Overview of NPR News Now: 10 p.m. ET, November 11
NPR’s hourly bulletin covers Democratic gains in Mississippi and North Carolina, a court ruling limiting a Justice Department subpoena for LinkedIn records involving journalists, and updates on markets, an Ebola outbreak in Congo, the SS United States, and an asteroid-defense mission.
Election Results
- Mississippi: The Associated Press called the Senate race for Democrat Scott Colom. He is set to become the state’s first Democratic senator since 1982 and its first Black senator since Reconstruction. Colom, a district attorney since 2016, campaigned on affordability, health care access, rural hospitals, and bipartisan problem-solving.
- North Carolina: Republican Congressman Greg Murphy conceded his reelection race. Democrats are on pace to hold 11 of the state’s 14 House seats in January, a sharp reversal from the current 10–4 Republican advantage. A mid-decade redistricting effort intended to benefit Republicans appears to have backfired.
Court Limits Search for Journalists’ LinkedIn Correspondence
A federal appeals court ruled that the Justice Department cannot compel LinkedIn to turn over broad records of correspondence involving journalists solely as part of an investigation into a national security leak. The court said the search could capture unrelated communications between reporters and sources, raising First Amendment concerns. It ordered the search narrowed.
Markets, Health, and Science
- Markets: A rebound in AI stocks lifted U.S. markets. The S&P 500 rose more than 1.25%, nearly recovering the previous week’s losses; the Dow gained nearly 0.5%.
- Congo: The Ebola outbreak has surpassed 11,000 cases. Armed conflict, strained health services, poor roads, and mistrust have made containment difficult.
- SS United States: The former passenger liner is being sunk off Florida’s coast to create what is planned to be the world’s largest artificial reef. The project is intended to support marine habitat and attract divers.
- Asteroid defense: The European Space Agency’s HERA spacecraft has begun studying Didymos and its moon, Dimorphos. NASA’s DART spacecraft struck Dimorphos in 2022 to test whether an asteroid’s path could be changed to help protect Earth.