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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine's capital is shut down and employees are being told to shelter in place amid concerns about a potential Russian air attack. Here's NPR's Giles Snyder. The warning came in a statement published on the website of the Embassy in Kyiv. The State Department said U.S. citizens should be prepared to immediately seek shelter in the event of an air alert. The embassy's warning came a day after Ukraine made use of longer-range U.S.-made missiles

to strike deeper inside Russia after President Biden granted permission. Russia has said this marks an escalation in the war. That's NPR's Giles Snyder. The White House has accused Moscow of escalating the war in Ukraine by North Korea's deployment of thousands of its troops on Russian soil. President-elect Donald Trump says he's nominating Linda McMahon to be Secretary of Education. NPR's Joni K. Metha reports McMahon is known to many from the business side of professional wrestling. Linda McMahon is a professional wrestling business magnate who helped build World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE into a

powerhouse. In his first presidency Trump selected McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration. After two years in that role she stepped down to run the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action. McMahon's experience working with public schools is limited. Between 2009 and 2010, she served on the Connecticut State Board of Education but resigned when she ran for US Senate. In a post on Truth Social, President-elect Trump said as Secretary of Education, McMahon would, quote, empower parents to make the best education decisions for their families. Janaki Mehta and PR News.

Donald Trump also says he wants Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead the agency that oversees Medicare and Medicaid. The Harvard-educated heart surgeon won nine daytime Emmys with his TV talk show. He ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in Pennsylvania in 2022. Vice President Harris is traveling to Hawaii for a post-election vacation. Here's NPR's Tamara Keith. After an intense three and a half month campaign, Harris and second gentleman Doug Imhoff are taking a little R&R in Kalaoa on the big island of Hawaii.

This is a long scheduled vacation and comes at the end of a tumultuous period. Harris almost overnight became the Democratic Party's nominee, commanding rally crowds of tens of thousands and raising a billion dollars for her campaign. Then, with President-elect Donald Trump's decisive election win earlier this month, Harris again receded from the spotlight. She will return to Washington, DC for Thanksgiving.

Tamara Keith, NPR News. Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Pacific Northwest are without power this morning because of a strong storm moving across the region. Forecasters are calling it a bomb cyclone. This is NPR News. Rafael Nadal's professional tennis career is officially over after the Dutch eliminated Spain in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup. The 22-time Grand Slam champion shed tears during a post-match ceremony that included video

highlights of his long career on the court. Nadal's championships include four US Open titles and two Wimbledon titles. The American Psychological Association is urging parents to pay closer attention to what their teenagers are titles and two Wimbledon titles. The American Psychological Association is urging parents to pay closer attention to what their teenagers are watching on their phones and computer screens. NPR's Katie Ariddle has more on the group's latest report. With a world of unregulated content available to teens, researchers say it's important that parents pay attention to the kind of media their kids are consuming.

Mitch Prenstein is the chief science officer for the APA. When you are watching video content with your kids, make sure you're talking with your kids about it afterwards. Sometimes just staying silent and cringing during the parts that you wish your kids weren't watching might accidentally send the message that you approve of everything that was just depicted on the screen. Prenstein acknowledges it's impossible to sit next to a child every minute they're watching content. The goal, he says, is to help kids develop their own healthy media habits.

Katie Riddle in Pure News. Shares of Netflix closed at a record high yesterday on Wall Street after the streaming service announced 108 million viewers worldwide watched last week's fight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Netflix says the fight was the most streamed global sporting event in history. I'm Dave Mattingly, NPR News in Washington.