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The Great Salt Lake is roughly 8-9 feet lower than it should be. A snowy winter recently has helped lake levels some.

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Climate change and a population boom could dry up the Great Salt Lake in 5 years

11:28am February 03, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

Utah leaders are under pressure to end water diversions and enforce tougher restrictions in order save the drying Great Salt Lake. A recent report predicted it will completely dry in five years.

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China says balloon spotted over U.S. is a 'civilian airship' that blew astray

11:27am February 03, 2023

The State Department announced Secretary of State Antony Blinken will not go ahead with a planned trip to China, after the surveillance balloon was detected over U.S. airspace Thursday.

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Pedestrians view a partially frozen fountain on a cold-weather day on Jan. 11 in New York City.

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In many parts of the northern U.S., it's really cold. Here's how to stay safe

10:30am February 03, 2023

by The NPR Network

Wind chill warnings and advisories are in place for parts of the northern United States as regions see temperatures settle in the single digits.

Bobbi Wilson holds her collection of spotted lanternflies as she is honored at the Yale School of Public Health on Jan. 20.

Yale honors the work of a 9-year-old Black girl whose neighbor reported her to police

10:15am February 03, 2023

by Vanessa Romo

Bobbi Wilson went on a mission to save New Jersey's trees, capturing spotted lanternflies. That frightened her neighbor, who called the cops. Now, her bug collection is part of a Yale museum.

This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using the over-the-counter eye drops, EzriCare Artificial Tears, that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Manufacturer recalls eye drops after possible link to bacterial infections

10:13am February 03, 2023

by Ayana Archie

EzriCare artificial tears are suspected to be the cause of an outbreak of the VIM-GES-CRPA strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which the CDC said is the first outbreak of its kind in the U.S.

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Tensions continue to increase between the United States and China

7:23am February 03, 2023

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to David Finkelstein, vice president of the Center for Naval Analyses, about the Pentagon saying a Chinese surveillance balloon is floating over Montana.

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Morning news brief

6:39am February 03, 2023

Chinese surveillance balloon, spotted over the U.S., complicates Antony Blinken's trip to China, a Guantánamo prisoner is released to Belize, report says Great Salt Lake is at risk of drying up.

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An iced over pedestrian walkway is lined by trees that are covered with ice from a few days of sleet and rain, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Dallas.

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Texas ice storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power

11:26pm February 02, 2023

by Giulia Heyward

Over 280,000 customers in the state were without power on Thursday evening. And one major utility service in the state said it did not know when it would be able to restore power.

Pentagon is tracking a spy balloon, which it suspects belongs to China, over the U.S.

6:46pm February 02, 2023

by Greg Myre

U.S. military officials say they are tracking a Chinese high altitude surveillance balloon that's been over the continental U.S. for the past couple of days.

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Amazon packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon warehouse in Arizona.

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Amazon reports its first unprofitable year since 2014

6:15pm February 02, 2023

by Alina Selyukh

The biggest culprit was Amazon hefty investment in the electric automaker Rivian, whose value plummeted last year. Amazon also contends with the need to recalibrate after a pandemic-era upsurge.