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A humpback whale briefly engulfed a kayaker off the coast of Chile in an incident caught on camera. Experts say it couldn’t have swallowed him even if it wanted to.

Did a whale swallow a kayaker? The truth behind the viral video  NPR A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera  The Associated Press Watch: Whale Swallows Kayaker Briefly Before Spitting Him Out  The Wall

Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former lawyer in scathing letter  CNN Eric Adams Charges Live Updates: Bondi Says Case Will Soon Be Dismissed  The New York Times New York’s last mayor, Bill de Blasio, defends successor

Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former lawyer in scathing letter  CNN Roundup: Eric Adams; more Trump nominees confirmed  NPR Meet the acting U.S. attorney who quit over Eric Adams case  The Washington Post Trump Attorney General Bondi

Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former lawyer in scathing letter  CNN Eric Adams Charges Live Updates: Calls For Mayor’s Resignation Grow  The New York Times Danielle Sassoon: Who is prosecutor who quit in protest from Trump

In Munich, Vance accuses European politicians of censoring free speech  Reuters Vance berates European leaders as tensions with close allies burst into the open  NBC News Vance takes MAGA to Munich with speech scolding European leaders  Axios Vance eviscerates ‘Soviet’-style European censorship in

Debris flows brought on by the strongest atmospheric river of the season swept a car off a southern California highway and into the ocean and left roads submerged in sludge.

Live updates: Trump to sign executive orders; Vance and Rubio to meet with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy  NBC News

NPR traveled with Jordan’s military on a recent helicopter flight delivering aid to the Gaza Strip, part of a test program since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect last month. (Image credit: Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR)

Eric Adams denies deal with Trump administration to drop corruption case  BBC.com