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Jon Gruden, pictured last October during his final game as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders before his resignation over offensive emails he wrote as a broadcaster at ESPN.

Sports

NFL moves to dismiss case brought by disgraced coach Jon Gruden over offensive emails

6:15pm January 20, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after news outlets reported on offensive emails he sent when he worked at ESPN. He has accused the NFL of leaking the emails.

This stock image shows a baby and father playing at home. New research finds that babies judge the relationship between two people by whether or not they willingly share saliva.

Science

Even babies and toddlers know that swapping saliva is a sure sign of love

6:07pm January 20, 2022

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

For infants, toddlers, and children, one sign of an especially close relationship is if two people do something that involves exchanging saliva, like taking bites from the same piece of food.

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Pro-life activists participate in the 48th annual March for Life outside the U.S. Supreme Court January 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Activists look ahead to what could be the 'last anniversary' for Roe

6:07pm January 20, 2022

by Sarah McCammon

On both sides of the abortion debate, activists say this could be the last anniversary before Roe v. Wade is overturned or significantly rolled back.

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Berg spoke to NPR while quarantining at home after being exposed to the coronavirus at work. (She has since returned to the classroom.) Before this quarantine, Berg had taken only about two sick days in her nine years at the school.

Education

Parents and caregivers of young children say they've hit pandemic rock bottom

5:48pm January 20, 2022

by Anya Kamenetz

The people who take care of and educate children under 5 years old, who are too young to be vaccinated, are in a special kind of hell right now.

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Cynthia Chavez Lamar will become the director of the National Museum of the American Indian. She'll be the first Native woman to lead a Smithsonian museum.

National

Cynthia Chavez Lamar becomes the first Native woman to lead a Smithsonian museum

4:19pm January 20, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

She will oversee the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., as well as the George Gustav Heye Center in Lower Manhattan and the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Md.

Former President Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump walk to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Jan. 4, 2020.

Politics & Government

The Jan. 6 panel wants to talk to Ivanka Trump

4:08pm January 20, 2022

by Caitlyn Kim

The committee is asking Ivanka Trump to voluntarily cooperate with the panel's investigation. The panel sent her a letter on Thursday.

The Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Statue is shown in front of the American Museum of Natural History's Central Park West entrance in New York City in 2020. Removal began this week.

New York City's natural history museum has removed a Theodore Roosevelt statue

3:15pm January 20, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

New York City's American Museum of Natural History began the process of removing the controversial statue from its entrance on Tuesday night. It will be shipped to North Dakota in the coming weeks.

A car drives past the U.S. Embassy in Havana in 2019. Americans working at the embassy began reporting unexplained illnesses in 2016.

CIA report: No evidence linking Havana syndrome to a foreign country

3:11pm January 20, 2022

by Greg Myre

The interim report says many cases have now been attributed to previously undiagnosed illnesses. But 'a couple dozen' cases remain unresolved and are still under investigation.

New homes under construction in Mebane, N.C., earlier this month. A historic shortage of homes for sale has been pushing prices sharply higher. So builders are trying to ramp up projects.

Home prices rose faster than ever in 2021. The typical home gained $50,000 in value

2:47pm January 20, 2022

by Chris Arnold

For first time homebuyers it was one of the hardest years ever to afford a house. But homeowners saw tremendous gains in housing wealth.

Zara Rutherford, 19, carries the Belgian and British flags on the tarmac after landing her Shark ultralight plane at the Kortrijk airport in Belgium, on Thursday at the completion of a record-breaking solo circumnavigation.

World News

19-year-old lands in Belgium, becoming youngest woman to fly solo around the world

2:13pm January 20, 2022

Zara Rutherford set off from Belgium in August to circle the globe in her Shark UL plane. Five months later, she landed back home, having landed in 41 countries on five continents.