NPR News Now - NPR News: 11-14-2025 5PM EST

Episode Date: November 14, 2025

NPR News: 11-14-2025 5PM ESTLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Many officials and community leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina are opposing a pending federal immigration crackdown. They're describing it as an invasion and urging residents to protest peacefully and record agents' actions from a distance. Here's Democratic State Representative Jordan Lopez. As a lawmaker myself, I know laws must be enforced, but the how matters. And whenever you decide that creating the perception of peace through fear tactics,

through militarized agents walking down the street, that doesn't feel like a say for a welcoming community to me that feels like a prison. Similar operations are underway in other Democratic-led cities. The Trump administration defends the operations as necessary for fighting crime and enforcing U.S. immigration law. Protesters clashed with police outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago. Activists claim the facility acts as a de facto detention center with inhumane conditions. Illinois State Police and Cook County sheriffs detained 21 people by midday.

The Trump administration is upending its homelessness policy with a major shift away from long-term housing. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports critics warn it could push many thousands of people back onto the streets. The change slashes two-thirds of the funding that's long been used for permanent housing with services. Instead, it will ramp up spending on transitional housing that requires work and addiction treatment. In a statement, the Department of Housing, Adirma Development says the new policies will restore accountability and promote self-sufficiency. In another change, HUD will no longer automatically renew existing programs. Advocates to end homelessness say the timing of this major overhaul is terrible.

Starting in January, it will leave many places around the country with no federal funding for months. They estimate it will put 170,000 people at risk of losing their housing again. Jennifer Lutton in peer news, Washington. forces shot and killed two teenage boys in the occupied West Bank yesterday, saying they were, quote, terrorists on their way to carry out a terror attack. As NPR's a cat lawnstorm reports, it's a particularly dangerous and deadly time for Palestinians in the West Bank. The 15-year-olds were killed in a town outside the Palestinian city of Hebron. Their deaths were confirmed by Palestinian health officials and the town mayor. The Israeli military says the two were

headed to an Israeli settlement to carry out what it called a terror attack when soldiers shot them. More than 45 Palestinian children and minors have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year, according to the U.N. That's as Israel has been carrying out an extended military operation in the north since January, displacing tens of thousands, the longest and largest displacement crisis in the West Bank in decades. In recent weeks, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has also surged to an all-time high. Kat-Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Stocks closed mixed today. You're listening to NPR. PR News from Washington.

An atmospheric river is dousing Southern California. National Weather Service forecasters warn it could produce rock slides and debris flows in Los Angeles, areas of Los Angeles ravaged by wildfires earlier this year. Heavy rain is forecast for tonight and tomorrow night. A new survey shows one in eight adults in the U.S. is currently taking OZempic, Wagovi, or similar weight loss medications. NPR's Sidney Lupkin reports, and that's according to the nonpartisan research organization, KFF. The number of adults taking GLP-1 drugs, which include Ozempic, Wagovi, Zepounde, and Majaro, is going up. It went from 6% a year and a half ago to 12% now. People are taking the drugs for chronic conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease, as well as for weight loss.

Here's Ashley Kurtzinger, a pollster at KFF. What was really striking to us that there wasn't one. demographic group that was kind of driving the increase. It looked like there was a pretty steady increase in use across demographic groups. Although most people taking these drugs say they have some insurance coverage for them, more than half say the drugs are difficult to afford. KFF conducted the poll between October 27th and November 2nd. Sydney Lepkin NPR News. Marine scientists have rescued a sea otter pup in Morro Bay, California. After it was separated from its mother, the Marine Mammal Center used a recording

of the lost otter's cries to lure its mother. After two hours, a female otter followed the boat leading to a successful reunion. See otters are crucial for biodiversity, but remain threatened. I'm Ryland Barton. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.