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Facebook acknowledges some people have used the site in unexpected, possibly damaging ways.

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Facebook Says Social Media Can Be Negative For Democracy

4:27pm January 22, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

"As unprecedented numbers of people channel their political energy through this medium, it's being used in unforeseen ways with social repercussions that were never anticipated," says Facebook.

Larry Nassar appears in court last Wednesday in Lansing, Mich., to listen to victim impact statements during his sentencing hearing. He is accused of molesting more than 100 girls while he was a physician for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.

3 USA Gymnastics Board Members Resign, As Fallout From Abuse Scandal Continues

4:26pm January 22, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The resignations come during the sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar, who has admitted to sexually abusing women and girls as a doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.

Sen. Angus King Reacts To Proposed Short-Term Funding Deal

4:21pm January 22, 2018

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, caucuses with Democrats. He shares his reactions to the deal temporarily ending the government shutdown with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

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What The U.S. Presence Is Doing In Raqqa Despite Wishes Of Syrian Government

4:21pm January 22, 2018

by Michele Kelemen

The Trump administration has made clear in recent weeks that it intends to maintain a U.S. presence in Syria even though the government of Syria doesn't want that. From Raqqa, a look at how people in the city are putting their lives back together and what the U.S. is doing.

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As mother and daughter, Carmen and Gisele Grayson thought their DNA ancestry tests would be very similar. Boy were they surprised.

My Grandmother Was Italian. Why Aren't My Genes Italian?

4:19pm January 22, 2018

by Gisele Grayson

Popular DNA ancestry tests don't always find what people expect. That's due to how DNA rearranges itself when egg meets sperm, and also the quirks of genetic databases.

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'How Democracies Die' Authors Say Trump Is A Symptom Of 'Deeper Problems'

1:27pm January 22, 2018

by Dave Davies

Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are experts in what makes democracies healthy — and what leads to their collapse. They warn that American democracy is in trouble.

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) arrives at the Capitol at the start of the third day of the government shutdown on Monday.

Senate Advances Measure To End 3 Day Government Shutdown

1:27pm January 22, 2018

by Kesley Snell

The Senate is voting to restore government funding through Feb. 8. After the final vote, the stopgap bill goes to the House and then to the president.

'Stop Acting Like Pouty Children': Shutdown Messages For Washington

12:40pm January 22, 2018

by Amita Kelly

Many federal workers wrote in and expressed dismay at Congress using them, especially the military, as "bargaining chips."

At the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, NPR's Nina Totenberg talks to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On stage with them is Robert Redford, founder of the festival.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Reflects On The #MeToo Movement: 'It's About Time'

11:54am January 22, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat down with NPR's Nina Totenberg at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday where she discussed her thoughts on the #MeToo movement.

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Tourists rest on a bench on Sunday in lower Manhattan after discovering that the Statue of Liberty is closed due to the government shutdown. It's reopening today using state funding.

The Thorny Logistics Of A Government Shutdown

11:29am January 22, 2018

by Miles Parks

The partial federal shutdown that went into effect at midnight on Friday has a broad impact, from closing Independence Hall to furloughs at the Department of Education.