Avoid talk of religion sex and money tomorrow as we gather with family better add politics to that list as well up next on point divided families in a divided nation and how to navigate Thanksgiving 1st this news. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi saying holiday travel mess across much of the country today in the Rockies a National Weather Service is warning the travel will be very difficult even impossible at times as a series of powerful winter storms bears down on the region N.P.R. s Kirk Siegler reports heavy snow is in the forecasters Saturday Forecasters say Hurricane force winds are likely off the coast of Oregon and Northern California where heavy rain is hampering travel in Utah and Idaho the National Weather Service is advising travelers to expect snow and ice covered roads that could be impassable in places drivers should have emergency provisions with them up to 10 inches of snow is in the forecast for the Salt Lake City area more than 2 feet of snow has alre
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In North America and open number one in every other market globally for a 3 day worldwide total of $350000000.00 That tops the old 3 day record for animated films by more than 100000000 frozen to is expected to skate past plenty of other records as it heads into the family friendly Thanksgiving holidays Bob Mondello n.p.r. News the cost of a gallon of gas is falling the Lundberg survey shows the average cost of a gallon of regular is down $0.03 to $2.66 over the past 2 weeks the highest price is in San Francisco at $3.89 a gallon I m Janine Herbst n.p.r. News in Washington support for n.p.r. Comes from the little market offering artisan made goods at home decor with a commitment to fair trade a nonprofit founded by women to empower female artisans in marginalized communities around the world more at the Little Market dot com and the ne e Casey Foundation. Maybe you were up at dawn. Or maybe you re. Not a morning person. Wherever or whenever your day begins started with a show that con
This 1st line from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi saying President Trump is speaking out today for the 1st time since defense secretary Marc Asper confirmed to reporters a he was ordered to allow a Navy Seal to keep his try and pin rather than face a review board I think what I m doing is stick it out for our armed forces and there s never been a president that s going to stick up for them and hasn t quit like I have including the fact that we spent 2 and a half trillion dollars on rebuilding our armed forces will trump responding to reporters questions of the White House a short time ago Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher was a risk of losing the coveted Trident pin that designated him a member of the Navy SEALs after he was convicted of misconduct in the battlefield the president intervened to restore his rank and overturn the punishment putting him in direct odds with Navy s top brass and leading to the dismissal of the secretary of the Navy a federal judge is expected to
The Ukrainians had illegally entered what had become Russian territorial waters after the Kremlin annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 only now Moscow says it will return the ships albeit stripped of their guns Russian and Ukrainian tugboats are expected to take part in a formal handoff a neutral waters on Monday The move follows Russia s release of the ship s captured crew members last September as part of a wider Ukrainian Russian prisoner swap and has been billed as the latest in a series of small confidence building measures between Moscow and Kiev another test comes next month when France hosts Russia Ukraine and Germany for some of the aimed at ending the war news to crane that it s killed over 13000 for n.p.r. News I m Charles Maynes in Moscow the u.s. And South Korea announced today they re putting off a planned joint military exercise indefinitely North Korea has long opposed the drills calling them provocative defense secretary Mark esper calls the move an act of a goo