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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa-Cowtow. More than 8,000 flights have been cancelled this weekend, ahead of a major storm that's expected to bring snow, ice and bitter cold to large parts of the country. In Kentucky, families are packing stores to grab last-minute supplies, as Karen Tsar of member station WUKY reports.
This toddler summed up the mood for most shoppers at a Walmart in Lexington, Kentucky. The state is bracing for ice and heavy snow, and Governor Andy Beshear has already declared a state of emergency. Reed Lanter and his partner were part of the crowd stocking up.
We're ready to hunker down. We've got a lot of frozen stuff, so we don't know if that's good or not. If the power goes out, this is kind of our first time adulting.
This store, like so many others in the path of the storm, had rows upon rows of low-stock shelves. As for shovels, management said those were all gone as of Thursday night. For NPR News, I'm Karen Zar in Lexington.
The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva is extending its investigation into abuses in Iran and raising alarms about the violent suppression of protests this month. And Peres-Michelle Kellerman reports activists there say the Iranians killed thousands of people.
The UN's top human rights official Volker Turk says the killing on the streets of Iran may have subsided, but as he puts it, the brutality continues.
We have indications that the security forces made mass arrests in several cities, even pursuing injured people into hospitals and detaining lawyers, human rights defenders, activists and ordinary civilians.
He said he's alarmed by the mixed messages coming from Iran about their fate. President Trump has said that Iran promised him that they would not execute prisoners, but senior Iranian judicial authorities say otherwise. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
The 53rd annual March for Life rally was held in Washington, D.C. yesterday, with thousands attending. President Trump joined via video message, telling the crowd that six years ago, he was proud to be the first U.S. president to attend the march in person. Since then, he said his administration has taken unprecedented strides to protect innocent lives.
Now the work to rebuild a culture that supports life continues in every state, every community, and every part of our beautiful land. This is a battle that must be fought, must be won, not only in the corridors of power, but above all in the hearts and souls of the people.
Marchers held diverse signs. One read, life is worth living. Another quoted the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk saying, get married, have kids, you won't regret it. Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. This is NPR. The Justice Department has arrested a former Olympic snowboarder wanted on drug trafficking and other charges. Authorities say Ryan Wedding was arrested yesterday in Mexico City after being placed on the FBI's most wanted list. And here's Ryan Lucas reports.
Ryan Wedding represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He was indicted in the United States in 2024 on federal criminal charges including cocaine conspiracy and murder. Prosecutors allege that Wedding heads a drug trafficking network that has shipped massive amounts of cocaine to the United States and Canada and has orchestrated multiple murders to further its drug business. The FBI added Wedding to its top 10 most wanted fugitive list in March, and in November, the State Department upped the reward money for information leading to his arrest to $15 million. Now, Attorney General Pam Bondi says Wedding is in custody and has been flown to the United States to face justice. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
Russia has again attacked Ukraine's capital, killing at least one person and injuring four others. The explosions also left parts of Kyiv without power or heat during one of its harshest winters since Russia invaded nearly four years ago. Local reporters speaking from bomb shelters described the strikes as massive.
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