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Several historically Black colleges and universities received bomb threats
Several historically Black colleges and universities evacuated Tuesday after receiving bomb threats. Some students were forced to relocate until authorities said it was safe to return.
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People who believe Trump's election lies are running for offices that control voting
More than a dozen Trump-aligned Republicans, who doubt President Biden won in 2020, are running to control the election process in their states. It could have sweeping consequences.
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2 reporters who were in the Capitol on Jan. 6 talk about media coverage of the attack
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with reporters Lisa Desjardins and Sarah Ferris about media coverage around the Jan. 6 insurrection and attack on the Capitol.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finishes deploying its sunshield amid cheers
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully finishing tensioning its massive sunshield on Tuesday, marking a critical step in the powerful observatory's zero-gravity deployment.
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The case for COVID optimism, despite sky-high infection rates
In the face of rising COVID cases, Dr. Bob Wachter of the University of California San Francisco offers reasons to be hopeful about the pandemic's outlook in the months ahead.
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'Fiona and Jane' captures a friendship's intensity, loyalty and occasional torment
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jean Chen Ho about her new book, Fiona and Jane. It describes how two Taiwanese American women who grew up in Los Angeles grow apart and find their way back to each other.
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Democrats revisit voting rights legislation around Jan. 6 anniversary
Democrats are making a fresh push on voting rights legislation around the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, while also trying to revive President Biden's Build Back Better agenda.
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What U.S. Capitol security looks like a year after the Jan. 6 insurrection
A year after the Jan. 6 riot, a new team of Capitol security leaders are in place, and congressional probes are investigating what went wrong that day. The partisan divide in Congress has intensified.
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Illinois Rep. Bobby Rush, a Democrat, is retiring after 30 years in the U.S. House
Longtime Illinois Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush announced on Tuesday that he is leaving Congress. The former Black Panther has represented the South Side of Chicago in Congress since 1993.
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After snowstorm, hundreds are stranded on I-95, including Virginia Senator Tim Kaine
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Senator Tim Kaine, D-Va., about being one of the many people stuck in his car overnight when hundreds of vehicles were stranded Interstate 95 outside of Virginia.
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Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is found guilty on 4 counts in her fraud trial
Holmes, who was once seen as one of the most promising leaders in Silicon Valley, could spend up to 20 years in prison for lying to investors and patients of the blood-testing company.
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Sesame Street composer Stephen Lawrence has died at 82
Emmy Award-winning composer Stephen Lawrence, who co-wrote songs for "Sesame Street" and "Free to Be... You and Me," died on December 30 at age 82.