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In the coming weeks state legislatures across the country will swear in newly-elected lawmakers. What are the top issues state governments will focus on in 2023?

For the past three decades, the Centenarians of Oklahoma volunteers have made it their mission to celebrate as many centenarians as they can. To date, they've honored more than 2,700 and counting.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Republican political consultant Douglas Heye about the deceptions of Rep.-elect George Santos and the response from the GOP.

The New Year in Ukraine was met with more airstrikes. What state legislatures are focusing on this year. And, a look at Pope Benedict's complicated legacy.

Scruff the "eco dog" helps clean up his town in central England by fetching hundreds of discarded plastic bottles.

Strong storms caused power outages and severe flooding in parts of California. A busy highway was closed after a river overflowed its banks near Sacramento. More rain is expected mid week.

What can we expect from the economy in 2023? NPR's Rob Schmitz puts the question to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution.

Themes like everything is connected, nothing happens without a purpose, and nothing is what it seems are central to both yoga philosophy and conspiratorial thinking.

Jazz artist Jason Moran revisits the deep influence of Black composer and bandleader James Reese Europe, best known for serving with the Harlem Hellfighters in World War I.

He has set records in his first two years for the sheer numbers of jurists, dozens of them women. He helped confirm 11 Black women to the appeals courts, more than all other presidents combined.