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A series of powerful storms has much of the state in its sights.

Officials say as much as 10 inches of rain is in the forecast for the Christmas holiday, leading to concern about flash flooding and mudslides.

Officials also warning drivers about the potential for whiteout conditions in the Sierra Nevada.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are funding new research on the effects of hepatitis B vaccination.

But NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that many scientists are calling the proposed study unethical.

Millions of Americans expected to hit the road this holiday season.

The AAA Motor Club projecting more than 120 million will travel at least 50 miles from home for the Christmas and New Year's holiday.

AAA expects a vast majority to drive to their destination.

Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.

Justice Department officials have released 30,000 pages of letters, flight logs, and other documents related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

They include a handwritten letter released and published on the DOJ website, but now that same agency is saying the letter is a fake.

NPR's Gabriel Sanchez has more.

The Education Department's Office of Federal Student Aid is investigating Brown University in connection with the campus shooting more than a week ago that left at least two students dead and nine injured, NPR's Caden Mills reports.

Millions of Americans on the move this holiday season.

Imperialist Joel Rose reports that more than 120 million people are expected to travel by plane, train, or automobile.

At least for now, the U.S.

Supreme Court is preventing the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops in Chicago.

The justices today declined an emergency request to overturn a lower court's ruling.

Today's order is not a final ruling, but it could affect other lawsuits challenging National Guard deployments to other Democratic-led cities.

Former Republican Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska says he has advanced pancreatic cancer.