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The tech bro who wasn't on Trump's inauguration stage
Four things NPR's Steve Inskeep learned from LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman in their discussion of his latest book, "Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future?"
Wichita residents grieve after plane collision disaster near Washington, D.C.
Residents in Wichita are grieving after a commercial plane coming from the Kansas city collided with a helicopter near Washington, D.C. All 67 people on both aircraft are believed to have died.
Employment lawyer discusses what Trump offer to federal employees to resign would do
NPR asks Michelle Bercovici, an employment lawyer who mostly represents federal employees, about what the Trump administration's offer to almost all federal workers to resign by Feb. 6 means for them.
How do insurance companies determine the value of homes destroyed by wildfires?
Before people who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires can rebuild, they need money. But how does an insurance company figure what a house is worth when there's nothing left standing?
Boston ice skating club reeling after several members killed in D.C.-area plane crash
A storied Massachusetts skating club lost several members and coaches to the plane crash near Washington, D.C. The club was also affected by the 1961 crash that killed the U.S. Olympic skating team.
Trump enacts Project 2025 policies, which he distanced himself from while campaigning
Two weeks into office, President Trump is enacting policies outlined in the conservative policy agenda Project 2025, from which he had distanced himself on the campaign trail.
LA firefighter tells woman he saved 30 years ago that she helped him in tough times
Nearly 30 years after carrying her out of a burning building, Los Angeles County firefighter Derek Bart tells the woman he saved, Myeshia Oates, "You've carried me through tough times."
Immigrants are being swamped with social media rumors about possible raids
People without legal status in the U.S. are fearful about ramped up immigration enforcement. But when they check social media for immigration news, they're also likely to see false alarms and hoaxes.
Hear the latest on the deadly collision between a plane and helicopter near D.C.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board is promising a thorough investigation into the deadly midair collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.