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What is the forecast and impact of the early‑season Nor'easter on the East Coast?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Tens of millions of people along the East Coast are in the path of a major storm and The forecast has already disrupted professional sports games, flights, and concerts. Now strong winds and heavy rain are moving into the region. NPR's Amy Held reports the Nor'easter is forecast to bring major flooding as it parks itself off the coast.
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' sports.
Coastal flooding is forecast to be significant, widespread, and repeated.
How is President Trump’s appearance at the Tennessee‑Texas football game affecting the midterm election narrative?
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, kind of looping around that area before it finally moves out early next week. Tonight's
moon is
full,
making for even higher tides and flooding. Amy
Held, NPR News. President Trump is traveling to Tennessee for a college football game today. NPR's Danielle Kurdsleben reports it's a matchup of two Southeastern Conference powerhouses, the University of Tennessee and the University of Texas.
What are the key highlights of Pope Francis’s four‑day visit to Paris and the mass at Place de la Concorde?
The president has no other events on his schedule, so it's unclear how much he will be in campaign mode with midterms just over a month away. Solidly read Tennessee has no battleground House, Senate, or Governor's races, though Texas's Senate race is considered a toss-up. Trump has worked to make sports a part of his brand this term, holding a UFC match on the White House lawn and attending several other sporting events, including the Super Bowl and the World Cup final. The university is offering half price concessions, including alcohol from nine to ten AM to incentivize fans to get in early for the noon game, which will have heightened security for the president's visit. Danielle Kurtzley when N PR News, the White House.
Pope Leo received a warm welcome when he arrived in Paris on Friday as part of his four day trip to France. Н ПРС Элинар Бердзли репорт кроуд занятий in the French capital where the pontiff will celebrate mass. The pope is holding a mass
today at the Place de la Concorde that is a symbol of the secular French Revolution. And there's more than half a million people who will come out for it.
What did the independent investigation reveal about security lapses at Utah Valley University after Charlie Kirk’s shooting?
I'm heading there myself and the crowds that are just going through the closed-off streets of Paris. The Pope's four-day trip includes two days in Paris, and then he will go to the shrine site of Lourdes, then he will go to the eastern city of Metz, where he will give a speech that European leaders are expecting to.
That's NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reporting from Paris. This is NPR News in Washington. Utah Valley University has released a report on the assassination of Charlie Kirk showing lapses in security plans. Caroline Ballard of Member Station KUER reports the conservative activist was shot and killed on the school's campus last September.
The 157-page report by an independent investigator concluded that no one at UVU acted in bad faith or with willful disregard to others' safety. But while the university does have safety policies in place, the report found some of them were quote significantly inconsistent. The school did not complete a formal security assessment or have an event action plan.
Why did the Federal Appeals Court rule against Anthropic’s Claude AI technology in military systems?
And it deferred critical decisions to Kirk's organization, Turning Point USA, including the choice to hold the event outdoors. Kirk's family said they plan to sue UVU and the state over security failures. Accused killer Tyler Robinson is set to stand trial for murder. For NPR News, I'm Caroline Ballard in Salt Lake City.
The Federal Appeals Court has sided with the Pentagon in its fight with the AI company Anthropic. The court upheld a decision to remove Anthropic's Claude technology from military systems over national security concerns.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the forecast and impact of the early‑season Nor'easter on the East Coast?
0:00–0:46
2
How is President Trump’s appearance at the Tennessee‑Texas football game affecting the midterm election narrative?
0:46–1:25
3
What are the key highlights of Pope Francis’s four‑day visit to Paris and the mass at Place de la Concorde?
1:25–2:33
4
What did the independent investigation reveal about security lapses at Utah Valley University after Charlie Kirk’s shooting?
2:33–3:44
5
Why did the Federal Appeals Court rule against Anthropic’s Claude AI technology in military systems?
3:44–4:40
6
How can U.S. citizens abroad request absentee ballots for the 2026 election?
4:40–5:04