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UPS says its fleet of MD-11 cargo planes is expected to remain grounded through the peak of the holiday season because of inspections and potential repairs.

This follows the fiery crash of a UPS MD-11 in Kentucky earlier this month as it was attempting to take off from Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville.

The crash killed the three pilots aboard and 11 people on the ground.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the cargo planes left engine detached as the plane was attempting to get airborne.

MD-11s make up about 9% of the UPS fleet of planes and about 4% of the planes flown by rival FedEx.

In Tennessee, they're marking the 100th birthday of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.

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.