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NPR News: 02-20-2026 12AM EST

20 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What are the implications of Prince Andrew's arrest?

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This week on Consider This, the former Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles, is arrested. The first senior royal to be arrested since the 1600s. It's in connection with an investigation stemming from the Epstein files. What will this case mean in the story of this ongoing fallout of the Epstein files here in the U.S.? This week on Consider This.

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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Britain's former Prince Andrew has been released following his arrest Thursday. He spent some 11 hours in custody. The case stems from his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Lauren Freyer reports.

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Photos show a distressed-looking Andrew hunched in the backseat of a car being driven away from the station. Police say he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, which carries up to life in prison. Police confirmed his release but say he's still under investigation. Andrew settled a past lawsuit with one of Epstein's underage victims but denies any wrongdoing.

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Now police are sorting through Andrew's correspondence with the disgraced financier. part of which was in the latest files released by the U.S. Justice Department. They're probing whether Andrew abused his role as a U.K. trade envoy by passing confidential information to Epstein. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.

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In Washington, President Trump was asked about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest. I think it's a shame. I think it's very sad. I think it's so bad for the royal family.

Chapter 2: How is Prince Andrew's case connected to Jeffrey Epstein?

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It's a very, very sad. To me, it's a very sad thing. When I see that, it's a very sad thing. Trump spoke to reporters Thursday as he prepared to head to Georgia for an event. He began his day hosting the first meeting of what he calls his Board of Peace. He said the U.S.

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will contribute $10 billion to help rebuild Gaza and that nine member countries have agreed to pledge a combined $7 billion and that five others agreed to deploy troops for an international stabilization force.

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Northern California, the Nevada County Sheriff's Office says it's too soon to say if any charges are warranted, but that investigators are working to determine if criminal negligence played a role in the deaths of at least eight backcountry skiers. They were caught in an avalanche Tuesday. One person remains missing. Six skiers survived.

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The last figure skating competition of the Olympics ended with a gold medal for the United States. But there's still some more skating to watch before the closing ceremony, as NPR's Rachel Treesman reports.

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150.691 - 170.455 Rachel Treisman

Alyssa Liu made history on Thursday as the first U.S. woman to win an individual figure skating gold medal in over two decades. Within minutes of her win, Liu was telling reporters how excited she was for Saturday's Olympic Exhibition Gala. It's an invitation-only tradition, featuring a mix of medalists and fan favorites from throughout the Games.

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It gives skaters a chance to be creative and take risks without a medal on the line. Lou says she has a new program and a new dress. Other U.S. skaters on the roster include Ice Dancers Madison Chalk and Evan Bates and Ilya Malinin, who finished well off the podium but says he has something special planned. Rachel Triesman and PR News, Milan.

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Also at the Winter Olympics, the U.S. won its third gold medal in women's ice hockey, beating rival Canada two goals to one in the final. The men's team preparing to play Slovakia in a semifinal game Friday. This is NPR News. A judge in Texas has declared four men innocent of the 1991 yogurt shop murders in Austin.

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The judge's declaration came Thursday in a packed Austin courtroom, with the judge calling her order an obligation to the rule of law. Cold case detectives announced last year that they had linked the killings of four teenagers to a suspect who died in a 1999 police standoff.

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NASA has released findings of an investigation into the test flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft that left two astronauts stranded at the International Space Station for more than eight months. From Central Florida Public Media, Brendan Byrne reports.

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