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After two long strikes and the pandemic disruption, 2024 is the year everything comes back.<em>  </em>Above, Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez in<em> Echo.</em>

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The best TV of early 2024: Here's what to watch in January

After two long strikes and the pandemic disruption, this is the year everything comes back. True Detective returns, now set in Alaska. And Echo is a Marvel series mostly shorn of superheroes.

January 09, 2024
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Tiger Woods tees off on the 13th hole during the final round of the PNC Championship golf tournament on Dec. 17 in Orlando, Fla.

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  • Sports

Tiger Woods and Nike have ended their partnership after 27 years

Woods signed a five-year deal worth $40 million when he turned pro in 1996 after his unprecedented third straight U.S. Amateur title. It was shocking money at the time.

January 09, 2024
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Gabriel Attal, seen in Paris on May 11, 2022, was named Tuesday as France's youngest-ever prime minister, as President Emmanuel Macron seeks a fresh start for the rest of his term amid growing political pressure from the far right.

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  • Europe

Gabriel Attal is France's youngest-ever and first openly gay prime minister

Attal, 34, rose to prominence as the government spokesperson then education minister and had polled as the most popular minister in the outgoing government.

January 09, 2024
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Tiger Woods celebrates on the 18th green after winning the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia.

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  • Sports

Tiger Woods' partnership with Nike is over. Here are 5 iconic ads we'll never forget

The golf legend's famous partnership with Nike Golf has ended after nearly three decades. Here are some of the most iconic advertisements from their time together.

January 09, 2024
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  • Diba Mohtasham
Stanley tumblers are on display at a Target store in Milwaukee on Jan. 4.

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  • Business

Overnight lines and mayhem in stores. It's not a new iPhone — it's a Stanley tumbler

People have camped out for hours just to get their hands on limited-edition Stanley tumblers. The ubiquitous drinkware used to be for outdoorsy types, but they've become something of a status symbol.

January 09, 2024
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  • Diba Mohtasham
Veronica and Roger.

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  • Health

His wife was dying. Here's how a nurse became a 'beacon of light'

When Roger Lynn's wife was in the cancer ward, a nurse went out of her way to make her last days more comfortable.

January 09, 2024
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  • Brigid McCarthy and
  • Autumn Barnes
In this photo provided by United Launch Alliance, the Astrobotic Peregrine lunar lander is prepared for encapsulation in a payload fairing for launch atop a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket in Cape Canaveral, Fla., in December 2023.

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  • Space

Moon landing attempt by U.S. company appears doomed after 'critical' fuel leak

The first U.S. moon landing attempt in more than 50 years appeared to be doomed after a private company's spacecraft developed a "critical" fuel leak just hours after Monday's launch.

January 09, 2024
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This photo released by the National Transportation Safety Board shows a gaping hole where the paneled-over door had been at the fuselage plug area of an Alaska Airlines flight in Portland, Ore. A panel used to plug an area reserved for an exit door on the Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner blew out Jan. 5, forcing the plane to return to Portland International Airport.

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  • National

Before a door plug flew off a Boeing plane, an advisory light came on 3 times

The auto pressurization light came on during three recent flights involving the same plane, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Some plane components are being sent to an NTSB lab.

January 09, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
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  • Music News

NPR music highlights some of the albums to look forward to in 2024

NPR Music presents a sneak preview of some of the interesting albums coming our way in the new year.

January 09, 2024
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President Biden was giving a campaign speech at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., when protesters interrupted with calls for a cease-fire in Gaza.

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  • Elections

Protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza interrupted Biden's campaign speech

President Biden has firmly allied himself with the Israeli government after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. But the progressive wing of his party is increasingly critical about civilian deaths in Gaza.

January 09, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid
Robert Woodland Romanov speaks to a journalist during his interview with <em>Komsomolskaya Pravda</em> newspaper in Moscow, in December 2020.

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  • World

Russia has arrested a U.S. citizen on alleged drug charges

U.S. citizen Robert Woodland Romanov has been arrested on drug charges in Russia amid soaring Russia-U.S. tensions over Ukraine.

January 09, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that he enjoys immunity from prosecution.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Trump's immunity claims; loose parts on Boeing Max 9 planes

A federal appeals court to hear arguments over one of the indictments of former President Trump. Alaska and United Airlines find loose parts on their Boeing Max 9 aircraft.

January 09, 2024
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  • Arts & Life

Blind Bowling League started among friends. 50 years later it's a tightknit community

Three women who decided to try bowling to beat the winter blahs had no idea it would evolve into a 50-year institution: Denver's Blind Bowling League.

January 09, 2024
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  • Kevin Beaty
With songs by The Avett Brothers, <em>Swept Away</em> is inspired by the true story of an 19th century shipwreck in which seamen resorted to cannibalism to survive.

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  • Music

Truth, forgiveness: 'Swept Away' is a theatrical vessel for Avett Bros' music

With songs by the Avett Brothers, Swept Away follows four men fighting to survive a shipwreck. The musical is inspired by the true story in which men resort to cannibalism to survive.

January 09, 2024
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  • Elizabeth Blair
The Giralda tower, part of the cathedral of Seville, viewed from Mateos Gago street.

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  • Europe

Tourism ruined my city. Tourism is saving my city

Seville in Spain is experiencing a tourism boom like locals have never seen before. This is the story of how a city tries to honor its past while ensuring its future.

January 09, 2024
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