Dan Ronan

Nigeria says the recent Islamic attacks are targeting all of those who reject their version of Islam.

The country's foreign minister, Yousef Maitai Tugar, spoke with the BBC.

Residents and security experts say Nigeria in their security crisis, it's impacting both Muslims and Christians.

A fast-moving winter storm could batter New York City in the tri-state area with up to eight inches of snow late Friday into Saturday.

The National Weather Service says travel could be difficult, especially as the snow is expected to begin falling during the Friday afternoon commute.

Meanwhile, a powerful winter storm is lashing much of California.

NPR's Joel Rose reports the storm is causing flash flooding, power outages, and road closures.

Some 317,000 federal employees could be out of work by the end of the year.

Here's Andrea Hsu.

Federal data shows that student math scores are still down compared to where they were before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maine education officials are responding with an effort to get kids invested in math.

Matty Smith of Maine Public reports on what that looks like in the classroom.

We're going to do the Candy Crush Data Challenge.

Graphite mining is making a comeback in the United States after largely being shut down in the 1950s.

Now demand for the mineral found in everything from pencils to nuclear power plants is surging.

And with the ongoing trade tensions with China, domestic production is expected to increase.

The federal government approved the permitting for a graphite mine, what's called the Kilbourne Deposit, that's near the New York-Canada border, and the facility recently opened up this month.

From Washington, this is NPR News.

I'm Dan Ronan.

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