Lakshmi Singh

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There has been another arrest in the fallout of the Epstein investigation.

Former British ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, has been arrested in London.

Authorities detained him today on suspicion of misconduct in public office as part of an investigation into connections to the late convicted sex offender and financier.

Same language police used to describe the arrest of King Charles' brother, the former Prince Andrew, four days ago, also in an Epstein-related investigation.

Mandelson has not been accused of sexual misconduct.

He did not immediately respond to NPR's phone calls.

Tens of millions of people across the northeastern U.S.

are under a blizzard warning today as an intense winter storm batters the region.

Jeremy Siegel of member station GBH in Boston reports thousands of drivers, bus operators and medical professionals are still braving the elements.

The president of Mexico says security forces have cleared all highways and roads that drug gangs had blocked following yesterday's killing of a drug cartel leader.

NPR's Carrie Conn has the latest.

On the eve of the State of the Union, U.S.

stocks are trading sharply lower this hour.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average now down 750 points or 1.5 percent.

At 48,875, the S&P has fallen 74 points, more than 1 percent.

The Nasdaq down 1.2 percent.

This is NPR News.

Well, President Trump addresses a joint session of Congress tomorrow night for the annual State of the Union address.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro describes one of the key findings of the latest NPR PBS News Marist poll on how respondents believe the U.S.