Louise Schiavone

More than half of the power has been restored.

The first round of the college football playoff kicks off tonight when two of the sport's most storied programs will face off in Norman, Oklahoma.

Three more games take place tomorrow, and PR's Becky Sullivan has details.

Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle has died in a small plane crash at a regional airport in Statesville, North Carolina.

Also dead in the crash, Biffle's wife and two children and crew members on the plane.

The cause of Thursday's crash under investigation.

He won more than 50 NASCAR races across three circuits.

I'm Louise Schiavone and PR News.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

The Trump administration has granted Washington state's request for emergency assistance as it deals with disastrous flooding caused by days of heavy rain.

Paige Browning of member station KUOW in Seattle reports.

The governor of Minnesota says he's taking steps to tighten regulation of public assistance programs.

Governor Tim Walz told reporters today that he's responding to charges that segments of his state's Somali population had fraudulently tapped into government programs for the needy.

Walz today appointed a new director of program integrity for Minnesota.

The Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold millions of dollars in federal highway funds from New York State.

NPR's Joel Rose reports this is part of a broader push to limit commercial driver's licenses for immigrants.

Salvadoran National Kilmar Abrego Garcia this morning emerged to a cheering crowd from a scheduled appointment at an ice field office in Baltimore.

after a federal judge blocked immigration authorities from re-detaining him.

An interpreter for Abrego Garcia translated his message.

The case has become a rallying point against Trump administration enforcement actions against illegal immigration.