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This message comes from Capital One with the Venture X card. Earn unlimited double miles, a $300 annual capital one travel credit and access to airport lounges. Capital One what's in your wallet? Terms apply details@capital1.com Live from NPR News, I'm Jeanine Herbst. President Trump says he's ordered military strikes on ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria today, saying on social media the militants have been targeting and killing Christians. Defense Secret Secretary Pete Hegseth also says on social media that he's grateful for Nigerian government support and cooperation. But in the past, Nigeria's government has said Trump's portrayal of the security situation is misleading and that all religions have suffered at the hands of ISIS and other groups. Last night, a blast at a mosque in northeast Nigeria left at least five people dead. The American Academy of Pediatrics is suing the federal health department over the sudden cancellation of $12 million in grants, as NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports. The pediatricians allege the grants were canceled in retaliation for speaking out against the department's recent policy changes that could limit access to childhood vaccines.
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AAP represents 67,000 pediatricians across the country. The organization has pushed back forcefully against the vaccine recommendations implemented by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. A longtime anti vaccine activist. And in the lawsuit, AAP says the Department of Health and Human Services retaliated against their organization because of that public criticism. The millions in canceled grants supported work on sudden infant death prevention, rural health, early detection of birth defects and more. The lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C. and says that without court intervention, these programs will end within weeks. HHS did not respond to NPR's request for comment. Selena Simmons Duffin, NPR News.
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A powerful winter storm is lashing much of California. NPR's Joel Rose reports. The storm is causing flash flooding, power outages and road closures across the state today.
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Southern California has seen record setting rainfall totals with more than 3 inches of rain in Santa Barbara and parts of Los Angeles County. Bursts of intense rain caused scattered mudslides, flooded freeways and prompted evacuation orders in parts of LA and San Bernardino counties further north. The storm knocked out power to more than 120,000 customers in Central and Northern California, according to Poweroutage U.S. while high winds delayed inbound flights to San Francisco International Airport by an average of two hours, according to the faa. The storm also dumped several feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and forecasters say more could be on the way. Joel Rose, NPR News.
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An Arctic blast is bringing frigid temperatures and snow to the upper Midwest through the Northeast. The National Weather Service says accumulating ice and heav snow is possible in the area through tomorrow. In Michigan, a quarter inch of ice is possible in parts and freezing rain could fall in the Mid Atlantic tomorrow. U.S. futures contracts are trading flat. This is NPR. A pro Russian hacking group has claimed responsibility for a major cyber attack on France's national postal service. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. The attack crippled the post office on the busiest season of the year.
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The cyber attack was claimed by Noname O5 7, a pro Russian group of hackers that has previously targeted media websites and government and corporate websites in countries including Poland, Sweden and Germany. Experts say its activities are designed to support pro Russian information warfare. It's also been accused of other cyber attacks in Europe, including around a NATO summit in the Netherlands and other French government sites. The group was the target of a big European police operation earlier this year. The attack was a major blow to La poste, which delivered 2.5 billion packages last year and employs more than 200,000 people. France has often been the target of pro Kremlin disinformation actors. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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Home Alone is the most popular Christmas movie on broadcast and streaming TV. The 1990 movie about a young boy left behind when his family goes on vacation has been the top ranked film by Nielsen for three of the past four Decembers. Other recent top ranked Christmas movies include elf, Home Alone 2 and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. I'm Jeanine Herbst and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. This message is from Give Directly, a nonprofit that sends cash directly to the world's poorest people. Pods Fight Poverty is supporting 700 families in Rwanda with donations matched through December 31st. Visit GiveDirectly.org podcast.