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Mich. case to decide if parents can be criminally responsible for a child's actions

5:04am January 23, 2024

Jury selection gets underway in the trial of one of the parents charged with involuntary manslaughter in the aftermath of their son's shooting rampage at Michigan's Oxford High School in 2021.

Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle (center) announces the county's debt relief program, along with executives from several local hospitals and Allison Sesso, President & CEO of RIP Medical Debt (far left).

NYC joins a growing wave of local governments erasing residents' medical debt

5:04am January 23, 2024

by Yuki Noguchi

The city is partnering with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to buy up and forgive unpaid medical bills. The trend started in Cook County, Ill., and is spreading to cities across the country.

Chris Avell, right, faces criminal prosecution after he continued to allow unhoused people to sleep at his church without the city's permission.

An Ohio church is suing a city over not being allowed to house homeless people

5:00am January 23, 2024

by Juliana Kim

Dad's Place in Bryan, Ohio, filed a federal lawsuit accusing the city of religious discrimination, arguing that providing food and shelter to those in need is a religious activity.

A large crowd of media and spectators watch as town moderator Tom Tillotson inserts Scott Maxwell's ballot shortly after midnight in the presidential primary election, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Dixville Notch, N.H.

Nikki Haley sweeps Dixville Notch's primary, winning all 6 votes

4:29am January 23, 2024

by The Associated Press

The New Hampshire resort town was the first place in the nation to vote in the 2024 primaries. The voters were outnumbered more than 10-to-1 by reporters from every corner of the globe.

In this frame grab from video provided by WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago, authorities work a scene in Joliet, Ill., on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, after discovering eight people shot and killed at three locations since Sunday in the Chicago suburbs.

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Authorities searching for a suspect in the shooting deaths of 8 people near Chicago

9:14pm January 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

The victims were found Sunday and Monday at three separate locations. Police said they did not know of a motive for the killings, but said the suspect knew the victims.

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows an aircraft launching from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations in the Red Sea on Monday.

The U.S. and U.K. bomb more Houthi sites in Yemen

8:39pm January 22, 2024

by The Associated Press

The U.S. and U.K. said they used warship- and submarine-launched Tomahawk missiles and fighter jets to take out Houthi missile storage sites, drones and launchers.

This kids book chronicles a packet of ramen's longing to be Italian spaghetti instead

5:57pm January 22, 2024

by Lauren Migaki

NPR speaks with the author of the children's book I Want to Be Spaghetti!, Kiera Wright-Ruiz about the melting pot of noodles.

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Supreme Court will allow removal of razor wire border barrier in Texas

4:41pm January 22, 2024

by Jasmine Garsd

The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to grant the Biden administration's request to vacate a lower court's injunction in a case involving razor wire placed along Texas' border with Mexico.

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Alabama will attempt the nation's first execution by nitrogen this week

4:41pm January 22, 2024

by Chiara Eisner

After a failed lethal injection, Alabama is planning to execute a man using nitrogen gas on Thursday. The method has never been used in the U.S.

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After a year in space, NASA astronaut reflects on the unexpectedly long trip

4:41pm January 22, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who holds the U.S. record for longest space flight, about his unexpectedly long stay aboard the International Space Station.