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Academy Award-winning actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89
by Leila Fadel
Smith's seven-decade stage and screen career included many beloved roles, from "Harry Potter" Professor Minerva McGonagall, to Dowager Countess Violet Crawley in "Downton Abbey."
Since 1955, the North American Aerospace Defense Command has tracked Santa
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Maj. Gen. Parker Wright, director of intelligence for NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, about the origins and methodology of NORAD's Santa tracker.
Couple who helped decorate the White House for Christmas share their love story
Marite Sanchez was one of the few people picked out of thousands to help decorate the White House. She knew right away who she'd bring with her: Hugo, her husband. They tell the story of how they met.
The final report on the Capitol attack is released by the House Jan. 6 panel
The 800-page report details why the panel recommended four criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump. The report comes after the panel's final business hearing on Monday.
The homeless in Montana suffered through some very cold temperatures this week
by Austin Amestoy
Montana is a tough place to be homeless. The state's annual ceremony memorializing homeless people who've died, happened to fall on one of the coldest nights of the year.
Experts warn China's health care system could be overwhelmed by COVID cases
For nearly three years, China used extremely strict testing and lockdown policies to keep COVID out. Then it abruptly lifted nearly all those controls as a COVID surge spread across the country.
The U.S. has pledged nearly $2 billion in new military aid to Ukraine
The aid package includes a Patriot missile system. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to retired Army Maj. Mike Lyons about criticism of the decision, which some fear will escalate the war with Russia.
A bipartisan bill in Congress to grant legal status to Afghan refugees is blocked
by Quil Lawrence
Tens of thousands of Afghans came to the U.S. after the 2021 Taliban takeover, but they don't have legal status. A bipartisan bill in Congress to grant that status has been blocked.
Morning news brief
by Leila Fadel
The Jan. 6 House committee released its final report. A bipartisan bill in Congress to grant legal status to Afghan refugees is blocked. COVID threatens to overwhelm China's health care system.
Italian police use a Lamborghini Huracan to quickly deliver 2 donor kidneys
The kidneys needed to be delivered to two transplant patients — one as far as Rome, hundreds of miles away. Lamborghini gave the police the car five years, and it's been used to deliver organs.
A North Carolina student's message in a bottle has been found 2 years later
Alan Doshier dropped the bottle off the coast of North Carolina in July 2020. A woman in Portugal, over 3,600 miles away, found it last weekend on a beach.
One of the country's oldest independent record stores is going out of business
by Kabir Bhatia
After more than 50 years in business, Record Revolution, a beloved record store in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is closing its doors for good.