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Justin Baldoni has sued Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds for $400 million

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 14:16
It Ends With Us in August, left; Justin Baldoni, center, and Ryan Reynolds, right, in separate photos at the premiere of the film in New York.'/>

Baldoni, his studio Wayfarer, and their publicists are alleging civil extortion, defamation and a slew of contract-related claims about the film It Ends With Us.

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Newly discovered poems show Virginia Woolf as a fun aunt

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 13:12

A researcher — who was looking for something else — stumbled onto two poems by Virginia Woolf. The silly, punny, quickly drafted poems were written for her niece and nephew sometime after March 1927.

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CNN liable for defamation over story on Afghanistan 'black market' rescues

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 12:49

A Florida jury found CNN defamed a security consultant in a story that suggested he was charging "exorbitant prices" to evacuate people trying to flee Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.

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Ohio's Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill U.S. Senate seat vacated by JD Vance

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 12:41

In making his announcement, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said he wanted a "workhorse" in the U.S. senate who would focus on Ohio as well as the rest of the country.

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Immigration is a lifeline for Nebraska's economy. But Trump's mass deportations pledge is a looming threat

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 12:28

Nebraska is one of the top meat producers in the U.S. It also has one of the worst labor shortages. The incoming Trump administration has promised mass deportations on an unprecedented scale. We asked Nebraskans what that could mean.

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Pepsi accused of illegal pricing deals with 'a large, big box retailer' in U.S. lawsuit

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 11:44

The Federal Trade Commission is suing Pepsi, alleging it has rigged competition by offering unfair pricing deals to a big retailer at the expense of smaller rivals, resulting in higher costs for shoppers.

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President-elect Donald Trump moves inauguration indoors, citing frigid temperatures

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 11:39

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he will move the inauguration ceremony indoors as Washington, DC prepares for record low temperatures. The ceremony will now take place inside the Capitol rotunda.

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Trump's inauguration falls on MLK Day. That overlap is pretty rare

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 11:07

Trump is only the third president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Due to the particulars of the calendar and the Constitution, the two events won't overlap again until 2053.

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Biden's Medicaid director shares lessons learned and concerns for the program's future

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 11:04

Dan Tsai discusses how he ran Medicaid under Biden, and his fears for how Republicans might try to change the program.

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Trump and China's Xi speak by phone as Supreme Court issues TikTok ruling

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 10:10

The Trump-Xi phone call came hours before the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a U.S. law that effectively bans TikTok starting Sunday.

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Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, threatening app's existence in the U.S.

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 09:10

The decision resolves a long-running legal dispute between the Department of Justice and TikTok. But experts say President-elect Donald Trump will now have considerable sway over the platform's future in the U.S.

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Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment is law. What happens next is unclear

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 09:01

To come into effect, the constitutional amendment would need to be formally published or certified by the National Archivist who has declined to do so in the past. What happens now is unclear.

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Food pantries are bracing for more demand if the Trump administration cuts food aid

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 08:30

The first Trump administration tried to scale back who gets food benefits, and allies aim to try again. Food pantries say they're already busier than ever.

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Fire at one of the world's largest battery plants forces evacuations in California

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 08:09

A major fire erupted south of San Francisco at the Moss Landing Power Plant, forcing hundreds to evacuate. So far, the fire has stayed in the facility, which stores thousands of lithium batteries.

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Israel's security cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 07:17

Israel's security cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal to end the fighting in Gaza. Full cabinet approval is expected later today.

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Next steps for Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. And, polar vortex to envelop the U.S.

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 07:09

The Israeli security cabinet meeting to vote on a ceasefire deal with Hamas, which was delayed yesterday, is set for today. And, frigid temperatures are expected to envelop much of the U.S. next week.

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Medicare targets 15 more drugs for price negotiations -- including Ozempic

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 07:00

On its last weekday in power, the Biden Administration has chosen the next batch of drugs up for price negotiation in Medicare. 

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Medicare targets 15 more drugs for price negotiations

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 07:00

On its last weekday in power, the Biden Administration has chosen the next batch of drugs up for price negotiation in Medicare. 

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How will Trump's return to the White House change the face of global health?

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 06:59

When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he's expected to issue a series of orders with far-reaching impact on global health — from abortion services to support for the World Health Organization.

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Some Los Angeles homes made it through the firestorm. Here's how

NPR News Headlines - Fri, 01/17/2025 - 04:54

Houses are still standing in the burn zone in Los Angeles, ones that made it through the fires. Experts on the ground are finding those homeowners made some key preparations.

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