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President Biden is using his presidential authority to commute the sentences of dozens of men on federal death row with just a few weeks left in office.
What's behind the president's decision?
I'm Asma Khalid, and this is UP first from NPR News.
For those living with long Covid, it can come with extreme fatigue, brain fog and heart problems.
Millions of Americans can't keep waiting and keeping their lives on pause or even dying, you know, with this condition.
Will new investment in research bring patients suffering with these symptoms any closer to reliable treatments?
And a number of cultural heritage sites in Lebanon were damaged during the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Will they be rebuilt?
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