Most of the country shifted right in the 2024 presidential election In 2020, President Biden won six of the seven closely watched states. This year, President-elect Donald Trump won all seven — plus he will got a majority of the popular vote. Read more on NPR

Sabotage suspected after undersea cables damaged in the Baltic Sea A Chinese cargo ship has been stopped off the coast of Denmark. Officials are investigating it for severing underwater telecommunications cables connecting a handful of northern European countries. Read more on NPR

Anti-abortion groups have a to-do list for Trump With Trump set to begin another term and Republicans in control of Congress, the anti-abortion movement is hoping to continue the gains it made during his first time in office. Read more on NPR

UConn’s Geno Auriemma becomes the all-time winningest college basketball coach Geno Auriemma has led the women Huskies to 11 championships and nearly two dozen Final Four appearances in his four decades as head coach. Read more on NPR

A duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million at an art auction A piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at an auction Wednesday, with the winning bid coming from a prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur. Read more on NPR

After a court win, the Justice Department is trying to make Google sell its Chrome browser If a judge orders Google to sell Chrome, it could dramatically upend the multi-billion-dollar online search business. Read more on NPR

U.S. charges Indian billionaire with defrauding investors, hiding bribery scheme One of the world’s richest people has been indicted on charges he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing that it was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Read more on NPR

Witnesses say Israel is using sniper drones in Gaza and they’re shooting civilians Last week British surgeon Nizam Mamode testified in front of a committee in the U.K. Parliament. Dr. Mamode had recently returned from working at a hospital in Central Gaza. He told parliamentary members what he witnessed, including drones that would come down…

House Ethics Committee is deadlocked on whether to release Gaetz report The U.S. House Committee on Ethics is deadlocked on whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose nomination to serve as Trump’s attorney general has been plagued by controversy. Read more on NPR

Federal courts trumpet steps to protect workers after #MeToo movement The federal courts say they have taken “extensive” steps to protect workers from abuse, discrimination and harassment since the rise of the #MeToo movement, but critics say many workers don’t trust the internal system for reporting complaints. Read more on NPR