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🗓️ 17 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This message comes from Wondery. At 24 years old, Monica Lewinsky was in a scandal that defined |
| 0:06.5 | who she was for the entire world, and now she's ready to draw from her own experience on what it |
| 0:12.8 | means to redefine yourself on her new podcast, reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky. Listen wherever you |
| 0:19.5 | get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.2 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Controversy surrounding New York City Mayor Eric Adams deepened a day as four of his top aides and deputy mayors announced they are resigning. It comes after the Trump administration's Justice Department moved to drop corruption |
| 0:38.4 | charges against Adams. MPR's Brian Mann reports. Critics say the DOJ shelved criminal corruption |
| 0:44.2 | and bribery charges against Mayor Adams, a Democrat, after he agreed to collaborate with |
| 0:48.9 | President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Adams faces growing calls to resign, and now four of Adam's most senior |
| 0:55.6 | aides say they're leaving office. In a joint statement, three of the officials pointed to the |
| 0:59.7 | extraordinary events that have rocked Adams' administration in recent weeks. They said, |
| 1:04.6 | quote, to stay faithful to the oaths we swore to New Yorkers, we've come to the difficult |
| 1:09.0 | decision to step down. Speaking over the weekend, Adams rejected calls that he leave office. |
| 1:14.2 | In a statement sent to NPR, Adam says he's disappointed by the resignations. |
| 1:18.7 | Brian Mann, NPR News, New York. |
| 1:20.3 | The extent of injuries are still being assessed after a Delta Airlines plane from Minneapolis |
| 1:24.4 | coming in for landing in Toronto ended up on the runway upside down. |
| 1:29.4 | Officials at Toronto's Pearson Airport say all 80 passengers a crew aboard the plane are accounted for. |
| 1:35.4 | At least eight people were injured, though the number and details are still coming in. |
| 1:38.9 | It's not known what caused the incident. |
| 1:41.4 | A program in Chicago is helping reduce arrests for violent crimes among young people |
| 1:45.6 | in some of the city's neighborhoods most affected by gun violence. Piers Meg Anderson reports. |
| 1:50.7 | The program pairs students with a mentor, and for six months, they attend group therapy, |
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