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Family of 5, including 3 children, among the victims of the deadly NYC apartment fire

6:02am January 12, 2022

by Hansi Lo Wang

Officials have released the names of the people who died from the weekend apartment building fire in the Bronx. The deaths of the 17 victims were all caused by smoke inhalation.

After a deal on COVID safety, Chicago public schools open for in-person classes

6:02am January 12, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Stacey Davis Gates, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union, about the return to in-person learning in the city — following disagreements over COVID-19 safety.

A tunnel inside the Red Hill Underground Fuel Storage Facility is seen in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Jan. 26, 2018. The U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii's order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for co

U.S. Navy agrees to drain a Hawaii fuel tank system blamed for tainted drinking water

10:32pm January 11, 2022

by The Associated Press

After initially resisting, the Navy will comply with the state's order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor, officials say.

People gather Tuesday evening for a candlelight vigil outside the Bronx apartment building which was the scene of the city's deadliest fire in decades.

Many of those who died in the Bronx apartment fire were from West Africa

9:25pm January 11, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The dead included 11 people from Gambia. A spokesperson for the medical examiner's office said officials are working to confirm the identities of the victims — nine adults and eight children.

The Biogen Inc., headquarters is shown in Cambridge, Mass. Medicare says it will limit coverage of a $28,200-per-year Alzheimer's drug whose benefits have been questioned.

Medicare proposes covering expensive Alzheimer's drug for those in clinical trials

7:55pm January 11, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Aduhelm is the first treatment approved in the country to slow cognitive decline in those living with Alzheimer's. Doctors have refused to prescribe it, given the lack of data and evidence behind it.

Former Harry Reid staffer on Biden's support of getting rid of the filibuster

7:36pm January 11, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Adam Jentleson, who served as the deputy chief of staff to Sen. Harry Reid, about the impact President Biden's support of changing Senate rules has on the filibuster.

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The Biden administration says it has a plan to clean up toxic coal ash

7:05pm January 11, 2022

by Amy Green

Even as coal plants shut down, they leave behind massive piles of toxic coal ash. About half that coal ash is unregulated, and environmental groups want the Biden administration to change that.

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President Joe Biden speaks in support of changing the Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation in Atlanta.

Biden calls for changes to the Senate's filibuster to pass voting rights bills

6:50pm January 11, 2022

by Alana Wise

The president's remarks were among his most forceful denunciations of voter suppression legislation introduced in a number of GOP-controlled regions as well as for changing the Senate filibuster.

What President Biden's speech about voting rights legislation means for Georgia

5:28pm January 11, 2022

by Stephen Fowler

The president and vice president travel to Georgia to make the case for voting rights legislation. The state has been ground zero for debate over voting and elections reforms.

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Could the U.S. really cripple the Russian economy like Biden warns?

5:28pm January 11, 2022

by Jackie Northam

President Biden has threatened Russia with massive sanctions if it follows through on threats to take more Ukrainian territory.