NPR News: 10-22-2025 3PM EDT
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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. North Carolina is the first swing state where the GOP-dominated state legislature has approved a new congressional map. Today's decision follows similar actions in other red states that heeded President Trump's call to boost the GOP's chances in next year's midterm election. Currently, Republicans control 10 of North Carolina's 14 seats. They're seeking an 11th by targeting the first congressional district in the northeastern corner of the state. While Republican leaders maintain they redrew district lines to help the party, opponents have argued that the map dilutes the voting power of black residents. Under state law, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein, a Democrat, cannot veto redistricting proposals.
Meta, the parent company of several popular platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, told its employees today it plans to cut hundreds of jobs in its artificial intelligence division. NPR's Bobby Allen reports the layoffs come after a years-long hiring spree at the tech company.
Meta is laying off about 600 employees who work on AI development. That's according to an internal announcement confirmed by NPR. There are still thousands of Meta employees working on AI projects, including super intelligence or building AI systems that can exceed the capabilities of the human brain. But the layoffs indicate that some of Meta's recent AI hiring has been overzealous. It comes just as investor fears grow that the AI industry has become a bubble that could pop and cause economic upheaval. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has spent billions to recruit top AI talent from OpenAI, Google, and other tech companies to try to stave off competition in the AI race. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
The Louvre has reopened three days after thieves fled with over $100 million worth of historic crown jewels.
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The burglary was carried out shortly after the museum opened. It took less than four minutes. And even though the alarm system sounded, the culprits got away. That seems to have some tourists, such as Florida resident Bree Floyd, a little uneasy.
We were, I guess, already on guard, but this kind of heightened it a little bit to be a little bit more safe and secure. Not go anywhere by ourselves and... Just look out for each other because you literally don't know. It happened in broad daylight.
Meanwhile, French authorities say a Chinese woman has been charged with stealing more than one and a half million euros worth of gold nuggets from the Museum of Natural History in Paris last month. Prosecutors say the 24-year-old was picked up in Barcelona while she was trying to dispose of some melted gold. Police reportedly say others may have been involved. At last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 381 points or more than three-quarters of a percent at 46,543. This is NPR News. Twenty-two days into a federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture was scheduled to release its annual report on hunger in America today, as it had done for the past 30 years.
But a spokesperson says such reports and data releases have stopped. Last month, the USDA said it would halt the annual reports. because they had become rife with inaccuracies and too politicized. Critics say that'll make it difficult to determine whether the Trump administration's policies are helping or harming food security in the United States. A new survey on cases of cancer worldwide is out. It finds that Lebanon is experiencing the biggest increase in both the frequency of new cases and cancer-related deaths of any country. Ari Daniel reports from Beirut.
I'm in the middle of Beirut and there are cars and trucks and motorcycles everywhere. There are various reasons why cancer is up in Lebanon. Air pollution's a big one. Then there's the chemicals used in agriculture.
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