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Mop-mop-swoosh-plop it's rug-washing day in 'Bábo'

Little Tato sneaks a few cherry plums before grabbing a mop and a hose to help Bábo — her grandmother — with a favorite chore.

January 13, 2024
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  • Samantha Balaban
President Biden speaks during a campaign event in Blue Bell, Pa. — his first campaign speech of 2024 — where he made a point of calling former President Donald Trump a "loser."

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  • Elections

Trump likes to call people losers. Now Biden's using the insult on him

President Biden made a point of calling his predecessor a loser in his first two speeches of the year. It's a way to remind voters of the post-2020 election chaos — and troll his likely opponent.

January 13, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith

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  • Games & Humor

'Wait Wait' for January 13, 2024: With Not My Job guest Jason Isbell

Jason Isbell is a multiple Grammy award winner and one of the world's most celebrated singer-songwriters. Can he answer our questions about Big Ben, which is not clock, but is bell?

January 13, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
In this handout image provided by the U.K. Ministry of Defence, an RAF Typhoon aircraft returns to berth following a strike mission on Yemen's Houthi rebels at RAF Akrotiri on Friday in Akrotiri, Cyprus.

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  • Middle East

U.S. launches additional strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen

The fresh strikes come a day after the U.S. and U.K. launched attacks on dozens of targets in response to Houthi attacks against ships in the Red Sea.

January 13, 2024
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By:
  • Andrew Sussman
Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump were friendly with and traveled with Jeffrey Epstein during years when he allegedly victimized women. Both say they had no knowledge of Epstein's behavior. One alleged victim says Epstein's powerful acquaintances "had to be blind" not to know.

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  • National

Epstein papers leave questions about what powerful men knew about his crimes

Documents released by a federal court don't have any smoking guns or stunning revelations. They do include claims that people in Epstein's world "would have to be blind" not to know about his crimes.

January 13, 2024
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  • Brian Mann
Palestinians mourn relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah, Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024.

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  • Middle East

More than 30 Palestinians reported killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip

More than 30 Palestinians, including young children, were killed in two Israeli airstrikes overnight into Saturday in the Gaza Strip, officials said.

January 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Former President and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump's supporters attend a rally at Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2023.

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  • Analysis

What is the 2024 election all about, anyway?

There is a particular volatility roiling society, and the country is sharply divided on what it means to be American.

January 13, 2024
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  • Domenico Montanaro
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  • National

Body of skier retrieved from Idaho backcountry after avalanche

Authorities in Idaho on Friday located and retrieved the body of a man who was caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing with two other men who were rescued the previous day.

January 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
"Excited sister" — a fixture at Kuomintang rallies — makes her presence known at a rally for the KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih on Jan. 6.

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  • Elections

In photos: Costumes, color and singing candidates — welcome to a Taiwanese election

Amid a dazzling display of color and theatrics, Taiwan, the only Chinese-language democracy, is preparing to elect a new president this weekend.

January 12, 2024
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  • Mallory Yu,
  • Ailsa Chang,
  • and 2 more
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Su Chao Hui, left, is seeking another term in office. Jason Hsu, right, a former law maker and current advisor to KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih.

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  • Asia

As China looms large, two opposing visions face off in Taiwan's election

The two parties that have historically dominated Taiwanese electoral politics are trying to sell voters their visions of the island's future – starting with the issue of China.

January 12, 2024
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  • Patrick Jarenwattananon,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 2 more
Linda Rae uses a snowblower to clear her driveway during a  snowstorm on Friday in Des Moines, Iowa.

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  • Weather

'Life-threatening' cold to hit much of U.S. in major winter storm. Here's what to know

Through this weekend, the first significant arctic outbreak of winter will affect most of the country. Wind, flooding rain, and some tornado warnings have been issued across the U.S.

January 12, 2024
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  • Diba Mohtasham
A flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D. Oil and natural gas companies would have to pay a fee for methane emissions that exceed certain levels under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration.

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  • Environment

EPA proposes a fee aimed at reducing climate-warming methane emissions

The new fee is intended to encourage the oil and gas industry to lower emissions of methane and thereby avoid paying.

January 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Hundreds of people are buried in numbered graves in a pauper's graveyard near the Hinds County Detention Center and Hinds County Penal Farm. Families say their loved ones were buried there without notice.

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  • National

215 people have been buried behind a Mississippi jail since 2016, attorney says

The issue became national news when families said they waited months for word about missing loved ones — only to learn their relative had been buried without notice.

January 12, 2024
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  • Bill Chappell
The door plug area of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, seen with the paneling removed, awaits inspection Wednesday at the airline's facilities at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash.

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  • National

The FAA is tightening oversight of Boeing and will audit production of the 737 Max 9

Regulators say they're increasing control of Boeing production after a panel blew off a 737 Max 9 jet, and will re-examine whether the company can be trusted to assess the safety of its own planes.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Joel Rose
Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen

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  • Middle East

Houthis promise to respond to U.S. and U.K. strike in the Red Sea

The Iranian backed group has ignored previous warnings from the U.S. to stop disrupting trade in the Red Sea.

January 12, 2024
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  • Mansee Khurana
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