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Doua Khalilpal (0:16)
Live from NPR News in New York City. I'm Doua Halisai. Kautao. More than 8,000 flights have been canceled this weekend ahead of a major storm that's expected to bring snow, ice and bitter cold to large parts of the country. In Kentucky, Kentucky families are packing stores to grab last minute supplies. As Karen Zarr of member station WUKY reports.
Karen Zarr (0:41)
This toddler summed up the mood for most shoppers at a Walmart in Lexington, Kentucky. The state is bracing for ice and heavy snow, and Governor Andy Beshear has already declared a state of emergency. Reed Lanter and his partner were part of the crowd. State stocking up.
Reed Lanter (0:59)
We're ready to hunker down. We got a lot of frozen stuff, so we don't know if that's good or not if the power goes out. This is kind of our first time adulting.
Karen Zarr (1:06)
So this store, like so many others in the path of the storm, had rows upon rows of low stock shelves. As for shovels, management said those were all gone as of Thursday night. For NPR News, I'm Karen Zarr in Lexington.
Doua Khalilpal (1:21)
The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva is extending its investigation into abuses in Iran and raising alarms about the violence, suppression of protests this month. NPR's Michelle Keleman reports. Activists there say the Iranians killed thousands of people.
Volker Turk (1:37)
The UN's top human rights official, Volker Turk, says the killing on the streets of Iran may have subsided, but as he puts it, the brutality continues.
Michelle Keleman (1:47)
We have indications that the security forces made mass arrests in several cities, even pursuing injured people into hospitals and detaining lawyers, human rights defenders, activists and ordinary civilians.
Volker Turk (2:00)
He said he's alarmed by the mixed messages coming from Iran about their fate. President Trump has said that Iran promised him that they would not execute prisoners, but senior Iranian judicial authorities say otherwise. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.