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People look at destroyed Russian military vehicles on display in central Kyiv on a snowy afternoon in the capital city on January 9.

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Putin has only 1 option left but won't accept it, says Ukraine's foreign minister

6:13pm January 09, 2023

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba details the so-called ceasefire, the options he believes Vladimir Putin has left, and what counts as a victory for Ukraine from here on.

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A video board at Levi's Stadium shows a message for Damar Hamlin during an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Arizona Cardinals in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023.

Damar Hamlin's 'Did We Win?' shirts to raise money for first responders and hospital

4:56pm January 09, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The proceeds from the t-shirts will benefit first responders and the University of Cincinnati's Trauma Center where Hamlin had been receiving treatment.

More than 14.4 million children and teens are living with obesity. New guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends early treatment.

Childhood obesity requires early, aggressive treatment, new guidelines say

4:01pm January 09, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Instead of "watchful waiting," the American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends intensive lifestyle and behavior therapy for young kids, and for older children, medication.

Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been released from the hospital and has returned to Buffalo, doctors say. Here, Hamlin is shown prior to the start of the first half of a preseason NFL football game, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in Orchard Park, N.Y.

Damar Hamlin has been released from a Cincinnati hospital and is back in Buffalo

4:00pm January 09, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Doctors say they are still unsure what caused Hamlin's collapse during the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals a week ago.

EPA Administrator Michael Regan, right, speaks to reporters in November 2021 at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, a Ridgeland, Miss.-based facility near Jackson, Miss., about longstanding water issues that have plagued the city.

Mississippi's top environment official denies his agency discriminated against Jackson

2:06pm January 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

The city's water system has suffered disruptions for years, but Christopher Wells says that the city received every loan it requested, and that an ongoing civil rights investigation is political.

The British government is set to announce the full details of the single-use plastics ban on Saturday.

England will ban single-use plastic plates and cutlery for environmental reasons

1:38pm January 09, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey says the new ban will stop pollution from "billions of pieces of plastic." Advocates applaud the move but say it doesn't go far enough on its own.

Cars are submerged in floodwater after heavy rain moved through the area on Monday in Windsor, California. The San Francisco Bay Area continues to get drenched by powerful atmospheric river events that have brought high winds and flooding rains.

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Streak of brutal weather continues in California with 2 storms forecast this week

1:27pm January 09, 2023

by Juliana Kim

President Biden approved an emergency declaration as parts of California issue evacuation orders and close school districts after intense downpours.

An NPR analysis of data released Jan. 8 by the Small Business Administration shows the vast majority of Paycheck Protection Program loans have been forgiven, despite rampant fraud in the program.

How the Paycheck Protection Program went from good intentions to a huge free-for-all

1:04pm January 09, 2023

An NPR analysis of data released by the Small Business Administration shows the vast majority of Paycheck Protection Program loans have been forgiven, even though the program was rampant with fraud.

Worshipers pray during an Orthodox Christmas mass in a basement shelter in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on Jan. 7. As artillery boomed outside and fighter jets flew overhead, Orthodox Christians in a battered eastern Ukraine town held a Christmas service in a basement shelter vowing, not to let war ruin the holiday.

Latest on Ukraine: The Russian Christmas cease-fire that wasn't

11:03am January 09, 2023

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Jeff and Kareen King received a hospital bill for $160,000 a few weeks after Jeff had a procedure to restore his heart rhythm.

A 'medical cost-sharing' plan left this minister to pay most of his $160,000 bill

9:56am January 09, 2023

by Bram Sable-Smith

Instead of health insurance, the Rev. Jeff King had signed up for an alternative that left members of the plan to share the costs of health care. That meant lower premiums, but a huge hospital bill.