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7:35am Jan 20, 2022National National
Pa. football coach urges team to help neighbors dig out after a snowstorm
Classes were canceled at Bethel Park High School when this week's snowstorm hit. Instead of a weightlifting session, the coach told players to help the community by shoveling driveways — for free. -
Samuel Corum / Getty Images 7:21am Jan 20, 2022National National Politics & GovernmentExperts see 'red flags' at nonprofit raising big money for Capitol riot defendants
The Patriot Freedom Project has raised around $900,000 to support alleged Jan. 6 Capitol rioters. The group says the funds support defendants, but families have raised concerns about transparency. -
7:21am Jan 20, 2022Politics & Government Politics & Government
Democrats on Capitol Hill fail on voting rights but win the release of Trump files
Democrats' voting rights effort was blocked in the Senate, but they did get a victory at the Supreme Court — in the quest for Trump White House records related to the Jan. 6 insurrection. -
Sergio Flores / Getty Images 7:21am Jan 20, 2022Politics & Government Politics & GovernmentWhy Texas election officials are rejecting hundreds of vote-by-mail applications
Ahead of the March primary, local elections officials in Texas are starting to deal with the effects of a new GOP-backed voting law. -
7:21am Jan 20, 2022Sports Sports
Women's basketball legend Lusia Harris dies at age 66
Lusia Harris was the only woman to be officially drafted to the NBA. She turned the NBA down in 1977. Harris scored the first points in Olympic women's basketball history. -
7:21am Jan 20, 2022Health & Safety Health & Safety
More people are dying from infections that don't respond to conventional antibiotics
A new analysis from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation shows nearly twice as many people worldwide died from antibiotic resistance in 2019 than from HIV/AIDS. -
7:21am Jan 20, 2022World News World News
The first humanitarian aid has arrived in the Pacific nation of Tonga
The flight arrived in Tonga five days after a massive underwater volcano erupted there – killing three people and leaving extensive tsunami damage and a blanket of fallen ash in its wake. -
7:21am Jan 20, 2022
Before pullout, U.S. government watchdog warned Afghan air force would collapse
NPR's A Martinez talks to John Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction, about a declassified report that warned the Afghan air force would collapse without U.S. support. -
7:21am Jan 20, 2022Politics & Government Politics & Government
Bipartisan Senate delegation traveled to Kyiv to meet Ukraine's leadership
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about his recent trip to Ukraine as part of a bipartisan delegation of senators, and what he learned. -
7:21am Jan 20, 2022
If Russia invades Ukraine, the U.S. will provide weapons and political support
The U.S. and its partners have sent weapons to Ukraine. They've provided political and moral support. But if Russia invades, Ukraine's army looks to be largely on its own against a stronger force. -
7:21am Jan 20, 2022National National Health & Safety
Omicron hits Seattle's Harborview Medical Center harder than other surges
A Seattle hospital confronts the omicron surge. While COVID-19 patients aren't as sick compared to earlier waves, there is a record number of patients overall, and not enough staff to care for them. -
6:27am Jan 20, 2022Politics & Government Politics & Government
Biden discusses stalled domestic agenda and other issues during news conference
President Biden's executive style is informed by his decades in the world's most deliberative body. Allies say this approach has shown its limits in Biden's first year as president.
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