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Jeanine Herbst
This message comes from Pemco Mutual Insurance Company. Their mission is to help customers worry less and live more. So they're sharing prevention tips that empower you to prevent some of life's pitfalls before they happen. Visit pemco.com prevention live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Federal aviation investigators say they've recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines regional jet that crashed midair over the Potomac river near Reagan national airport outside Washington, D.C. this week. The helicopter pilot was told to go behind the plane, but that didn't happen. NPR's Tom Bowman has more.
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Tom Bowman
The Blackhawk was heading south along the Potomac in the direction of National Airport and like the plane, was in touch with the tower. Now there's a flight corridor for helicopters and the maximum height is 200ft. But sources I talk with say it appears a Black Hawk was flying higher, maybe more than 100ft higher at the time of the crash. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would only say there was some sort of an elevation. The investigation, of course, will determine whether the helicopter was in the corridor and at the right altitude.
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Jeanine Herbst
NPR's Tom Bowman. A total of 67 people were on board both aircraft, and more than two dozen bodies have been recovered so far. Canada is bracing for the possibility that the Trump administration will impose stiff tariffs on its exports to the U.S. tomorrow. NPR's Jackie Northam reports. The Canadian government says it will retaliate.
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Jackie Northam
Within days after retaking office. President Trump said he would slap 25% tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico unless the two neighbors curbed the flow of drugs and migrants crossing illegally. Roughly two and a half billion dollars worth of goods cross the U.S. canada border each day. Shachi Kurl is with the Vancouver based Angus Reed Institute, which polled more than 2,000 Canadians about the possible tariffs.
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Martin Kosti
They're angry. There is a sense of wanting to fight back. There's a lot of support for things such retaliatory tariffs.
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Jackie Northam
The Canadian government has threatened its own tariffs on Florida orange juice and Kentucky bourbon and is weighing whether to tax 4 million barrels of oil it sends to the US daily, which could drive up the cost of gas at stations across the U.S. jACKIE NORTHAM, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
An appeals court has knocked down a long standing federal law banning handgun sales to people under 21. NPR's Martin Kosti reports.
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Jonathan Lambert
The U.S. court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which covers Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, has ruled that a 1968 federal age restriction is unconstitutional. The law Barred people under 21 years of age from buying handguns from federally licensed dealers. But the constitutionality of that kind of gun control became less certain after a 2022 Supreme Court decision known as Bruin, which says such laws must be consistent with American history and tradition. That's the basis of this ruling in the Fifth Circuit, which cites the 1792 Militia act, which requires 18 year olds to bear arms. It's not clear yet how this decision will affect gun sales nationally, and gun control groups say they hope it will be overturned.
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Jeanine Herbst
Martin Kahler, NPR's the National Science foundation has halted funding for existing research grants. As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, the move comes amid efforts to comply with President Trump's executive orders.
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Martin Kosti
Hundreds of scientists who receive direct funding from NSF for their livelihoods are unable to get paid right now, and the research funds that go to institutions and universities are in limbo. NSF is congressionally mandated to consider how its grants will boost underrepresented groups participation in science. That mandate is at odds with Trump's executive orders aiming to terminate diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the government. The National Science foundation has an annual budget of around $9 billion to fund research grants. Payments of those grants have been paused since Tuesday as the agency reviews their grantmaking in the projects they fund. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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Jeanine Herbst
One thousand endangered sea turtles have been rescued in Florida. Officials with the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says the endangered reptiles were suffering because of a rare winter storm in the area that sent water temperatures plunging. The turtles flippers were paralyzed and they couldn't come up for air, but the wind and currents carried their bodies ashore and they were rescued. Officials say it was among Florida's biggest cold water turtle rescues in the last 15 years. World Financial markets, Asian markets were higher by the close. The Nikkei and the Hang Seng, both up about 1/10 of a percent. US futures contracts are trading higher this morning. Dow futures up about 3/10 of a percent. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington. This message comes from Warby Parker prescription eyewear that's expertly crafted and unexpectedly affordable. Glasses designed in house from premium materials starting at just $95, including prescription lenses. Stop by a Warby Parker store near.