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There's a sense of relief in Europe after President Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he won't pursue military force to take control of Greenland.
Trump also says he'll no longer impose additional tariffs on eight European nations.
But NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports there are concerns that the crisis is far from over.
In Texas, a jury acquitted former Robb Elementary School police officer Adrian Gonzalez of child endangerment in his response to the 2022 shooting.
Spencer Cheahok with member station KEDT has more.
Health officials in South Carolina say the state's measles outbreak could continue for weeks or possibly months.
The state's top epidemiologist, Linda Bell, says there are currently more than 530 people in quarantine and up to 33 in isolation and exposures at schools across the state.
And she says they're expanding vaccine access but that some people are still reluctant to be vaccinated.
She says cases have been identified at two universities in the state, 50 people quarantined at Anderson University, and Clemson University has 34 people quarantined.
futures contracts are trading higher at this hour.
Dow futures are up about four-tenths of a percent.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is expected to vote today to rescind its 2024 harassment guidance.
As NPR's Andrea Hsu reports, the EEOC chair has long opposed parts of that guidance pertaining to gender identity.
Millions of Americans are bracing for a potentially catastrophic winter storm from New Mexico up through the eastern seaboard.
The National Weather Service says about 100 million people are under some type of winter weather watch, warning or advisory, although the final path of the storm and the total amounts of snow and ice are not known.
Forecasters, though, are warning people to get ready and say a foot or more of snow is possible in spots.