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President Biden blocked the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan's Nippon Steel.

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Biden blocks U.S. Steel's sale to Japan's Nippon, citing national security concerns

The move wasn't unexpected despite efforts by the Japanese government to persuade the Biden administration to approve the sale.

January 03, 2025
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, on June 16, 2014.

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The attack in New Orleans reveals ISIS' influence lingers, experts say

The man behind the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans said in videos that he was inspired by ISIS and had joined the group this summer. This attack shows ISIS' resonance and resilience persists.

January 03, 2025
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
People who take on the Dry January challenge vow to go alcohol-free for the month.

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Cutting out alcohol for Dry January? These apps can help

If you've resolved to quit drinking for the month, a little technological assistance may be the key to sticking to your goal.

January 03, 2025
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  • April Fulton
Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at a bar in Houston on June 23, 2020.

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The U.S. surgeon general wants cancer warnings on alcohol. Here's why

Drinking alcohol raises the risk of developing seven types of cancer, according to a new advisory from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.

January 03, 2025
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  • Milton Guevara and
  • Steve Inskeep
President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Citizens Medal to Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace at the White House on Jan. 2, 2025.

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Biden bestows medal upon Savannah College of Art and Design president Paula Wallace

Wallace and 19 other Americans were awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian honor.

January 03, 2025
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  • Benjamin Payne
Former President Jimmy Carter plays his custom-built guitar by Jason Kostal

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At 95, Jimmy Carter cut down trees he planted and harvested for wood to make a custom guitar

At the age of 95, the peanut farmer turned world leader used a chainsaw to personally cut down an Empress (Paulownia) tree that he and friend Todd Lundberg milled and sent to Jason Kostal, a world-class luthier with a seven-year-long waiting list for a custom-built guitar.

January 03, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A physician in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, examines an x-ray of a tuberculous patient.

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  • Global Health

Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout

A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.

January 03, 2025
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  • Gabrielle Emanuel
An abandoned home in Tyurkmen, Bulgaria.

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Farmers are abandoning their land. Is that good for nature?

Traditional farmers around the world are walking away from millions of acres of land where they once grew crops or grazed animals. It's provoking mixed reactions.

January 03, 2025
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  • Dan Charles
Marsupial mole eating a gecko, Tanami Desert Northern Territory Australia

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DNA reveals secrets of Australia's elusive marsupial mole

Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia's most elusory animals, the marsupial mole.

January 03, 2025
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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
A state trooper stands by New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets on Thursday, the day after a truck slammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14 people.

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FBI says deadly New Orleans attack suspect acted alone. And, the House speaker vote

Why the FBI believes Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the suspect behind the deadly New Orleans attack on New Year's Day, acted alone. And, how Mike Johnson's House Speaker vote could get derailed.

January 03, 2025
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  • Brittney Melton
On Friday, President Biden will award the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, to service members who displayed exceptional valor in combat. Here, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff above the White House following the death of former President Jimmy Carter on Dec. 29.

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Biden to award Medal of Honor to Korean and Vietnam War veterans

The Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration, is awarded to service members who display exceptional valor in combat.

January 03, 2025
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  • Lexie Schapitl
A state trooper stands by New Orleans' Canal and Bourbon streets on Thursday, the day after a truck slammed into a crowd on Bourbon Street, killing at least 14 people.

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FBI says the suspect in the deadly New Orleans truck attack acted alone

Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the driver of the pickup truck who plowed into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing at least 14 people, acted alone, the FBI said Thursday.

January 02, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster and
  • Emma Bowman
A man walks down a war-ravaged street in Pokrovsk, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Dec. 19, 2024. Behind him is the hotel Druzhba, which was destroyed by a Russian missile last summer. Pokrovsk was once home to 60,000 people. Now it's largely abandoned, with Russian troops active within a mile of the outskirts.

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Ukrainian soldiers and shopkeepers hold on as Russia's siege of Pokrovsk tightens

Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold on to the key city of Pokrovsk, in one of the fiercest battles in eastern Ukraine, but commanders admit the Russians have more troops and firepower.

January 02, 2025
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  • Brian Mann
Former Rep. Liz Cheney and Rep. Bennie Thompson, who headed the Jan. 6 committee, will be honored by President Biden with the Presidential Citizens Medal.

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Biden honors Liz Cheney, Bennie Thompson with top civilian award

The pair led the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 , 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

January 02, 2025
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  • Tamara Keith and
  • Claudia Grisales
Fire vehicles surround the valet area where a Tesla Cybertruck caught fire at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Jan. 1.

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  • National Security

Cybertruck driver had likely self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, sheriff says

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Kevin McMahill says the driver, Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger, sustained the wound prior to the Cybertruck explosion in front of Trump's Las Vegas hotel.

January 02, 2025
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