NPR News: 02-19-2026 5PM EST
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🗓️ 19 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. |
| 0:05.1 | The former Prince Andrew has left a police station in eastern England after spending the day in custody. |
| 0:11.7 | He was arrested this morning in an investigation into whether he passed sensitive government information to the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:20.0 | NPR's Lauren Friar reports from London. |
| 0:22.8 | Photos show a distressed-looking, Andrew, hunched in the backseat of a car being driven |
| 0:27.3 | away from the station. Police say he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, |
| 0:33.0 | which carries up to life in prison. Police confirmed his release but say he's still under investigation. |
| 0:39.0 | Andrews settled a past lawsuit with one of Epstein's underage victims but denies any wrongdoing. |
| 0:44.7 | Now police are sorting through Andrew's correspondence with the disgraced financier, |
| 0:49.3 | part of which was in the latest files released by the U.S. Justice Department. |
| 0:53.4 | They're probing whether Andrew abused his role as a U.K. trade envoy by passing confidential information to Epstein. |
| 1:00.4 | Lauren Freyer and PR News, London. |
| 1:02.6 | The U.S. women's hockey team has won the gold at the Winter Olympics in Italy. |
| 1:07.9 | Steve Fetterman reports Team USA came from behind to beat its arch rival Canada, |
| 1:12.9 | two to one, in overtime. It was a game full of drama and emotion. Canada held the high-scoring |
| 1:19.0 | U.S. offense scoreless until two minutes, four seconds were left in the game. The U.S. desperate |
| 1:25.1 | pulled its goaltender. The Americans had an extra attack around the ice, |
| 1:29.6 | and that's when the U.S. scored the tying goal. That forced the game into overtime, and in overtime, |
| 1:35.5 | the U.S. wins. Canada may have outplayed the U.S. overall in this game, but the U.S. ends up with |
| 1:41.2 | the gold medal. Canada ends up with silver. For the third time, the U.S. rules Olympic women's ice hockey. |
| 1:48.5 | For NPR news, I'm Steve Futterman in Milan. |
| 1:51.5 | The U.S. trade deficit jumped more than expected in December. |
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