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This message comes from Carvana, who makes car selling easy. Enter your license plate or vin, get a real offer in minutes and have your car picked up from your door. Sell your car the easy way with Carvana. Pickup fee may apply. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Switzerland has declared five days of mourning for the victims of a New Year's Eve fire that tore through a bar at a popular ski resort town in the Swiss Alps. Authorities say at least 40 people have died and more than 1, 100 others were injured, many of them seriously. NPR's Ruth Sherlock has more.
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The Les Constellation bar in the Swiss ski resort town of Kranz, Montana, was a favorite for young people, including many teenagers 16 year old Axel Clavier described to the BBC trying to get out of the basement nightclub. He says. We thought we were going to suffocate because of the smoke. We didn't know where to exit. There was a huge crowd and I was alone. I told myself I wasn't going to make it. He pushed his way up the one narrow staircase and smashed a window to escape. Witnesses outside the bar described seeing people coming out, some with their clothes still on fire. An investigation is underway into the cause of the fire. Officials say it was not a deliberate attack. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News.
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Somali American daycare providers in Minneapolis say they're facing threats and vandalism after A right wing YouTube influencer accused them of fraud. NPR's Brian Mann reports. The video targets Somali run child care centers, echoing past claims that led the Trump administration to cut federal funding.
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Nasrullah Muhammad spoke at a press conference at the Nokomis Daycare center where he works in Minneapolis. And he said there's been a break in, there's been vandalism and some people in the community are scared. Mohammed says sensitive documents have been stolen after that press conference. On Wednesday, President Trump posted on social media calling Mohamed's account of the break in a total fraud. As this situation unfolded, Trump has again attacked Somali Americans in Minnesota, calling them lowlifes.
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That's NPR's Brian Mann. Stocks opened higher on this first business day of the new year. NPR's Scott Horsley reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 37 points in early trading.
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Investors are hoping stock market momentum continues into the new year after major indexes recorded double digit gains in 2025. The Dow ro 13% last year while the S&P 500 index jumped more than 16%. Tesla is reporting falling sales now that a $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles has expired. Tesla says fourth quarter sales were down around 16% compared to the same period a year ago. Sales for all of 2025 were down around 9%. Meanwhile, China's BYD saw its sales increase last year, passing Tesla to become the world's number one EV maker. Stocks were higher today in Hong Kong and Seoul. Markets were closed in Tokyo and Shang. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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On Wall street, The Dow was up 52 points, the NASDAQ up 304. This is NPR. It was a night of upsets as the four teams won slots in the semifinals for the college football championship. Pat Duggans of Alabama Public Radio reports.
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The Indiana Hoosiers is the only top ranked team to survive the quarterfinals. Miami, Oregon and Ole Miss beat Ohio State, Texas Tech and Georgia number one ranked. Indiana's head coach Kirk Signetti says he learned to break opponent's will by working as an assistant to Nick Saban at Alabama. The Hoosiers did that to the Crimson Tide in the Rose Bowl.
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It takes a while.
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It doesn't happen in the first quarter.
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Second quarter, it happens in the second half.
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At some point, next week's games in the Fiesta and Peach Bowls will decide which two teams play for the national title. For NPR News, I'm Pat Duggans in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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Parts of upstate New York are digging out from a powerful winter storm this week that brought more than a foot of snow to some parts. Dermonde Demons, who's originally from the south, says he's still clearing snow in front of his home in Syracuse.
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We don't have to fight snow, you know, we don't have to fight ice. We still have conditions where, you know, you could die, freezing temperatures. But as far as the climate goes, where the extra challenges we don't have to face, that we're still able to operate the whole winter. We can still do things without having to have the extra obstacles.
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The National Weather Service recorded more than 2ft of snow at Hancock International Airport on Tuesday that not only smashed the record for December 30, but also made Tuesday the second snow day for Syracuse since official records began in 1902. On Wall street, the Dow up 53 points, the S&P 500 up 42. This is NPR News.
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