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Dale Willman
News, I'm Dale Willman. President elect Donald Trump has selected attorney Kash Patel to serve as the next director of the FBI. As NPR's Windsor Johnston reports, if confirmed by the Senate, Patel could implement significant changes at the bureau.
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Patel has been an outspoken critic of the FBI. The former prosecutor and public defender has called for shutting down the agency's Washington, D.C. headquarters and firing its top leadership. During the end of Trump's first term in office, Patel served in a number of administration positions, including on the National Security Council and in the Pentagon. His nomination could draw scrutiny from lawmakers in the Senate, possibly setting up contentious confirmation hearings. In a post on social media, Trump called Patel a brilliant lawyer, investigator and, quote, america first fighter. Windsor Johnston, NPR News, Washington.
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Dale Willman
Syrian opposition forces have taken control of much of that country's second largest city of aleppo. And as NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports, rebel forces say they're also closing in on the government stronghold city of Hama.
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Ruth Sherlock
Thousands of Syrian opposition rebels have moved into Aleppo, Syria's second most populous city. Videos show them at the old Citadel, burning posters of Syrian President Bashar Assad. It's a sudden and stunning development in Syria's 14 year civil war. The Syrian regime, backed by Russia and Iran, was heralded as having largely won the conflict with opposition militias pushed to rural areas along the border with Turke. There they were funded and received military training by Turkey. And now in just three days, these rebels have stormed deep into Syria and are now targeting the government stronghold of Hama in the center of the country. The Syrian military says it's regrouping to launch a counteroffensive. One reason for the regime's sudden loss may be intensified Israeli airstrikes on the Iran backed militia Hezbollah in Syria who were helping the regime control the country. Ruth Sherlock and PRNews one of the.
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Dale Willman
Deadliest and most costly hurricane seasons ever seen in the Atlantic officially ended today. From Miami, NPR's Greg Allen reports that the season brought 11 hurricanes, five of which made landfall in the U.S. ocean.
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Greg Allen
Temperatures in the Atlantic were 2 to 3 degrees above normal this season. In early July, Hurricane Beryl became a Category 5 storm, the earliest in the season a hurricane had ever grown that intense. In late September, Hurricane Helene left a path of destruction from Florida to North Carolina. More than 200 people died about half of them in North Carolina from the severe flooding. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton strengthened to a Category 5 storm but weakened before making landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast. A recent study found that because of climate change, hurricanes are now a full category higher than they would have been in earlier decades. Greg Allen, NPR News, Miami.
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Dale Willman
I'm Dale Willman, and you're listening to NPR News. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in Thailand and Malaysia this weekend because of massive flooding throughout that area. The floods have affected more than 500,000 homes in southern Thailand, and at least 12 people have died across the two countries. The rapper Drake has taken another shot in his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar. This time it's aimed at his music label. Drake has taken legal action against Universal Music Group. NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports.
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Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Kendrick Lamar's song Not Like Us came out in May.
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Dale Willman
They not like us. They not like us.
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Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
The diss track topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice and was widely believed to trump Lamar's ongoing beef with Drake. But now Drake has filed two petitions against umg, the label he shares with Lamar. The first petition alleges that UMG and Spotify illegally boosted Lamar's song. The second petition accuses UMG of engaging in a pay to play scheme with iHeartMedia to increase the radio play for Not Like Us. The filing also takes issue with some of the lyrics from Lamar's song, which refer to Drake as a certified pedophile and predator. According to Drake's attorneys, UMG knew such accusations were false but chose to release the track anyway. Isabela Gomez Sarmiento, NPR News.
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Dale Willman
Michigan shocked Ohio State today in Columbus. The Wolverines scored a field goal with 45 seconds left to beat the Buckeyes 13:10, knocking the Bucks out of contention for the Big Ten championship. Number four, Penn State, meanwhile, easily handled Maryland 44. 7. Notre Dame had difficulty with USC but won 49:30. Tennessee beat Vanderbilt, Syracuse, surprise Miami and Valdosta State beat Miles by a score of 33 to 17. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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