NPR News: 11-24-2025 10AM EST

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Speaker 2 Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Winster Johnston. Russia says it's waiting to see how U.S.-Ukraine peace talks develop before responding.

Speaker 2 Washington and Kyiv say they've drafted an updated and refined proposal after an earlier version drew criticism for favoring Moscow. NPR's Charles Mains reports.

Speaker 3 substantively with Russia, arguing it likely meant the White House had yet to convince Ukraine to accept terms.

Speaker 3 Putin also insisted Moscow would achieve its objectives in Ukraine either way, pointing to recent Russian gains on the battlefield. Critics of the U.S.

Speaker 3 plan say it tilts heavily in Russia's favor, with calls for Ukraine to see territory, cap its military, and renounce ambitions to join NATO. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.

Speaker 2 New York City Mayor Alex Oran Mamdani is defending his recent meeting with President Trump, saying he's ready to work with the administration on issues facing New Yorkers, including high prices and a shortage of affordable housing.

Speaker 2 Speaking outside of a church in Queens on Sunday, Mom Dhani said there's one area he will not cooperate with the White House, immigration.

Speaker 4 City government can be in touch with the federal government on around 170 serious crimes. The concern comes from beyond those crimes.

Speaker 4 The many New Yorkers who at this moment are being arrested, they're being detained, they're being deported for the crime of showing up to a regular court appearance.

Speaker 2 On NBC's Meet the Press, Mom Dhani said he still believes Trump is a threat to democracy, but added that he's willing to find ways to work with him to help New Yorkers.

Speaker 2 Stocks on Wall Street opened higher at the start of a holiday-shortened trading week. NPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average rose about 100 points in early trading.

Speaker 5 Investors are growing more optimistic that the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates again when policymakers meet in a couple of weeks.

Speaker 5 Comments by prominent Fed officials in recent days suggest worries about the job market could be outweighing concerns about stubborn inflation. That makes a rate cut more likely.

Speaker 5 Now that air traffic controllers and TSA agents are getting paychecks again, they'll be busy this week as millions of holiday travelers take to the skies.

Speaker 5 The FAA is forecasting its busiest Thanksgiving season in 15 years, while the TSA expects nearly 18 million people to pass through its checkpoints.

Speaker 5 The stock market will be closed for the holiday on Thursday, and Friday's trading session will end early. Scott Horsley and Pear News, Washington.

Speaker 2 Stocks are continuing to trade higher on Wall Street at this hour. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 77 points, the Nasdaq Composite trading sharply higher up 404, the S ⁇ P 500 up 62 points.

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Speaker 2 Tech company Meta is building the world's largest data center in a small Louisiana town. It will have a footprint nearly the size of Manhattan.

Speaker 2 Construction started last December, and it's brought an onslaught of heavy traffic.

Speaker 2 An investigation from the Gulf States newsrooms, Drew Hawkins, found that trucks working at the Meta facility are causing delays and dangerous roads.

Speaker 6 As of September, crashes are up more than 600% on the roads surrounding Meta's new data center in Holly Ridge, Louisiana, according to records obtained by the Gulf States newsroom.

Speaker 6 Truck drivers couldn't see or hear smaller vehicles before crashing into them.

Speaker 6 At least two drivers fell asleep at the wheel, and one abandoned his wrecked truck so he wouldn't miss a morning meeting at Meta. In another crash, an 18-wheeler driver didn't even have a license.

Speaker 6 In response to our questions, Meta says it set strict guidelines about speed and safety but did not address specific crashes and says construction on the data center will last at least another five years.

Speaker 6 Meta is a financial supporter of NPR. For NPR News, I'm Drew Hawkins in Holly Ridge, Louisiana.

Speaker 2 Jamaican singer, songwriter, and actor Jimmy Cliff has died.

Speaker 2 He was known for classics like Many Rivers to Cross, You Can Get It If You Really Want, and for starring in the 1972 film The Harder They Come.

Speaker 2 His wife announced on his official Instagram page that he died after a seizure followed by pneumonia. Jimmy Cliff was 81 years old.
I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News in Washington.

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