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Some Major League Baseball stadiums are embracing the 9-9-9 challenge.

That's nine beers, nine hot dogs during a nine-inning baseball game, though with smaller portions.

The homes of the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, and Houston Astros and others will feature nine flight-sized beers and mini hot dogs.

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The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says air travelers are experiencing the highest airport wait times ever under her agency.

Han Nguyen McNeil told a House committee that workers going without pay during the partial government shutdown could lead to airport closures.

NPR's Meg Anderson reports.

Yesterday, a jury in New Mexico ordered social media company Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect young users from child predators on Instagram and Facebook.

And today, a California jury found that Meta and Google were to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media as a small child.

NPR's Bobby Allen explains there's more to come in the resolution of these landmark cases.

NPR's Bobby Allen reporting.

The Justice Department has reached a financial agreement to settle a lawsuit filed by former Trump adviser Michael Flynn.

Flynn pleaded guilty to lying about conversations he had with the Russian ambassador in 2016, but was later pardoned by President Trump.

NPR's Ryan Lucas has more.

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The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans the gravest crime against humanity and calling for reparations.

The resolution also calls for the restitution of cultural items to their countries of origin.

That includes artworks, monuments, museum pieces, documents, and national archives.

Argentina, Israel, and the U.S.