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A traveler makes their way into the Nashville International Airport, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.

Millions face wintry weather for what could be a record-setting holiday travel season

More than 119 million people are expected to travel for Christmas and Hanukkah, which both fall on the same day this year, through the New Year, according to AAA.

The Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York is shown Tuesday, July 14, 2020.

Inside the Brooklyn jail where Sean Combs is locked up: violence, squalor and death

As they fought to keep Sean "Diddy" Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul's lawyers highlighted a litany of horrors at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he was headed.

President Donald Trump talks with then California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, left, during a visit to a neighborhood impacted by the wildfires in Paradise, Calif., Nov. 17, 2018.

California governor calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for state lawmakers to convene a special session in December.

Bodies in bodybags are placed on the side of the road after a deadly semi-trailer truck crash in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, Dec. 9, 2021.

6 charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash

The truck had been packed with at least 160 migrants when it crashed into a support for a pedestrian bridge in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Monica Villalobos joined elected officials, business leaders and educators to speak in opposition to Proposition 314 in Phoenix on Oct. 10, 2024. The ballot measure would require police to perform immigration duties in addition to their regular enforcement duties.

Arizona voters will soon decide if illegal border crossings should be a state crime

A ballot measure would give local law enforcement the right to question, arrest, detain and prosecute anyone suspected of having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border between legal ports of entry.

Randee Noggle sold her house to EasyKnock hoping it would help the family stabilize their finances. Instead, she says the sale-leaseback deal made things worse.

Senators launch probe into sale-leaseback company, citing NPR's reporting

EasyKnock, the subject of the probe, announced its sudden closure earlier this month.

The U.S. conducts some of its most sensitive nuclear weapons research in a laboratory deep underground in Nevada. NPR was recently given a tour.

Step inside the secret lab where America tests its nukes

A thousand feet beneath the desert, the United States conducts experiments to verify that its weapons work. But some fear a live test could come soon.

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Voters in Dearborn cast ballots Tuesday, during Michigan's early voting period. Elon Musk recently surfaced a baseless claim about the state's voter rolls.

A simple truth is at the root of many false election claims: Voter rolls are imperfect

At the heart of many election conspiracy theories is a simple truth: America’s voter rolls are imperfect. The U.S. doesn’t have a central voting list. It has a bunch of different lists.

Then-congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks off stage after speaking during the Republican National Convention in July.

Trump's withdrawn nominees latest in a long line of Cabinet members who never were

Many presidents face failed Cabinet picks so when former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet, it wasn't unprecedented, though Trump's style has been.

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