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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. Tens of thousands of Southern California residents

remained under evacuation orders as crews continued to battle multiple wildfires. The blazes are now blamed for at least 10 deaths, the destruction of thousands of properties, and massive power outages. Some fire hydrants in the region have run dry properties and massive power outages. Some fire hydrants in the region have run dry and as Dan Karpanchuk reports, the nation of Canada is offering to deploy more resources.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is offering firefighters, planes and equipment as well as the military personnel to get them to California. And Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he has two water bombers and 165 firefighters on standby. Quebec and British Columbia have already sent planes and helicopters to the front lines in California. FAN CARPENCHUK IN TORONTO A powerful storm is causing freezing temperatures and the threat of snow in areas stretching

from west to north Texas to the mid-Atlantic. North Carolina's Governor Josh Stein declared a state of emergency. Central Virginia was already under a boil water advisory that was triggered by another storm earlier in the week. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request to halt Friday's sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump in the New York hush money case. NPRC Manobustio reports on Trump's latest attempt to delay the procedure. The court said that any concerns Trump has about the case should first be litigated through quote ordinary course on appeal or through lower courts. The justices also said that

sentencing will inflict a relatively light burden on him since New York Judge Juan Marchand intends to impose a sentence of unconditional discharge, meaning Trump will not face prison probation or any fines. The conviction will, however, remain on his records. Conservative justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh would have sided with Trump in halting the sentencing. That means Trump was just one person shy of having a majority of the court agree with him. The decision means Trump will become the first former or sitting president to be convicted and sentenced on criminal charges after he was found guilty of falsifying business records. Hibana Bustillo, NPR News, New York.

New York police commissioner William Bratton has been hired to review security protocols in New Orleans. WWNO's Matt Bloom reports that the move comes in wake of the New Year's Day attack in the French Quarter. Bratton twice served as New York's police commissioner and chief of police of Los Angeles, where he became known for his broken windows policing style, which targets petty crimes. New Orleans chief Ann Kirkpatrick says he'll work closely with her over the coming months. He is here to serve all of us. This is a community endeavor. Kirkpatrick made the announcement during a city council meeting where she also said she would not

resign in the wake of last week's truck attack on New Year's Day. For NPR News, I'm Matt Bloom in New Orleans. This is NPR. The Biden administration finalized some new rules expanding Title IX protections for LGBTQ plus students last year. On Thursday, a federal judge threw out the new regulations saying they overstepped the president's authority. Judge Danny Reeves also cited what he called legal shortcomings. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by several states challenging the expanded rules. Title IX was enacted in 1972 to prohibit gender or sex-based discrimination in education.

A popular education tech firm says it's the victim of a cyber attack. While the company says the incident has been contained, NPR's Jenna McLaughlin reports that the attackers stole private data on students and parents. School districts across the country from Connecticut to Indiana warned parents this week that hackers had access their private data. Education tech company Power School says it sells its cloud-based and software programs to more than 16,000 customers across North America to support tens of millions of students. The company became aware of the breach just days after Christmas, a time period hackers often take advantage of due to lack of security staffing. The company says there is no disruption of services to schools and that they took steps

to prevent the stolen data from being further misused, though they didn't clarify what those steps were. Jen McLaughlin, NPR News. Climate agencies in Europe and Japan say last year's average global temperature broke the long-term warming limit of 2.7 degrees above pre-industrial levels, as set by the Paris Climate Accord.

U.S. climate scientists are expected to release their findings later today. This is NPR News. What's in store for the music, TV, and film industries for 2025? later today. This is NPR News.