Ukraine's New Year's Agony, Puerto Rico Power Outages, Dry January Tips

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🗓️ 1 January 2025

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Ukraine's leader vows to end the fighting in 2025, just before Russian drones attack Kyiv again. A grid failure leaves more than half of Puerto Rico without power. Why resolve to have a "dry January?"

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0:00.0	So how did you spend your New Year's Eve, Lila?
0:02.2	I mean, it was a wild night.
0:04.4	I went to bed, nine.
0:07.3	I couldn't figure out who was celebrating the new year.
0:09.7	Finally figured out it was Greenland.
0:11.2	Oh, that's great.
0:12.7	That's great.
0:13.1	I went to sleep.
0:13.7	What did you do?
0:14.1	I stayed up with the kids until Rio de Janeiro at 10 o'clock Eastern time.
0:19.4	Anyway, we also want to start the year by thanking everyone
0:22.7	who joined NPR Plus or made a donation to the NPR Network or your local station during our end-of-the-year
0:29.1	fundraising campaign and thanks if you already were an NPR Plus supporter.
0:33.7	And you might have heard us say it before, but we'll say it again. You fund one of the most trusted news outlets in the United States today, and our responsibility is to you.
0:43.5	And that's no small thing in 2025.
0:45.3	We are immensely grateful for your support.
0:47.6	If you missed making your donation before the end of the year, no worries.
0:51.0	It's never a bad time.
0:52.7	New Year.
0:53.7	Sign up for NPR Plus today and get perks
0:55.8	from more than 25 NPR podcasts at plus.npr.org. Or make a gift at donate.npr.org. Thanks again.
1:05.7	And on to the show. A big show. The first of the year. Exactly.
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