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Korva Coleman
Live from NPR News in Washington on Korva Coleman New York City police are still searching for the person who shot and killed the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. Authorities have released new photos of a person of interest following Brian Thompson slaying early Wednesday morning in front of a Manhattan hotel. And NPR member station WNYC reports police found shell casings at the shooting scene with the words deny, defend and depose written on them. President elect Trump says he will appoint venture capitalist David Sachs to be the White House's artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency czar. NPR's Bobby Allen reports.
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Bobby Allen
David Sachs is a venture capitalist associated with the so called PayPal Mafia, a group of right leaning technologists who helped found payment processor PayPal in the late 1990s. In recent years, Sachs has helped fundraise for Trump and attacked what he sees as woke politics. On his podcast All In, Sachs is expected to oversee the dismantling of tech industry regulations. He will also give crypto advocates a direct line into the White House and work alongside Elon Musk, a close friend of Sachs. In his post on Truth Social announcing the role, Trump also said Sachs will safeguard free speech online and fight the censorship of big tech. Bobby Allen In PR news, Trump has.
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Korva Coleman
Also nominated former Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott to head the Customs and Border Protection Agency. And he tapped the assistant director of the Office of Firearms and Tactics, Calum Vitello, as the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ice. A New York state judge will hear oral arguments today in a case about a novel approach to preventing racial discrimination in elections. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang has more.
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Hansi Lo Wang
Eight states have additional legal protections for voters of color, while critics of the federal Voting Rights act continue to chip away at that landmark law in court. In New York, a group of black, Latino and Asian American voters filed the first ever lawsuit challenging a map of voting districts with a state voting rights Act. They argued that in Nassau county, where voting is racially polarized, Republican officials approved a redistricting plan that dilutes the collective power of voters of color. The state judge is hearing oral arguments over the county's request for the judge to rule without a trial. Opponents of state voting rights acts see this case as a chance to get these laws struck down for violating the U.S. constitution. Last month, another new York judge made that ruling in a separate case now on appeal. Hansie Lewong, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson says the space agency is again delaying its next human mission to the moon. Managers for the Artemis program found that part of a heat shield on the spacecraft that will be used unexpectedly broke off during a previous uncrewed flight. Nelson says managers need to make sure all other systems aboard the spacecraft continue.
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Bill Nelson
To work properly, and that's a very important part. The Eclipse system, the life support system of Artemis 2, needs to be checked out.
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Korva Coleman
The next mission won't launch until April 2026 at the earliest. This is NPR. The Labor Department releases its latest monthly snapshot on the nation's jobs picture this morning. Forecasters expect that there was a rebound in hiring during November. That would be a jump from the numbers in October when only about 12,000 new jobs were added. The forecasters say that was really low because of the strike at aircraft maker Boeing and by damage from two hurricanes. Automaker Honda is recalling more than 200,000 SUVs because of a defect that could increase the risk of a vehicle fire. NPR's Camila Domonowski reports. Honda will mail letters to affected owners in January.
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Camila Domonosky
The recall affects Honda passports and Honda pilots starting in model year 2023. On the production line, a process was done out of order in about 1% of these vehicles. A tube and pip, part of the system to carry gasoline into the gas tank, weren't properly connected. In a crash, they could disconnect, allowing fuel to leak. The defect has not caused any reported injuries or deaths. Dealers will inspect vehicles and, if needed, properly connect the tube and pipe in question. As always, repairing this safety defect is free for drivers. Camila Domonoskey, NPR News.
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Korva Coleman
A federal judge has rejected a plea deal between aircraft maker Boeing and the Justice Department. It was supposed to address two major plane crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed nearly 350 people. But the judge says the federal court should play a stronger role in picking an independent monitor to oversee Boeing. And he criticized the Justice Department for including diversity considerations in that selection process. I'm Korva Coleman, NPR News in Washington.
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