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How is the early-season nor'easter affecting the East Coast this weekend?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hearst. Tens of millions of people along the East Coast are in the path of a major nor'easter. The storms already disrupted sports games, flights, and concerts. Now strong winds and heavy rain are moving into the region, causing flooding as it parks itself off the coast. And Pier Zimi Held has more.
An unusually early season Nor'Easter is upending the weekend from the Carolinas to New England. On Long Island in New York, Melissa Slavin says she's ready for forty-eight hours inside with her kids.
Buying extra groceries, preparing, rescheduling all the kids for it.
Coastal flooding is forecast to be significant, widespread, and repeated. At the Jersey Shore,
take the storm seriously.
Mike Mangan is mayor of Manasquan.
There's gonna be a lot of water in the streets for a long time.
Part of the problem, the system is lingering, says meteorologist Frank Pereira.
It's gonna s kind of sit there for a day or two through the remainder of the weekend, kinda looping around that area before it finally moves out early next week.
What preparations are families on Long Island making for the storm?
Tonight's moon is full, making for even higher tides and flooding. Amy Held, NPR News.
President Trump heads to Tennessee today for a college football matchup, but CNN won't be on Air Force One. The White House barred them from the ride, the latest media restrictions amid an ongoing First Amendment dispute. Jackie Sieber of Member Station WUOT has more on the game.
Trump's presence comes as the University of Tennessee's campus is already teeming with activity for ESPN's College Game Day show. Student Cooper Dabbs participated in festivities hosted by ESPN. Student Amber Henderson looks forward to the game but has reservations.
Why are officials warning about severe coastal flooding and lingering water?
I don't think that the game is about football anymore. I think it's more so about like politics.
Fans are expected to see heightened security as they enter the stadium. For NPR News, I'm Jackie Sieber in Knoxville.
OpenAI says its models probed government websites on their own. And Pierre Shannon Bond reports it's the latest episode where AI systems have gone rogue doing things their developers didn't expect or ask them to
do. OpenAI's AI models tried to hack an education department website but were unsuccessful, according to AI research firm Transloose. The Education Department said it found no evidence of any impact, and OpenAI says it's reviewing the researchers' findings. OpenAI has notified dozens of organizations about times its AI acted in what it calls misaligned ways during training and evaluation.
What controversies surround President Trump's travel to the Tennessee college football game?
That includes accessing publicly available Census Bureau data using login keys found online, and copying public information from the Securities and Exchange Commission and posting it to another website. The SEC says no non-public information was accessed. The Census Bureau didn't respond to a request for comment. Shannon Bond, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Russian attacks on Ukraine today left at least eight people dead, as Moscow hammered Kyiv with crews and ballistic missiles, drones and glide bombs. This some four and a half years after Russia started the war that shows no signs of ending. Meanwhile, Ukraine's long range drones targeted Russian oil refineries and businesses, sparking a fire and killing at least three people. In Brazil, with just a little over a week before national elections, the president has ordered a ban on online betting. Now the move, the Brazilian leader says, is for the health and welfare of families who are falling deeper into debt in the South American country. And Pierce Carrie Khan has more.
Online gambling has exploded in Brazil in recent years and so has personal debt, as well as gambling addictions and suicides, according to a recent national study. In signing the banning order, President Luisa Nacio Lula de Silva said his decision was hard and drastic but necessary. Lula is locked in a tough re election campaign with the son of former right wing president Jair Bolsonaro. Flavio Bolsonaro, who is polling at a statistical tie with Lula for the presidency, criticized the ban as a quote electoral measure.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How is the early-season nor'easter affecting the East Coast this weekend?
0:00–0:59
2
What preparations are families on Long Island making for the storm?
0:59–1:44
3
Why are officials warning about severe coastal flooding and lingering water?
1:44–2:33
4
What controversies surround President Trump's travel to the Tennessee college football game?
2:33–4:14
5
How did OpenAI’s models unintentionally probe government websites?
4:14–5:03