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  • NPR looks at how the upcoming tests for the Republican Party — the Senate impeachment trial and how House Republicans address its divisions — will test if the GOP is ready to divorce Trumpism.
  • Curtis Kimball has recently begun hosting free pancake parties for all passersby. He says the pandemic has caused a bad vibe all around, and making breakfast for people is a good way to fix it.
  • Thousands of people flooded downtown Los Angeles Wednesday for the Rams' Super Bowl victory parade. It's the first parade in the city despite the Dodgers and Lakers championship victories in 2020.
  • The three-time Olympic medalist told reporters that she felt "like a joke" after failing to finish her third race of the Winter Games. Her last chance at a medal is a team competition on Saturday.
  • When Louis Armstrong recorded Hello, Dolly in 1963, he gave it his unique vocal and instrumental treatment. But he had no idea the song would become a success.
  • The U.S. and Europe are imposing new sanctions against Russia after allegations of atrocities in Ukraine. Among the targets are financial institutions and some of Russia's elite.
  • Moviemaking is an important part of Louisiana's economy and has continued to expand, undeterred by last year's hurricanes. The state has even begun positioning itself as the "Hollywood of the South."
  • Doctors are struggling to treat two diseases that have reached epidemic proportions in American children: asthma and obesity. Physicians at Boston's Children's Hopsital have given cameras to their young patients to document what goes on outside the doctor's office. And as Madge Kaplan reports, the tapes are revealing a side of kids' lives doctors rarely see, but probably should.
  • One in 3 Ukrainians are now food insecure, and the war could bring a food crisis all over the world. One thing that can help? Planting backyard gardens.
  • Republican Brian Bilbray emerges victorious in the fight for the suburban San Diego House seat once held by jailed Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Bilbray narrowly beat Democrat Francine Busby, a local school board member, in a special election.
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