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NPR News: 11-30-2025 1AM EST

30 Nov 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org.

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15.877 - 18.281 Dale Willman

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.

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Chapter 2: What details emerged from the Stockton shooting incident?

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Four people are dead and 10 others wounded following a shooting in Stockton, California, Saturday. Police say the shooting took place just before 6 p.m. during a family celebration. The victims included both adults and children, and police say the shooting may have been targeted. The incident remains under investigation.

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President Trump is telling pilots to treat the airspace over and around Venezuela as closed. He made that announcement in a post on social media and offered no other details. NPR's Tamara Keith reports it marks another move in the administration's pressure campaign on the government of Nicolas Maduro.

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51.922 - 71.75 Tamara Keith

The Trump administration has justified deadly airstrikes on Venezuelan boats in recent weeks as necessary to protect the American people from drug smuggling. Trump has also declared Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator, to be a narco-terrorist, which Maduro disputes. In remarks on Thanksgiving, Trump implied there would be more coming.

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People aren't wanting to be delivering by sea, and we'll be starting to stop them by land also. The land is easier.

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80.727 - 94.467 Tamara Keith

A U.S. official not authorized to speak on the record tells NPR training flights are being conducted in the southern Caribbean, but there's no indication military action against Venezuela is imminent. Tamara Keith, NPR News.

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A vigil was held for National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom in her home state of West Virginia Saturday night. She was one of two guard members shot in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Governor Patrick Morrissey spoke, saying the entire state is mourning.

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Down by grief. but to honor the life, the courage, and the spirit of Sarah Bechtel.

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Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe was also shot Wednesday. He remains in critical condition. The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes during the war in Gaza has topped 70,000. That's according to Gaza health officials. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports from Tel Aviv.

135.52 - 154.611 Kat Lonsdorf

Since the fragile ceasefire took hold early last month, the reported death toll by the Gaza health ministry has continued to climb. More than 350 of those deaths have been from Israeli strikes during the ceasefire. Hundreds more have been recently added to the toll as bodies, some buried in the rubble for many months, have been retrieved during the relative calm.

Chapter 3: How is the Trump administration responding to the situation in Venezuela?

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Several international studies have estimated the total death toll is likely much higher. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

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172.922 - 193.794 Dale Willman

Northwestern University has agreed to pay $75 million to the U.S. government. It's part of a deal with the Trump administration to end a series of federal investigations and to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding. President Trump earlier this year had cut off $790 million in grants to the university. This is NPR News.

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The Thanksgiving holiday has so far been the biggest shopping weekend of the year in the U.S. As NPR's Matt Bloom reports, retailers are seeing steady turnout despite some headwinds.

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205.828 - 228.015 Matt Bloom

At the Lakeside Shopping Center outside New Orleans, shoppers came out in droves for a sip-and-shop event, which offered champagne for customers. Grandmother and granddaughter Sandra and Lacey Lemoine said they were having a fun day together. Take your grandma to the mall and make memories with her because it's the best thing to do. It's all about memories.

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228.164 - 253.969 Matt Bloom

A record number, nearly 170 million people are planning to shop in stores or online between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, according to an annual survey from the National Retail Federation. Adobe Analytics, which tracks online transactions, says sales this year are topping last year by more than 9 percent, despite rising living costs and worries over tariffs. Matt Bloom, NPR News, New Orleans.

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In college football Saturday, the Ohio State Buckeyes rolled over Michigan 27-9. The Buckeyes held the Wolverines scoreless in the second half and now move to the Big Ten Championship game next week. Sean Mateer, meanwhile, threw a 58-yard touchdown pass with 4.16 left in the game as No. 8 Oklahoma beat LSU 17-13. Mateer also threw three interceptions. No. 5 Oregon beat Washington 26-14. No.

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12 Vanderbilt beat No. 18 Tennessee 45-24. Two Louisville backs ran for more than 100 yards as the Cardinals routed Kentucky 41-0 and Mount Union beat Muhlenberg 49-7. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.

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