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A civilian search and rescue group operating in the Mediterranean Sea says more than 100 people could be dead after a smuggler's boat crowded with migrants capsized.

NPR's Ruth Sherlock has the latest.

Arizona's Governor Katie Hobbs says she will appeal a decision from FEMA denying the state emergency aid after several counties were flooded in September, causing about $30 million worth of damage.

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A person who bought a Powerball lottery ticket in Arkansas has won the $1.8 billion prize lottery officials announced a short time ago.

The winner will choose between a decades-long annuity or a massive lump-sum cash payout.

This is the second largest U.S.

lottery jackpot ever.

The winning numbers were 4, 25, 31, 52, 59, and the Powerball number was 19.

New federal data shows that construction of artificial intelligence data centers may soon surpass the building of office building construction.

NPR's Bobby Allen reports it's the latest sign of what many analysts say is a data center bubble.

Wednesday, the longtime host of the Kennedy Center's annual Christmas Jazz Festival said he was canceling his annual concert to protest the recent White House name change of the facility.

From Washington, I'm Dan Ronan, NPR.

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President Trump on Christmas Eve made telephone calls to some children across the country as the North American Aerospace Defense Command tracked Santa's annual journey from the North Pole.

On a call with a child from Kansas, the president asked what they wanted for Christmas, and the call pivoted to energy policy.

Another child told the president they wanted a Kindle for Christmas.

He responded, you must be a high IQ person.

We need more high IQ people in the country.