Dave Mattingly

Tony Gonzalez with member station WPLN says the long-running live country music show and broadcast will have a star-studded lineup for tonight's celebration.

Here's the 981st broadcast of the Grand Ole Opry, tonight starring Cowboy Copas.

I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.

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President Trump says he'll be deploying hundreds more National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., after two members of the West Virginia Guard were shot and critically wounded yesterday.

They were shot near a subway station not far from the White House in what the president describes as an ambush-style attack by an armed man.

As NPR's Deepa Shivaram reports, the Department of Homeland Security identifies the suspected gunman as an Afghan national who entered the U.S.

after the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in 2021.

The Justice Department is expected to appeal after a federal judge dismissed criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

NPR's Mara Liason reports.

Comey was accused of making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional investigation stemming from testimony he gave in 2020.

James had been accused of mortgage fraud stemming from the purchase of a home in Virginia.

Authorities in Hong Kong say the death toll has risen to at least 55 after a high-rise apartment fire spread to other nearby buildings.

Many people are still reported missing after the fire spread across seven of eight buildings in the complex.

Hundreds of people were evacuated to temporary shelters.

The origin of the fire has been traced to an exterior scaffolding, and at least three people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter.

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A panel of three federal judges says North Carolina may use its redrawn congressional map.

The redistricting is aimed at flipping a House seat currently held by Democratic Congressman Don Davis.

He's African-American and represents the first district, which covers more than 20 counties.