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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The Trump administration says more than 4,000 federal employees have received layoff notices, and government officials say that number is subject to change. NPR's Stephen Fowler has more.
About 4,200 people across seven agencies were slated to receive reduction in force notices Friday, including about 1,500 in the Treasury Department and 1,200 at the Department of Health and Human Services. Earlier in the day, the White House Budget Office called the layoffs, quote, substantial, and President Trump said the cuts would be, quote, a lot. After earlier cuts to the federal workforce made by the Doge effort and voluntary buyouts, there are about 2 million civilian federal employees. Stephen Fowler, NPR News, Atlanta.
Four people are dead after a mass shooting overnight north of Jackson, Mississippi. NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports a suspect is not yet in custody.
The shooting took place in downtown Leland, where family and friends had gathered to celebrate following a homecoming football game. Leland is a small rural community of about 3,700. According to Mayor John Lee, 16 people in total were shot. Several of the survivors had to be airlifted to nearby medical centers.
An event like this has never in history happened in this city. We're a close-knit city. We're not a violent city.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation says it is assisting local police. The Gun Violence Archive says the U.S. has seen more than 330 mass shootings with four more people shot so far this year. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News.
The sheriff of Humphreys County in Tennessee says it appears no one survived an explosion at a munitions plant yesterday. Officials had said that 18 people were missing. Its cause has not yet been determined. The company supplies and researches explosives for the military. National Guard troops arrived in Memphis, Tennessee yesterday. It's the latest city where the Trump administration has deployed them. Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, says he didn't request them, but he's working to make sure they benefit the community. Voters in New Orleans are heading to the polls today to elect a new mayor. NPR's Matt Bloom reports a wide field of candidates are competing to lead the southern U.S. city.
New Orleans has drawn the national spotlight this year for a number of issues, including a major jailbreak, and is one of several Democratic-run cities where President Trump has said he wants to deploy National Guard troops to fight crime. The city's current Democratic mayor, LaToya Cantrell, is term-limited and also faces federal corruption charges. More than 10 candidates are vying for her seat, and most are running on promises to restore stability to city politics. It's one of several major cities, including New York and Detroit, that will elect a new mayor this fall.
NPR's Matt Bloom reporting. And you're listening to NPR News in Washington. Thousands of Palestinians are heading home to northern Gaza as a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding. It took effect yesterday in the first phase of a U.S. plan to end the war. On this World Migratory Bird Day, people are reminded to make their outdoor spaces bird-friendly, with native plants, unraked leaves, and turning off lights at night. A new study published in the journal Science shows just how light-sensitive birds can be. NPR's Amy Held reports.
A dawn chorus of birdsong makes clear, birds respond to light. Now scientists who used the total solar eclipse of April 2024 as a backdrop say light may be the most important cue for birds. Observing them when it was lights out midday, some species seemed unaffected. But study co-author Kimberly Rosevall at Indiana University told the science podcast Most Wild. were affected.
They treated it like even when night lasted for four minutes and came at the completely wrong time of day, when the sun came back on at the end of that, the birds who normally sing a dawn chorus, that's what they did.
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