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After the election, the economy feels like one big, huh? Good thing there's the Indicator from Planet Money podcast. We take a different economic topic from the news every day and break it down in under 10 minutes. Topics like the home building shortage or the post-election crypto rally. Listen to the Indicator from Planet Money podcast from NPR and turn that, huh, into an ah. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. More than 9,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed

by wildfires burning in Southern California. More than half those losses were due to the Palisades fire. At least 10 fatalities have now been reported. NPR's Kirk Siegler reports that close to 180,000 people are under evacuation orders in the LA basin where two of five major blazes are burning out of control. The winds have died down some and there's a tinge of humidity in the air. It's a small piece of good news compared to the dusty erratic gusts of the Santa Ana's blowing in from the desert. They've been

fanning the flames into densely populated urban areas. Will Cook evacuated from his apartment in Santa Monica. I'm really sad about what it is, but I got what matters most and that's my kids. It's been chaotic and a whiplash of stress for Angelenos getting text alerts to evacuate, and not always accurate. Authorities at one point even sent out a blast to the entire city, only to have to send out a follow-up alerting it as a mistake. Kirk Ziegler in PR News, Los Angeles.

The playoff game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Minnesota Vikings has been moved from Southern California because of the wildfire emergency. The wild card game will be played some 400 miles away in Glendale, Arizona on Monday night. President-elect Donald Trump will be sentenced on Friday for his conviction of falsifying business records in 2016, allegedly to hide a past extramarital affair. New York Judge Juan Marchand refused to delay the sentencing, but has indicated that he

will not impose jail time. Meanwhile, Trump has reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to delay the sentencing. Well, they called for an appeal, and as you know, they acknowledged what the judge said about no penalty and there is no penalty. But we're going to appeal anyway, just psychologically, because frankly, it's a disgrace. Trump maintains he did nothing wrong. Former President Jimmy Carter has been laid to rest in Georgia. WABE Sam Greenglass reports that Carter was buried in Plains

where he lived for nearly a century. As the sun began to dip, visitors and neighbors waving American flags lined the main drag of this tiny downtown to say a final goodbye. Some from faraway states, others closer to home. Terry Wooden says Carter means a lot to people in this isolated region where there are not a lot of resources, not a lot of attention and frankly not a lot of hope sometimes. But to see someone who could come from the meager

beginnings and be able to be one of the most powerful people in the world. You know, it just, it says to them, you're not boxed in, that anything is possible. And she says she wanted to be here so she can tell her grandchildren about the man from Plains who became president. Sam Greenglass in Plains, Georgia. This is NPR. The Supreme Court will hear arguments Friday on whether to delay a government ban on the social media site TikTok.

The ban, approved by Congress a year ago, is set to take effect on January 19, a day before President-elect Trump is inaugurated. During his first term, Trump issued an executive order requiring TikTok to divest from its China-based parent bite dance or be banned in the U.S. He's now asking the high court to delay its decision on the ban. A Chinese scientist has named 16 newly discovered spider species after songs by the Taiwan-born mandipop artist Jay Chou, one of the influential singers in Mandarin. That's Starry Mood, or Xingqin, one of Jay Chou's earliest hit singles. Now, it's also the name of a newly discovered species of spider,

thanks to Mi Xiaoqi, a professor at Tongren University in southwestern China. It's rare for a scientific paper to go viral, but that's exactly what happened when Mi's article about the new spider species got picked up on Chinese social media. Users are calling him J. Cho's ultimate fan. Mi told Chinese state media he hoped this would bring scientific research closer to the public, and hopefully help with conservation. For NPR News, I'm Ashes Valentine in Taipei. Global temperatures soared to another record last year. Three government climate agencies in Europe and Japan say

2024's average temperature easily surpass 2023's record heat. I'm Shae Stevens. This is NPR News. Tis the season for rich meals, I'm Shae Stevens. This is NPR News.