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Aid groups warn the changes will harm civilians who are in desperate need of food, water and other help.

A federal judge in Tennessee says there's some evidence the government's case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia is vindictive.

Federal prosecutors charged him with human smuggling.

As Mariana Bacayau with member station WPLN reports, the Justice Department began investigating Abrego Garcia after the U.S.

Supreme Court ordered he be returned to the U.S.,

following his wrongful deportation to El Salvador.

Areas of the northern U.S.

will be ringing in a snowy new year.

Wintry weather remains in the forecast from North Dakota to parts of New England.

Bruce Convisor has more from New York.

So, Ron Mamdani says he's planning to hold two swearing-in ceremonies as he takes over as mayor of New York City.

One will be a small private event with family and friends.

The other will be a larger public swearing-in ceremony tomorrow afternoon.

This is NPR News from Washington.

A member of the NFL's New England Patriots is facing charges of felony strangulation and misdemeanor assault.

Wide receiver Stephon Diggs denies the charges involving a chef he hired.

As NPR's Dan Ronan reports, the team says it's aware of the charges, and for now, Diggs remains on the active roster.

Authorities in Southern California say they found the bodies of three hikers along a trail on Mount Baldy, east of Los Angeles.

Crews say they were responding to a report of an injured hiker who fell hundreds of feet down a remote mountainside during strong winds when they made that discovery.

The three were found along the Devil's Backbone Trail on Monday evening.