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NewsGuard co-founder Steven Brill discusses Meta's move to end fact-checking

4:27am January 08, 2025

by Steve Inskeep

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook and Instagram would drop fact-checking. NPR talks with Steven Brill of NewsGuard, where journalists rate the reliability of news sources, about the move.

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First international commercial flight since Assad's ouster lands in Syria

1:03am January 08, 2025

The Qatar Airways flight landed at Damascus International Airport. Many passengers were Syrian nationals coming come for the first time in more than a decade.

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The Palisades Fire continues to grow due to strong winds and dry conditions

7:38pm January 07, 2025

Unusually high winds and dry conditions are driving the Palisades Fire in Southern California. More than 30,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders.

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AI companies are preparing for the second Trump administration

5:53pm January 07, 2025

by Bobby Allyn

Trump has tapped Silicon Valley insiders to lead AI policy. There's talk of a "Manhattan Project" for military AI. Advocates are worried the risks and misuse of the technology will grow under Trump.

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Man who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas used ChatGPT in planning, police say

5:32pm January 07, 2025

The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday.

Cash is disintegrating due to overuse in Gaza. New businesses are repairing it

5:06pm January 07, 2025

by Anas Baba

Cash, the most precious commodity in Gaza, is disintegrating from overuse, and new banknotes have not been sent to Gaza during the war. That has led to e-banking and cash repair services.

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Wild weather brings winds and fire to the West, snow to the South

4:55pm January 07, 2025

As the South prepped for snow and more cold starting Wednesday, residents in Southern California faced off with hurricane-strength winds.

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Medical debt will soon be wiped off credit reports for millions of Americans

4:49pm January 07, 2025

In a parting shot from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, medical debt will be banned from credit reports. Could this new policy be undone by Trump?

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What to know about Trump and his keen interest in Greenland

4:36pm January 07, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump has said multiple times that the U.S. should buy Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. The sparsely populated island is geopolitically important and mineral-rich.

There's great TV coming in January, from 'Severance' Season 2 to a Jerry Springer doc

4:29pm January 07, 2025

There is a lot of TV on deck in the new year – including multiple medical dramas, a violent Netflix drama about Utah settlers in the 1850s, plus, cop shows, Westerns and documentaries.