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The three released Israeli hostages, who had been abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Palestinian militants, exit a van before boarding an Israeli Air Force military transport helicopter near Reim in southern Israel on Jan. 19 as part of a ceasefire deal.

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  • Middle East

First Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners freed in ceasefire deal with Hamas

Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza as part of the ceasefire deal that went into effect this morning.

January 19, 2025
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  • Jerome Socolovsky and
  • Kat Lonsdorf
Allen Media Group Founder Byron Allen speaks at the Allen Media Group upfront presentation on April 26, 2023, in New York City.

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Local meteorologists could face layoffs amid new initiative with The Weather Channel

The new initiative will be rolled out across 27 stations and feature "additional visual storytelling capabilities," Allen Media Group says.

January 19, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump reacts during a MAGA victory rally at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC on Sunday, one day ahead of his inauguration ceremony.

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  • Politics

Trump rallies at Capital One Arena in preview of inauguration

Trump took the rally as an opportunity to preview several of his Day 1 actions, including on border security, energy, and ending the Biden administration's diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in government agencies.

January 19, 2025
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
A pedestrian crosses First Avenue as a winter storm sweeps over the intermountain West, plunging temperatures into the single digits and bringing along a light snow in its wake Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, in Denver.

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  • National

Heavy snow and frigid temps put 70 million in the U.S. under winter storm warnings

Residents along the East Coast, from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine, are bracing for several inches of snow on Sunday followed by dangerously cold temperatures.

January 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Less than a day from when the popular social media app is set to be banned in the U.S., President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the possibility of delaying the expulsion of TikTok.

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  • Business

TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban

The app had more than 170 million monthly users in the U.S. The black-out is the result of a law forcing the service offline unless it sheds its ties to ByteDance, its China-based parent company.

January 19, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn
Virginia House of Delegates speaker, Del. Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, waves to family in the gallery during the opening of the 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly at the Capitol on Jan. 10, 2024, in Richmond, Va.

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  • Politics

Biden pardons Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, Black nationalist Marcus Garvey

President Joe Biden pardons five people and commutes the sentence of two others who "made significant contributions to improving their communities."

January 19, 2025
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  • Luke Garrett
A Super Scooper plane drops water on the Palisades fire on Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

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'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water

NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. The analysis shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting fires despite scarce resources.

January 19, 2025
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  • Nick McMillan and
  • Chiara Eisner
Deltra James, 38, at her home in Waterbury, Conn. where she lives with her five daughters. James was diagnosed with Stage 4 triple-negative metastatic breast cancer at the age of 33.

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  • Health

Many doctors don't discuss sex after cancer. But survivors wish they would

Questions about sex and intimacy often go unanswered for people with cancer. It's a glaring problem, especially for the growing number of young people being diagnosed.

January 19, 2025
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  • Yuki Noguchi
President-elect Donald Trump speaks turing a press conference on Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

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  • Politics

Why Trump's tariff promises will be hard to keep

President-elect Donald Trump has said his tariffs will raise revenues, boost U.S. jobs, and help stop the drug trade. But some of these goals are at odds with the others.

January 19, 2025
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist and host of the <em>WarRoom</em> podcast, poses for a portrait inside his home studio in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17.

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  • Politics

Steve Bannon says MAGA populism will win — as Trump is surrounded by billionaires

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon says he doesn't believe the president-elect will listen to "tech oligarchs" over the right-wing populist movement that helped him secure another White House term.

January 19, 2025
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  • Steve Inskeep

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  • Middle East

33 hostages are expected to be released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire with Israel

There are men, women and children on the list of 33 to be released from Gaza. Two are U.S. citizens. Israel is set to free hundreds of prisoners in exchange for them.

January 19, 2025
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  • NPR Staff
President-elect Donald Trump attends a private party and fireworks show at Trump National Golf Club on Saturday in Sterling, Va., ahead of his inauguration on Monday.

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  • Analysis

Trump's 2nd term represents hope for the right and fear of a dark era for others

President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration comes at a pivotal time in American history. Insulated from controversy, Trump will enter the White House more prepared than when he first won in 2016.

January 19, 2025
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Alexandria Davis transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University after completing her associate's degree with help from Great Expectations. She says she's used to working her way through school. After transferring to VCU, she got a work study job with the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond.

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  • Education

This Virginia program helps former foster youth get degrees, at any age

Great Expectations was designed to help people who grew up in foster care get their two-year degrees. And unlike many programs for former foster youth, there are no age limits.

January 19, 2025
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  • Megan Pauly
Displaced Palestinians leave parts of Khan Younis as they go back to their homes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Gaza ceasefire begins after delay as Hamas names hostages to be released Sunday

A long-awaited ceasefire in Gaza began after a three-hour delay as Hamas named the three female hostages it plans to free later on Sunday.

January 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Demonstrators hold torches as they gather during a protest calling for the release of all hostages held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

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  • Middle East

Deadline passes without Gaza ceasefire going into effect

The deadline for the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip passed as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas had provided the names of the three hostages it was set to release on Sunday.

January 19, 2025
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