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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Several of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks and administration appointees are the targets of new violent threats.

A member of Trump's transition team says warnings of bomb threats and harassment happened last night and this morning. MPYR's Franco Ordonia says more. A Trump spokesperson, Caroline Levitt, said in a statement that law enforcement, quote, acted quickly, and that President-elect Trump and the transition team were grateful for their efforts to ensure the safety of those targeted. The FBI told NPR it takes all potential threats seriously and it's aware of, quote, numerous

bomb threats and swatting incidents against Trump nominees. Levitt did not say who was targeted, but Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who has been nominated to serve as Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, said in her own statement that she was the target of a bomb threat. The New York Republicans said she was driving home to Saratoga County with her husband and their three-year-old son when they were told of a threat at their residence. Franco Ordonez, NPR News. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met with President-elect Donald Trump today at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. He met a spokesperson confirming the pair met for dinner.

Zuckerberg did not back Trump in the election, but has publicly praised Trump's fist pump after an unsuccessful assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July. Zuckerberg at the time calling it quote badass, met a spokesperson who confirmed today's meeting said it's an important time for the future of American innovation. Mark was grateful for the invitation to join Trump for dinner and the opportunity to meet with members of his team about the incoming administration. The state of Ohio has passed a ban on transgender students from kindergarten through college using multi-person bathrooms that fit their gender identities.

Under the new measure signed into law this week, public and private schools would be required to designate separate bathrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations for the exclusive use of either males or females based on their gender assigned at birth. People socked away a little more money last month as incomes rose faster than expenses. NPR Scott Horstley reports on the latest figures from the Commerce Department. Personal income rose six tenths of a percent last month while personal spending increased four tenths of a percent. People managed to save nearly four and a half percent of their

income, which is up from the previous month, although still low by historical standards. Prices in October were up 2.3 percent from a year ago, according to the Commerce Department's inflation yardstick, which is closely watched by the Federal Reserve. Stripping out food and energy prices, which bounce around a lot, annual inflation was 2.8 percent last month. That's a slightly larger annual price increase than the previous month, and suggests that while inflation has been cooling, it's not yet completely tamed. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. Stocks closed lower on Wall Street. The Dow was down 138 points today. You're listening to NPR.

Salt water is beginning to creep up the Delaware River, posing a threat to the drinking water for nearly 14 million people in the Philadelphia area. From Delaware Public Media, Sarah Petrovich reports. The Northeast has seen some record dry months this season, causing water supply and quality issues for the Delaware River basin, which provides fresh water for nearly 4 percent of the U.S. population. Director of the University of Delaware Water Resource Center Gerald McAdams-Kaufman explains in normal years the area sees about 40 inches of rain, which keeps the salty water from

the Atlantic Ocean from contaminating the freshwater. Gerald McAdams-Kaufman, Director, University of Delaware Water Resource Center But right now, where we have a rainfall deficit, there's not much fresh water coming down from the Catskills, from the Poconos, from New Jersey and Pennsylvania to push that salt line down. The Delaware River Basin Commission has already tapped two reservoirs to begin pushing the salt line back, but officials say there isn't an imminent threat to drinking water yet. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Petruich in Dover, Delaware.

Scientists have long wondered how dinosaurs came to prominence more than 30 million years ago, and they're now looking to fossilized feces and vomit for the answer. Researchers in a new study looked at who was eating whom and came up with some possible answers. They say the first dinosaurs ate whatever they could find, including fish, insects, and plants. Scientists say dinosaurs also apparently adopted quickly when climate conditions changed. The study which looked at fossils found in Poland was published today in the journal Nature. Critical futures prices were little changed today, oil ending the session down 5 cents a barrel to settle at 68.72 a barrel on the U.S. Mercantile Exchange. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington.

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