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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Two members of the National Guard were shot today near the White House. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey has posted on X had both service members who were members of the West Virginia National Guard died. However, NPR has not yet independently verified that development. Earlier, President Trump said on social media that the suspect was shot and is hospitalized with critical injuries. A federal judge has dismissed the Georgia election interference. case against President Trump and more than a dozen of his allies. Georgia public broadcasting Sarah Callis reports a prosecution move to end the case.

Georgia prosecutor Pete Scandalakis filed paperwork to drop the criminal case against President Trump and the other defendants, saying he did not find clear evidence of a viable conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Georgia State University law professor Anthony Michael Kreis said that he was not surprised by the decision. I think this is really fundamentally a gut check about whether you believe the President of the United States tried to overturn the 2020 election or not. Trump and 18 co-defendants were originally indicted in 2023. The case was quickly plagued with challenges and resulted in Fulton County District Attorney

Fannie Willis's removal from it this year. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Callis in Atlanta. In new court papers, chat GPT maker OpenAI says it is not liable for the death of a teenager saying he misused the chat by. and PR's Bobby Allen reports a boy's family had filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Lawyers for OpenAI say a 16-year-old boy from Orange County, California, used the chat bot as a suicide coach. The tech company says the boy's death was the result of the unauthorized use of chat GPT. It's OpenAI's first legal response to a lawsuit that set off debate about the potential mental health dangers of powerful AI chatbots.

The lawsuit contained chat log showing chat GPT discouraged the boy from seeking mental health treatment and even helped him write a suicide note. Since the suit, Open AI has changed its AI models so that interactions with the chatbot are less affirming of what a user is asking about, which could include harms. Bobby Allen, NPR News. The U.S. is in the thick of one of the busiest holiday travel weeks of the year, especially for air travel. NPR's Joel Rose reports on morale among air traffic controllers who had to work for weeks without pay during the government shutdown. The Department of Transportation has said it will give $10,000 bonuses to air traffic controllers who did not miss a single shift during the 43-day shutdown, but only a small fraction of working air traffic

controllers will qualify just 311 controllers out of more than 10,000 will get the cash bonuses, according to the controllers' union. And that's causing some resentment among those who did not qualify. Some have called the bonuses unfair and even a betrayal of those who did a lot of hard work during the shutdown. NPR's Joel Rose reporting, the Dow is up 314 points or more than half a percent. You're listening to NPR News. Pope Leo the 14th has a message for his fellow Americans preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving. To say thank you to someone, to recognize that we all have received so many gifts. First and foremost, the gift of life, the gift of faith, the gift of unity.

Tomorrow, the Vatican's first U.S. Pope embarks on his first foreign trip since his election to Turkey and Lebanon. They're predominantly Muslim countries with large Christian populations. The pontiff is expected to promote a message of unity and peace. The fifth and final season of Stranger Things premieres tonight on Netflix. NPR's Chloe Veltman reports the wildly popular sci-fi horror series helps shape the entertainment industry in the age of streaming. Viewership of the previous seasons of Stranger Things has mushroomed in recent weeks. Entertainment analysts say the show could top viewership charts in the coming days.

Joe Adalien is the West Coast editor of Vulture. He says Stranger Things wasn't Netflix's first big hit, House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, came first. But it was Netflix's first true international blockbuster. Almost instantaneously, it became something of a global phenomenon. It was everywhere all at once. And Adalian says it expanded the medium's creative potential. It sort of blurred the lines between feature films and television. Netflix plans.

to release the final episodes of Stranger Things Season 5 on New Year's Eve. Chloe Veltman, NPR News. US docs have ended the day higher with the Dow closing up 314 points. It's NPR.