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Chapter 1: What insights does Melinda French-Gates share about her past with Bill Gates?
On NPR's Wildcard podcast, Melinda French-Gates on seeing her ex-husband Bill Gates' name in the latest Epstein files.
For me, it's personally hard whenever those details come up, right? Because it brings back memories of some very, very painful times in my marriage.
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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia has officially expired. The Strategic Nuclear Arms Treaty, or New START Treaty, had placed limits on the nuclear arsenals of the former Cold War adversaries. As NPR's Charles Maines reports from Moscow.
Signed amid a period of detente with Russia in the Obama years, the New START treaty capped U.S. and Russian nuclear warheads at 1,550 apiece. Russian President Vladimir Putin had offered a de facto one-year extension to allow U.S. and Russian negotiators time to work out a successor deal, yet President Trump never took up the offer, a decision the Kremlin said it regretted.
Trump administration officials are demanding that rising nuclear powers, particularly China, be part of any future arms control deal. Meanwhile, both U.S. and Russian experts warn that with neither country bound by limits on their nuclear arsenals, the risks of a new global nuclear arms race is only likely to grow. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
Thursday's Democratic primary election for a U.S. House seat in New Jersey has yet to be called. Multiple Democrats are vying for the right to face Republican Joe Hathaway in November. Hathaway was unopposed. The two leading Democrats are former Congressman Tom Malinowski and and Ana Lilia Mejia, who once worked for Senator Bernie Sanders.
Pima County, Arizona Sheriff Chris Nanio says no suspects have been identified in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of today's show host Savannah Guthrie.
We are working our best to do that, but to be clear, we have nobody of interest or any suspects that you would consider a prime suspect.
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Chapter 2: What are the implications of the expired New START Treaty between the U.S. and Russia?
We're just not there.
We're not there yet. Daniels held a press conference Thursday following reports of a ransom note connected to Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. Investigators say notes seeking ransom were sent to some media outlets and that they are being taken seriously. In a new video posted to social media, Guthrie's son Cameron urged whoever's holding his mother to make contact. Finances at the U.S.
Postal Service continued to be on shaky ground.
as NPR's Hansi Lowong reports. It is a government agency, but the U.S. Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars to keep running. Instead, it relies on stamp and service fees. December is usually the busiest mailing and shipping season of the year, but in 2012, it apparently wasn't busy enough.
because the Postal Service ended its first quarter of the fiscal year with a net loss of $1.3 billion, partly due to increases in workers' compensation, retiree health benefit, and operating expenses. The chair of the Postal Service's governing board, Amber McReynolds, says Congress should allow USPS to increase prices beyond the current limits.
This would allow us to better respond to changes in the marketplace, recoup our costs, and fulfill our universal service mandate.
But many advocates of customers and businesses that rely on USPS are concerned raising prices won't help stabilize the agency. Hansi Lewong, NPR News. This is NPR.
The U.S. and Iran are preparing for talks over Tehran's nuclear program. Trump administration envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner are to meet with Iran's foreign minister in Oman Friday. President Trump has sought to increase pressure on Iran, moving aircraft carriers to the Gulf, suggesting military action following Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests.
The Trump administration is alleging that Nike's corporate diversity and inclusion programs discriminate against white employees. The sportswear giant facing off with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, NPR's Alina Selyuk reports.
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