt to terminate that contract.

Stocks finish down on Wall Street Friday.

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The same atmospheric river that flooded parts of Washington state this week is also causing damage further inland tonight.

Montana Public Radio's Aaron Bolton reports on flooding in one corner of that state.

Russian athletes say they have visas allowing them to compete in a World Cup luge event at Lake Placid, New York next weekend.

They'll be competing under a neutral flag.

They have not competed in a World Cup event since the Russian invasion of Ukraine almost four years ago.

Ukrainian athletes say they should not be allowed to compete.

Indiana's Fernando Mendoza has won the Davey O'Brien Award as the nation's top college quarterback.

Earlier in the week, he was also named the APA Player of the Year.

The California transfer led the Hoosiers to a 13-0 record this season.

Indiana is now the top seed in the college football playoffs.

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