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NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose about 120 points in early trading.

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Officials in southern Japan say a huge fire has burned more than 170 buildings.

At least one person has died in the coastal city of Saganseki.

Scores of people have evacuated.

The fire has burned about 12 acres, or an area about the size of six soccer fields.

The blaze has spread to a forest, and the Japanese military is now helping firefighters attack the flames.

It's not clear how the blaze got started.

Brain scientists say several Trump administration claims about autism lack a strong scientific foundation.

NPR's John Hamilton reports from the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego.

Officials in Venice, Italy say a bottlenose dolphin is in city canals.

His fans call him Mimmo.

He's been swimming and doing flips in the Venetian canals for months.

but Venice authorities want him to swim away because he may have been injured by a boat propeller that will try to move Mimmo to open water.

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Zoran Mamdani will be the next mayor of New York City.

The 34-year-old Democratic Socialist built a movement driven by thousands of young volunteers, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

NPR's Brian Mann reports from Brooklyn.

Democratic candidates also won two big gubernatorial races, according to the Associated Press.