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WATCH: House Republicans approved new rules package

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Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed his first test late Monday as the Republicans approved their rules package for governing House operations, typically a routine step on Day One that stretched into the second week of the new majority. It was approved 220-213, a party-line vote with one Republican opposed.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

Damar Hamlin back in Buffalo to resume recovery

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Doctors who treated Damar Hamlin say the Bills safety is back in Buffalo in an uplifting sign of the remarkable progress he's made a week after going into cardiac arrest and having to be resuscitated on the field during a game in Cincinnati.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

UK government ministers meets with unions but fails to end wave of strikes

There were small signs of progress but no breakthrough after a meeting between Health Secretary Steve Barclay and health care unions. Other ministers met with railway unions that have staged months of strikes, and teaching unions considering classroom walkouts.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

WATCH: Police chief describes 6-year-old student's shooting of teacher in class

Billet’s son who is in middle school has raised concerns about school security, telling his dad that he felt safer at theme parks, which the boy argued had better security than his school. His second-grade son is doing better, Billet said, fist-bumping a police officer on his way out of school Friday.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

UN votes to extend critical aid from Turkey to Syria's rebel north

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months. Syria’s ally Russia — in a surprise move — supported the resolution.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

Storm forces evacuations on 5th anniversary of Montecito's deadly mudslide

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rescuers ended the search for a 5-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters in central coastal California while the entire community of Montecito was ordered evacuated Monday as residents grappled with flooding and mudslides as the latest in a series of powerful storms walloped the state.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

U.S. Postal Service touts performance during 2022 midterm elections

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By the end of the Dec. 6 Georgia Senate runoff, the Postal Service had delivered 54.4 million ballots to and from voters, officials said. They added that the number could be even higher because the report doesn’t take into account ballots that were diverted from the normal flow to accelerate delivery and ballots that were not properly identified.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

The true story behind one of the most damaging spies in American history

She's been called one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history. Ana Montes passed secrets and information to the Cuban government for almost 17 years until her arrest just days after the 9/11 attacks. After nearly two decades behind bars, she was released from prison on Friday. Jim Popkin chronicled Montes' fascinating story and joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his new book "Code Name Blue Wren."
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

CDC warns of rising strep throat infections among children

The CDC is investigating a rise in severe cases of strep throat among kids in the U.S. Several children's hospitals across the country have reported an increase in strep cases since November, including in Colorado where two children died. Dr. Peter Hotez of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development joined Geoff Bennett to discuss.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

U.S. Navy veteran kidnapped, held hostage by Taliban describes experience

Contractor and U.S. Navy veteran Mark Frerichs was kidnapped and held hostage by Taliban forces for over two and a half years. He was released as part of a prisoner swap last September and is now adjusting to freedom and life back in America. Amna Nawaz went to Lombard, Illinois, where he's staying with family, to sit down with Frerichs for his first television interview since being freed.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

Small, local paper uncovered and reported George Santos scandal before November election

A watchdog group filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission accusing newly sworn-in Rep. George Santos of illegally using campaign funds and masking the source of those funds. The North Shore Leader, a small paper on Long Island, broke the scandal before the November election. By the time other outlets picked it up, Santos had been elected. Grant Lally joined Geoff Bennett to discuss.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023

Republicans deciding House rules package after contentious week of speaker votes

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In the first big test of Kevin McCarthy's speakership, the House is voting on a controversial rules package that will set the procedural plans for this new Congress. The package includes provisions from closed-door deals made with hardliners in the Republican conference, conditions that many worry could lead to more gridlock. Congressional Correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.
PBS     Jan 11, 2023