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Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas
by Barbara Sprunt
The Senate has rejected both articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, swiftly ending the trial triggered by the House's narrow vote to impeach in February.
New California law restricts carrying guns in public. For now
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with UCLA law professor Adam Winkler about a new California law that restricts guns from most public places, even for gun owners with concealed carry permits.
Senior Hamas commander killed in Beirut drone blast
by Carrie Kahn
Hamas has confirmed the death of one of its senior leaders in a blast in Beirut. Lebanese state media is attributing the killing to an Israeli drone strike, but Israel has not confirmed this.
The year that broke the movie mold
by Bob Mondello
Superhero fatigue, Barbenheimer, Taylor Swift — 2023 was a year when Hollywood's rulebook flew out the window.
After 20 years of prepping, a piece of land is ready to host endangered woodpeckers
by Grant Blankenship
It took 20 years to get a piece of land in Georgia ready to host endangered woodpeckers. U.S. Fish and Wildlife recently approved moving some of the birds to the site.
The race to replace McCarthy in California
by Joshua Yeager
Kevin McCarthy isn't in Congress anymore, but that doesn't mean his influence isn't still being felt back home in Bakersfield where the race to replace him has become chaotic.
What Trump's removal from ballots means for him — practically and politically
by Domenico Montanaro
Trump is appealing decisions to keep him off the ballots in Colorado and Maine — while several other states consider challenges to the former president appearing on their state's primary ballots.
South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in public
by Anthony Kuhn
In South Korea's latest outburst of political violence, the country's opposition leader has been stabbed in public ahead of general elections in April 2024.
A powerful earthquake struck Japan's west coast, killing at least 4 people
by Anthony Kuhn
As morning dawns in Japan, the country begins to survey the damage after a series of major new year's day earthquakes and subsequent tsunami warnings.
Kyiv is in mourning after Russia's large-scale aerial attack across Ukraine on Friday
by Elissa Nadworny
Residents of Kyiv try and pick up the pieces of their lives once again following a weekend of missile attacks. Friday was the deadliest day for civilians in the city since the war began, killing 28.
A new law could help millions of older Americans get mental health help
A new law will allow more mental health providers to accept Medicare patients. Could this help close the mental health gap for millions of older Americans?
Palestinians in Lebanon's Shatila camp share their feelings about the war in Gaza
by Jane Arraf
In 1982, local militias allied with Israel killed hundreds in Lebanon's Shatila camp. While much has changed in the camp in the last four decades, Palestinians still hold the memory.