NPR News: 11-16-2025 11PM EST

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Speaker 2 Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Border Patrol agents continue to make arrests in Charlotte, North Carolina today.

Speaker 2 Charlotte is the latest city to experience a federal immigration crackdown from member station WFAE Nick De LaCanal has more.

Speaker 3 Agents arrested 81 people on Saturday, the first day of the operation, according to Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino.

Speaker 3 Around Charlotte, agents were seen detaining people outside laundromats, auto shops, supermarkets, front yards, even a church.

Speaker 3 Outside in East Charlotte Walmart, construction worker Lopez Nunez says he fears for his undocumented wife and newborn. He's keeping them home.

Speaker 4 You really need to go outside.

Speaker 4 It's for an emergency. If you try to stay, just stay home.
Be safe. And don't open the door for eyes.

Speaker 3 Charlotte Mirvil Isles says agents are causing unnecessary fear. It's unclear how long the operation will last.
For NPR News, Undick Dela Canal in Charlotte.

Speaker 2 The FAA says air travel in the U.S. will be back to normal starting Monday morning.

Speaker 2 Thousands of flights were canceled because of the federal government shutdown, which caused a drop in air traffic controllers.

Speaker 2 But the announcement comes too late for some travelers, including Rick Caldwell of New Hampshire, who is trying to fly out of Boston today.

Speaker 5 When we first were coming to the airport, as we were literally driving here, we got a notice that our flight was delayed.

Speaker 5 It was initially going to be delayed a couple hours, but when it was just about all the way here, they canceled it.

Speaker 2 Full flight schedules will resume starting at 6 a.m. Monday.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the country's largest aircraft carrier, has arrived in the Caribbean.

Speaker 2 As NPR's Lydia Calitri reports, the arrival comes as tensions with Venezuela grow.

Speaker 6 The carrier is bringing more than 4,000 sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft to the northern Caribbean. They join around 15,000 service members that are already in the region.

Speaker 6 Rear Admiral Paul Lanzalata says the deployment of the strike group is a step to, quote, protect our nation's security and prosperity against narco-terrorism. A U.S.

Speaker 6 military official told NPR Saturday that the U.S. is gearing up for possible military action against Venezuela.

Speaker 6 It remains unclear, however, if President Trump plans to use military action against the country. In recent weeks, the U.S.

Speaker 6 military has conducted multiple strikes on boats in the region for allegedly carrying drugs trafficked from Venezuela. Lydia Calitri, NPR News, Washington.

Speaker 2 In a reverse of course, President Trump said tonight that House Republicans should vote to release any files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaker 2 Trump had long been opposed to the release, calling it a Democratic hoax. But in a social media post, he now says there's nothing to hide, and it's time to move on.

Speaker 2 Russian drone strikes this weekend have hit more energy infrastructure sites in Ukraine. Officials in that country say a solar power plant was among the targets hit.

Speaker 2 Russia fired 176 drones and one missile. Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, struck a major oil refinery in Russia's Samara region along with their warehouse storing drones.
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Speaker 2 Stargazers may notice bright streaks high in the sky late tonight, as NPR's Chandelier Duster tells us.

Speaker 2 The Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak tonight, and it will continue to be seen in the night skies through Tuesday morning.

Speaker 7 The Leonid meteor shower happens every November. The meteors are known to be bright, colorful, and very fast, traveling at 44 miles per second.

Speaker 7 Meteor rates are as low as 3 meteors per hour, but NASA says stargazers can catch up to 10 to 15 meteors per hour this year.

Speaker 7 The best chances of seeing the meteors will be after midnight and into the early morning hours.

Speaker 7 The American Meteor Society says to go to a dark location away from city lights and look to the eastern sky and the constellation Leo. Meteors will be seen streaking from there in various directions.

Speaker 7 The moon will also be less than 10% full, making it easier to see the Leonids. Chandalee Duster, NPR News.

Speaker 2 For the fifth straight week, Ohio State, Indiana, and Texas A ⁇ M hold on to the top three spots in the AP College Football Rankings.

Speaker 2 Georgia moved up one spot to number four after easily beating Texas on Saturday 35 to nothing.

Speaker 2 Ole Miss also moved up to take the number five spot while Texas Tech climbed two spots into number six after beating UCF 48-9.

Speaker 2 They're in a tie now with Oregon. Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Alabama round out the top 10.

Speaker 2 And North Texas is ranked for the first time since 1959 at number 22 with a win over University of Alabama-Birmingham 53-24. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.

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