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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm.
What did Ghislaine Maxwell say during the House Oversight Committee hearing?
The House Oversight Committee attempted to question Ghislaine Maxwell today about her time with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The hearing was virtual since she's serving 20 years in prison for sex trafficking. Committee Chairman James Comer says she wouldn't talk.
As expected, Ghislaine Maxwell took the fifth and refused to answer any questions. This obviously is very disappointing. We had many questions to ask about the crimes she and Epstein committed, as well as questions about potential co-conspirators. We sincerely want to get to the truth of the American people and justice for the survivors. That's what this investigation is about.
Comer says the hearings into Epstein will continue. He says the questioning of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be made public. The Clintons are asking to testify publicly rather than be deposed in private. A spokesperson for King Charles says Buckingham Palace is ready to support British police. in any investigation into the king's brother. NPR's Fatima El-Khassab reports there are allegations the former Prince Andrew passed on confidential trade information to Jeffrey Epstein.
How long have you known about Andrew and Epstein?
After being heckled again about his brother Andrew's friendship with the convicted sex offender, King Charles has now released a statement saying that the king has made clear, quote, in words and through unprecedented actions, his profound concerns over allegations that continue to come to light about his brother. The statement says that if approached by British police as part of their investigation into the disgraced former prince, Buckingham Palace stands ready to support them. It adds that the King and Queen's thoughts and sympathies have been and remain with victims of all forms of abuse. Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London.
The Trump administration is fighting a court order to create housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles. NPR's Quill Lawrence reports the VA has appealed the ruling in a class action suit for the second time.
Los Angeles has the country's most homeless veterans, and homeless vets won a class action lawsuit in federal court two years ago ordering the VA to build housing inside the huge VA campus in West L.A. The Biden administration appealed, but the vets won again in the 9th U.S. Circuit last year. Now the Trump administration is appealing that ruling. Mark Rosenbaum is a lawyer for the plaintiffs.
Now this administration owns veteran homelessness. It's fighting our nation's veterans. It's going to a federal court and saying that veterans, unhoused disabled veterans cannot call upon their government to house unhoused veterans on veteran property.
The Departments of Justice and VA declined to comment. Quill Lawrence, NPR News.
On Wall Street, just before the close, the Dow is up 20 points. This is NPR News. Public school teachers are on strike in San Francisco. They want higher wages, better health benefits, and more special needs resources. This is the first teacher strike there in nearly 50 years. In New York City, more than 10,000 nurses have reached an agreement with two major hospital systems to end their strike. The walkout began January 12th over staffing levels and workplace safety. The strike continues at New York Presbyterian. Academic programs aimed at helping people navigate midlife transitions are on the rise. NPR's Alison Aubrey reports.
The first step to any transition is a little introspection. Who am I now? Or who do I want to become? Chip Conley, founder of the Modern Elder Academy, says these are common questions as we age.
I think of midlife as not a crisis but a chrysalis. It's that middle stage between caterpillar and butterfly. You're letting go of some things and something else is being created at the same time.
His academy offers a quiz online to help kickstart a path forward. With a demographic shift underway, there's a growing number of midlife transition programs from community colleges to universities and retreat-style vacations that are part of a transformational travel trend.
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