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Tokyo-area hospitals "have their hands full," the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association says in an open letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. The group represents some 6,000 primary care doctors.

Writer Dorothy Parker gave her estate -- including proceeds from her papers -- to the NAACP. But literary executor Lillian Hellman made access to Parker's work difficult. Marion Meade tells the story in Bookforum Magazine, and discusses it with Scott Simon.

Kassie Yeung traveled from Los Angeles to Seoul to remove a lock from a popular tourist attraction, where lovers leave padlocks. She went with a pair of wire cutters to remove the lock.

Justice Department officials say that 52-year-old Bryan Bishop of Marathon sprayed a chemical irritant at two police officers during the attack on the Capitol.

It launched from Cape Canaveral in 2016.

Joe Biden now has 16 additional electoral votes in his column. In one of the biggest upsets of the 2016 election, Trump won Michigan by just under 11,000 votes.

The Jan. 6 House panel held the second of seven hearings. The FDA considers whether to authorize the first COVID vaccines for children younger than 5. Nevada is one of four states holding primaries.

Fears of an #Oscarssowhite redux go largely unfounded in this year's acting nominations, and the actress categories provided some real surprises. The battle for best picture will be fascinating.

For many the decision to repeal DACA is too stiff. For others the 6-month delay is disappointing. Rachel Martin talks to Mark Krikorian, an immigration hardliner at the Center for Immigration Studies.

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U.S. officials travel to Mexico to talk immigration enforcement. South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, who played a rich entrepreneur in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, was found dead.

The House select committee investigating the January 6th insurrection has not yet announced witnesses for either Thursday's or next week's hearings.

Ever since Tony Jannus flew the first scheduled airline flight from St. Petersburg to Tampa in 1914, people have looked for ways to “bridge” the bay.Now,…

During a hearing last night in prime time, the House Select Committee investigating January Six made it clear it blames former President Donald Trump for that day's deadly violence.

On Thursday, Ryan Kelley was charged with four misdemeanors related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. He's one of five candidates on the Republican primary ballot for governor.

The official report is expected to be made public tomorrow.

MI6 may be the world's most legendary secret service, but fiction and film can't uncover its actual history. For that, you need BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera and his new book, The Art of Betrayal: The Secret History of MI6.

U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan said records of interest can be released to the panel overseeing the probe into the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck Mexico early Thursday, causing buildings to sway and leaving at least one person dead in the nation's capital.

Pam Hemphill, a Jan. 6 rioter who served her sentence for her role in the insurrection, offers her views on Trump's indictment in connection with attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The prisoners — four Syrians, a Tunisian and a Palestinian — are the first Guantanamo detainees released in South America. Uruguay's president first signaled willingness to take the men in May.

On the same night in Florida, two police officers were fatally shot in Kissimmee, near Orlando, and two were shot in Jacksonville. Two others were shot in Pennsylvania.

Ski buff Sarah Witter will get $6,358 back from her hospital and insurer after a review of her bill following the NPR-Kaiser Health News story about her case.

Almost four years ago, a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. More than 1,000 people have since been charged. Will President-elect Donald Trump keep his promise to pardon Jan. 6 rioters?

The International Court of Justice ordered Israel to ensure its military does not take actions that violate the Genocide Convention, but the court did not call for a cease-fire.