Dualisa Kautel

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Over half of the U.S.

could be affected by a major winter storm this weekend.

Forecasters at the Weather Channel say the system is forecast to move through 34 states, from Arizona to the Midwest, South and New England.

In New York City, new mayor Zoran Mamdani says as the storm nears,

Thousands of trucks with agency partners will be transformed into the nation's largest snow fighting operation.

The National Weather Service is forecasting 6 to 12 inches of snowfall from Sunday into Monday morning.

Thousands of protesters filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis to oppose the Trump administration's immigration crackdown there.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports the protests included an economic boycott with hundreds of businesses closed for the day.

The U.S.

military has carried out another lethal attack on an alleged drug smuggling boat.

As John Otis reports, it was the first such strike since U.S.

special forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

And you are listening to NPR News from Washington.

A new federal lawsuit filed by the city of Philadelphia demands that the Department of Interior restore an exhibit on slavery that was removed this week at Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park.

Critics and observers say the Trump administration is, quote, whitewashing history by removing references to slavery and the names of nine enslaved people, Austin, Paris.

Hercules, Christopher Shields, Richmond, Giles, Oney, Judge Moll, and Joe on Thursday.

Vietnam's top leader has been reappointed as head of the ruling Communist Party for the next five years, according to state-run media.

The vote among the newly elected 180-member Central Committee at its party congress was unanimous.