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Michigan running back Blake Corum (2) runs in for a touchdown past Alabama defensive back Kool-Aid McKinstry (1) during overtime at the Rose Bowl CFP NCAA semifinal college football game Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in Pasadena, Calif.

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Michigan and Washington will face off in the 2024 college football championship

The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide in a game that went to overtime, while the Washington Huskies beat the Texas Longhorns. Both the Michigan and Washington teams are undefeated.

January 02, 2024
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Cracks are seen on the ground in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan on Monday following an earthquake. Japan issued tsunami alerts Monday after a series of strong quakes in the Sea of Japan.

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Japan lowers its tsunami warning after a series of strong earthquakes

Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves could still come.

January 01, 2024
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People surf off of Launiupoko Beach Park near Lahaina, Hawaii, in October. A surfer died after encountering a shark on Maui on Saturday.

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  • World

A 39-year-old surfer has died in Hawaii after being injured in a 'shark encounter'

Maui police identified the victim as Jason Carter of Haiku, who succumbed to his injuries at a hospital after being rescued by lifeguards.

January 01, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Hack is one of the 10 words on Lake Superior State University's 2024 Banned Words List. "Using it everywhere, even beyond its tech roots, could make it lose its magic," LSSU faculty explained.

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  • Arts & Life

Hack, rizz, slay and other cringe-worthy words to avoid in 2024

Do your New Year's resolutions include improving your vocabulary? Then the 2024 Banished Words List from Lake Superior State is for you.

January 01, 2024
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  • Vanessa Romo
Israelis protested against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system and in support of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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  • Middle East

In landmark ruling, Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to judiciary

The decision on Monday was a blow to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign to weaken his nation's independent judiciary and raised new questions about Netanyahu's political future.

January 01, 2024
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  • Daniel Estrin and
  • Brian Mann
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a tax relief package on Oct. 4. Among other things, it expanded a child and family tax credit.

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  • National

To tackle poverty, more states will offer bigger child tax credits in 2024

The new benefits take a cue from a pandemic success story — when an expanded U.S. child tax credit briefly cut child poverty in half. Some states include immigrants and index credits to inflation.

January 01, 2024
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  • Jennifer Ludden
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  • Author Interviews

Barbra Streisand shares her secret for keeping performances honest

When she was starring in Funny Girl on Broadway, Streisand says she'd alter the music slightly each night. Her new memoir is My Name is Barbra. Originally broadcast Nov. 8, 2023.

January 01, 2024
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  • Terry Gross
Tourists enjoy a gondola ride on the Grand Canal by the Rialto bridge in Venice in 2021.

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  • World

Venice will limit tour groups to 25 people and ban loudspeakers to control tourism

City officials say the new rules, set to take effect in June, will help lessen the impact of tourism on the local community.

January 01, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
Israeli soldiers load shells onto a tank Sunday at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. The army is battling Palestinian militants across Gaza in the war ignited by Hamas' Oct. 7 attack into Israel.

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  • Middle East

Israel pulls thousands of troops from Gaza as combat focuses on 1 city: Khan Younis

It's the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began, and could signal that fighting is being scaled back in some areas. But the biggest city in southern Gaza still is fiercely contested.

January 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The original 1928 script for Disney's <em>Steamboat Willie</em>, the first cartoon to star Mickey Mouse.

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  • Arts & Life

'Steamboat Willie' is now in the public domain. What does that mean for Mickey Mouse?

A 1928 movie featuring the first appearance of Mickey Mouse enters public domain on Jan. 1. But creative and commercial access to the character is complicated by both copyright and trademark law.

January 01, 2024
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  • Neda Ulaby

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  • News

Up First briefing: Life Kit has 50 ways to change your life in 2024

Whether you want to exercise more, pay off your debts or make big career moves, NPR's Life Kit is here to support you.

January 01, 2024
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  • Suzanne Nuyen
Jalen Milroe of the Alabama Crimson Tide scrambles for a first down during the fourth quarter against the Georgia Bulldogs in the SEC Championship on Dec. 2, 2023 in Atlanta, Ga.

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  • Sports

What to know about the New Year's Day college football semifinals

After the controversial final four picks, the day of their matchups is here: Michigan will meet Alabama in the Rose Bowl and Washington plays Texas in the Sugar Bowl.

January 01, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts is shown joining other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.

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  • Law

Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on artificial intelligence in the courts

Roberts focused on the promise and shortcomings of artificial intelligence in the courts in his annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal cases involving Donald Trump.

January 01, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi waves to his supporters after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023.

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  • Africa

Congo's president is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone

The results of the Dec. 20 election were announced amid calls from the opposition and civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due to logistical problems they said had undermined the balloting.

December 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, died on Sunday. Johnson, pictured in 2019, is seen introducing state Sen. Royce West at a rally where West announced his bid to run for the U.S. Senate, in Dallas.

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  • Politics

Former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson dies at 88

The trailblazing Democrat, a nurse from Texas who helped bring hundreds of millions of federal dollars to the Dallas area died on Sunday.

December 31, 2023
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