NPR News: 03-24-2026 12AM EDT

0:00Live from MPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani is seeking to reassure the traveling public following Sunday night's crash at New York's The Gordia Airport. As we continue to learn information, we will share it with you and in the meantime, let us keep those who died in our thoughts and continue to hope for a quick recovery for those who were injured. The crash between an air candidate jet and a fire truck that had been given the green light across a runway killed two pilots and since scores to the hospital, the accident has revived concerns over air traffic control staffing, but NTSB chair Jennifer Hammond he told reporters at La Gordia Monday that it's too soon to discuss that. The Senate has confirmed Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin to be present in Trump's next homeland security secretary, the 54 to 45 vote was mostly long party lines with mostly Democrats opposed. Mullin takes over at DHS after the firing of Christie Nome, the department has also been without funding for more than a month as Democrats square off at the White House

1:03over immigration enforcement. Those arm federal immigration officers in tactical gear began deploying to some of the busiest U.S. airports, Monday President Trump ordered the deployment to support TSA officers during the DHS shutdown, Amanda Andrews with Georgia Public Broadcasting reports. Atlanta travelers are being advised to arrive four hours ahead of their flights at Hartfield Jackson International Airport. Lines have been stretching into the parking lot as TSA officers continue to work without pay. George Borrick is a TSA union leader, he says ICE can't do what security screening agents do. They're not trained to our level, they don't know what we do on a day-to-day basis, and an officer that becomes a TSA agent spends weeks and months trying to get certified. The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since February 14th. For NPR News, I'm Amanda Andrews in Atlanta. Six months after President Trump sent a multi-agency task force to fight crime and

2:05Memphis, White House officials visited the city Monday to tout its success. Member station W.K. and O. Christopher Blank reports that overall crime and Memphis is down about 43 percent compared to a year ago. The Trump administration surged thousands of federal personnel in September from more than 30 agencies, including the National Guard. You have now developed a reputation as a city that's coming back stronger than any city in the country because of what's happened with crime. Local officials and Democrats have wearily praised the extra resources, but they've criticized the administration's emphasis on immigration arrests and the visibility of National Guard troops. The president announced that these troops and other guards people deployed in U.S. cities will now receive the same military benefits as active duty troops. For NPR News, I'm Christopher Blank in Memphis. This is NPR. According to a report published Tuesday, the number of abortions in the United States

3:06was the same in 2025 compared to the year before. Imperial Selina Simmons stuff and explains that there's one major reason why that's true despite abortion bans in 13 states. A new report from the Gootmacher Institute finds there were 1,126,000 abortions provided by clinicians in 2025. That's pretty much unchanged from 2024. Isaac Meadows-Zimit is one of the report's authors. There were shifts though in where those abortions were occurring. The biggest shift was that there were more abortions in states with abortion bans. That's because the Food and Drug Administration allows abortion medication to be prescribed through telemedicine and sent through the mail. Abortion opponents are trying to end the practice through court challenges and new laws. Selina Simmons stuff in NPR News. Now to California where a civil jury has found Bill Cosbyd liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972. Following a nearly two week trial, jurors in Santa Monica awarded the woman millions

4:09and damages Cosby's lawyers say they plan to appeal. The Supreme Court's conservative majority appears skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late arriving mail ballots, the court heard arguments Monday in a case from Mississippi that could also affect voters in 13 other states and the District of Columbia. For giving deadlines from military and overseas votes in an initial 15 states could also be impacted. The ruling is expected by late June. I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News. Support for NPR and the following message come from Warby Parker, the one-stop shop for all your vision needs. They offer expertly crafted prescription eyewear, plus contacts, eye exams and more. For everything you need to see, visit your nearest Warby Parker store or head to WarbyParker.com.