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This message comes from Bayer. Science is a rigorous process that requires questions, testing, transparency, and results that can be proven. This approach is integral to every breakthrough Bayer brings forward. Innovations that save lives and feed the world. Science Delivers.com Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. Police are trying to understand why two National Guard members were shot outside a subway station in Washington, D.C. this afternoon. They say a suspect shot them before also being shot and taken into custody.

D.C., assistant police chief Jeffrey Carroll, says the emergency response was rapid. The National Guard members are being treated at a local hospital. D.C. firing EMS response is seen to provide first aid for those individuals and transport them to a local hospital. The suspect in this case was also transported for treatment at a local hospital. The shooting took place just two blocks from the White House, which was briefly locked down because of the incident. President Trump has updated his original 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine, as NPR's Franco Ordonez tells us, Trump says there are now only a few remaining points of disagreements. President Trump says he's dispatching his special envoy, Steve Whitkoff, to Moscow to meet with

President Putin, while sending Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet with the Ukrainians to work out the final details. It's just the latest iteration of yo-yoing proposal that Trump has presented as he tries to cement his peacemaking legacy. Evo Dahlder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, says all Trump wants is a deal. He doesn't care what the terms of the deal are. He just wants it to end and to be seen as the person who ended it. But Daldor says the problem is that while the U.S. agreed to plans with both Russia and Ukraine,

Russia and Ukraine have not reached an agreement on any plans with each other. Franco, Ordonez. NPR News. The Trump administration is planning to end. and temporary protected status for some 353,000 Haitians now living in the U.S. The country is facing a major health crisis, and the U.N. says most of the country's capital is controlled by rival gangs. But Homeland Security Secretary Christine Noam says there are no extraordinary conditions in the country that would prevent the migrants from being sent home. Millions of Americans are traveling to visit family and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday.

As NPR's Joel Rose reports, it's a big test for the U.S. aviation system. At Ronald Reagan, Washington National Airport, many travelers said they were pleasantly surprised to find manageable lines and few delays. Patrice and David Lombardo flew in from Savannah, Georgia. I'm so surprised how well it's going. Amazing. We're prepared to be unhappy, and we're not. There were a few signs of the staffing shortages of air traffic controllers that caused disruptions during the government shutdown. But there were some weather-related problems, as a major storm caused delays at airports in the Twin Cities and Chicago. Airlines for America and industry trade group says airlines will carry more than 31 million passengers during the Thanksgiving travel season.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Arlington, Virginia. Stocks were ups on Wall Street today. The Dow Jones Industrials gained 314 points before the holiday. The S&P 500 rose 46 points. The NASDAQ climbed 189 points. You're listening to NPR News. Many lightning strikes created by whirling dust devils have been detected by a rover on Mars. As NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boys reports, scientists had long suspected that the red planet

might have some form of lightning, but discovering it has been elusive. Since the 1970s, scientists have thought that swirling dust on Mars might produce some kind of electrical discharge. Like on Earth, clouds of turbulent volcanic ash can create lightning. Now, in the journal Nature, a team says that in windy conditions, a microphone on NASA's Perseverance Rover sometimes did more than just hear wind. Dozens of times it registered a distinctive pattern of electrical interference followed by the acoustic signal of a shockwave. They say this had to have been from electrical arcs just a few centimeters long. They want to learn more about this electrical activity to understand what risks, if any, it might pose to future human or robotic missions. Nell Greenfield

Boyce, NPR News. Soldiers on the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau have apparently seized power in that country. The president has told French media that he's been deposed and arrested. The military says it's acting in response to a plan to destabilize the country. They say the plan involved both domestic and foreign nationals. The country had held national elections just three days before. Severe flooding in southern Thailand has killed at least 33 people. The government says more than 2.5 million people have been affected by the floods, which began over the weekend. The government has declared a state of emergency in one of its provinces, and it's using the country's military to help with relief efforts. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.

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