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The late musician Prince, performing at the Super Bowl in 2007 in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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  • Arts & Life

Prince's 'Purple Rain' is becoming a stage musical

Plans are still coming together, but two up-and-coming names on Broadway are already attached to the Prince project: playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and director Lileana Blain-Cruz.

January 08, 2024
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  • Education

A college student in her 60s shares wisdom when it comes to reinventing oneself

Joan Steidl, who recently retired, shares her reinvention takeaways. She has a podcast about confronting the generational divide, takes comedy workshops and went back to college to study journalism.

January 08, 2024
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GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

Congressional leaders reach an agreement on overall government spending

They agree on a deal that funds the government, but still can't agree on funding for Ukraine and Israel. That funding is tied up in immigration policy discussions.

January 08, 2024
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Eric McDaniel
This photograph taken on December 27, 2023, shows the last full moon of the year, also known as the "Cold Moon," behind New Year's decorations in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia.

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  • Space

Navajo Nation objects to a plan to send human remains to the moon

A CEO of one of the companies offering "memorial spaceflights" says his customers view it as "an appropriate celebration" of their loved ones.

January 08, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Israeli strike kills elite Hezbollah commander as fears of another regional war grow

Wissam al-Tawil is the most senior militant in the secretive armed group Hezbollah killed since Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. The killing in southern Lebanon is the latest Gaza-linked escalation.

January 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Rana Samara, a Palestinian artist from Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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  • News

Up First briefing: Congress announces new spending deal; Lloyd Austin's hospital stay

Congress reaches a deal to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year to avoid a shutdown. Defense Sec. Austin's secretive hospital stay raises questions.

January 08, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Kevin Kaarl performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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  • Concerts

Tiny Desk Concert: Kevin Kaarl

The Chihuahuan artist transfigures traditional Sinaloan instrumentation into folky new styles.

January 08, 2024
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  • Anamaria Artemisa Sayre
Sharifa Tomlinson runs Arrowrock Farm in Riverside, Ohio, where she sells her chickens to a U.S. Agriculture Department-funded program that processes them for food banks. She wants to help other Black farmers tap into the department's programs.

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  • Climate

Can $3 billion persuade Black farmers to trust the Department of Agriculture?

The Biden administration hopes changes to farming can help achieve its climate agenda. The Department of Agriculture has an additional goal: improving service to Black and other underserved farmers.

January 08, 2024
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  • Amy Mayer
Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer, left, and Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh pose with the trophy after a news conference ahead of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game between Washington and Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Houston. The game will be played Monday.

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  • Sports

What to know as Michigan and Washington face off in the college football championship

Michigan may be favored beat Washington on Monday night's title game in Houston, but both teams boast a seasoned lineup and consistent records.

January 08, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
This image released by CBS shows Emma Stone accepting the award for best female actor in a motion picture for her role in "Poor Things" during the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

'Oppenheimer' dominates Golden Globes as 'Poor Things' upsets 'Barbie' in comedy

If awards season has been building toward a second match-up of Barbenheimer, this round went to Oppenheimer. It also won best director, best drama actor, best supporting actor and for best score.

January 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
People walk through lower Manhattan as it snows on Saturday in New York City.

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  • Weather

Heavy snow pummels the Northeast as storms form in the South and Midwest

The storm brought snow levels to several Northeast cities not seen in years. Another major storm arriving early this week threatens to bring even more hazardous conditions to the region.

January 07, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman and
  • Juliana Kim
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, at Lusail Palace in Lusail, Qatar, on Sunday.

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  • Middle East

Blinken meets Jordanian and Qatari leaders in push to keep Gaza war from spreading

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Arab partners as he pressed ahead with an urgent Middle East diplomatic mission to prevent Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza from spreading.

January 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shows her ballot paper as she casts her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Polls have opened in Bangladesh as voters began casting their ballots in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party.

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  • Asia

Prime minister wins overwhelming majority in Bangladesh as opposition boycotts vote

Voters in Bangladesh cast ballots Sunday in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to seize a fourth term.

January 07, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Rana Samara, a Palestinian artist from Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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  • Art & Design

Art and war: Israeli and Palestinian artists reflect on Oct. 7 and the crisis in Gaza

We asked six Israeli and Palestinian artists about how the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas has affected their lives and their work. They shared stories of fear, anger, sadness and pain.

January 07, 2024
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Police officers search for  victims in debris of damaged and burnt buildings in Wajima northwest of Tokyo, on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Monday's temblor decimated houses, twisted and scarred roads and scattered boats like toys in the waters, and prompted tsunami warnings.

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  • Asia

Snow hinders rescues and aid to isolated communities after Japan quakes kill 128

Officials say 1,370 homes were completely or partially destroyed. Many of the houses in that western coastal region of the main island are aging and wooden. Some 30,000 people are in shelters.

January 07, 2024
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