The News Roundup For December 13, 2024
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🗓️ 13 December 2024
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Summary
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 1,500 Americans this week. According to his administration, it's a single-day record.
After rebels took control of the Syrian capital of Aleppo, President Bashar al-Assad fled the country and has been granted asylum in Russia. Now, the world is asking what's next for the country and for the region.
The rebels have also dealt a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambitions in Europe and the Mediterranean. His forces' main point of entry to the sea was tied to the Assad dynasty. Russia's military presence on the Syrian coast is now in jeopardy.
We cover all these stories and more during the News Roundup.
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| 0:18.7 | Hey, it's Naila. I'm your host for this edition of the News Roundup. |
| 0:21.6 | Just a quick heads up before we start the show. |
| 0:23.9 | The news is rapidly changing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:28.7 | Stay up to date with news by listening to your local NPR member station and visiting npr.org for all the latest. |
| 0:35.0 | Thanks for listening and enjoy the show. |
| 0:49.0 | You're listening to The 1A Podcast. I'm Naila Boodoo, and it's time for the news roundup. |
| 0:55.3 | We have so much news to catch up on from a high-profile arrest in Pennsylvania to a succession courtroom battle in Nevada and a mysterious story in the skies above New Jersey. People have been spotting |
| 1:02.0 | suspicious drones overhead for weeks, and while at least one senator is saying it's time to shoot |
| 1:07.3 | them down, state and federal officials still say they're clueless. |
| 1:17.4 | With us this week to explain what's often unexplainable. Amanda Becker, Washington correspondent at the 19th. Hi, Amanda. |
| 1:17.9 | Hello. |
| 1:22.4 | Josh Wingrove, White House reporter with Bloomberg News. Josh, happy to have you back with us. |
| 1:23.9 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:33.8 | And also in studio with us, Margaret Tollive, senior contributor at Axios, and the director of Syracuse University's Institute for Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship. Margaret, thanks for being here. |
| 1:34.5 | Thank you, Naila. |
| 1:44.6 | Police arrested Luigi Mangione on Monday, first on firearm charges, and then later charged him with murder in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, |
| 1:47.5 | who was fatally shot in Manhattan last week. |
| 1:51.3 | The 26-year-old is being held near Altoona, Pennsylvania, |
| 1:56.5 | after an employee at a local McDonald's thought he looked suspicious and called police. |
| 1:59.3 | Here's Luigi Mangione's attorney, Thomas Dickey. |
| 2:01.8 | Like I said earlier, and I wasn't kidding around. |
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