Overview of NPR News Now
NPR’s November 12 headlines cover Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine and stalled peace talks, a surprising Democratic Senate victory in Mississippi, a deadly building collapse in Brooklyn, updated prostate cancer screening guidance, and several sports and auction stories.
Top Headlines
- Ukraine peace talks: Russia fired ballistic missiles at Ukraine hours after U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi ended without a major breakthrough. President Trump’s envoys, including Jared Kushner, are expected to meet with Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Russia has maintained its demands for Ukraine to give up territory it has not been able to conquer.
- Mississippi Senate race: Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in a close race that took more than a week to call. Colom is set to become Mississippi’s first Democratic senator in more than 40 years and its first Black senator since Reconstruction.
- Alaska Senate race: Democrat Mary Peltola leads Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan by nearly 4,000 votes, with the race still uncalled.
- Brooklyn building collapse: At least two people were killed and more than a dozen injured when a three-story building collapsed in Flatbush. Officials said it fell into an adjacent construction site where excavation work was underway.
Health and Other News
- Prostate cancer screening: The American Cancer Society now recommends PSA blood tests every other year for men ages 50 to 69, and annual screening beginning at 45 for people at higher risk, including Black men and those with a strong family history. It also recommends MRI scans and additional blood tests before biopsy to help reduce unnecessary treatment.
- World Junior hockey: Russian players will again be barred from the under-20 championship in Alberta, continuing a ban imposed after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
- Auction: A diamond-covered sapphire bracelet once owned by Russia’s imperial family sold at Sotheby’s in Geneva for nearly $5 million, well above the auction house’s estimate.