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Federal workers at the home agency for the National Weather Service are concerned about a potential overhaul by Trump officials focused on cutting government costs.

In a ceremony surrounded by masked Palestinian militants and rubble from the Gaza war, Hamas on Saturday released three Israeli hostages holding U.S., Russian and Argentinian citizenships.

Plastic is everywhere in our world, and scientists are increasingly discovering the negative health and environmental impacts of the material. This hour, we take a look at our relationship to plastic.

This hour, we hear from one salon that’s just for natural curls in Connecticut, and a local student who wrote about how stylists there help to untangle "hair trauma." Plus, curators at the Wadsworth Atheneum preview a new exhibit, Styling Identities: Hair’s Tangled Histories.

During Valentine's Day weekend, northern parts of America, including Maine, may have a chance of seeing an aurora. But space weather scientists warn that the chances of this happening are slim.

Marissa P. Gillett, the chairwoman of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, is scheduled to go before lawmakers in a confirmation hearing on Thursday, Feb. 20 after being nominated by Lamont in January to serve a second, four-year term as a commissioner.

The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is — for now — a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as early as Friday.

The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to fire hundreds of employees.

As federal layoffs mount, sources say the Trump administration plans a 50% staffing cut at the federal housing agency. The moves come amid an affordable housing shortage and record high homelessness.

In one of the most controversial trades in basketball history, the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the LA Lakers, leading to protests and calls to fire the team's general manager.