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Around-the-clock air monitoring has shown normal, un-concerning levels days after the controlled burn, according to the EPA. (Image credit: Gene J. Puskar/AP) Read More at NPR

A paper says new parents who get help from a trained financial coach in a pediatric clinic came to more of their babies’ preventive care visits and missed fewer vaccinations in the first six months. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Democratic Congressmen Maxwell Frost of Florida and Republican Mike Lawler of New York about the president’s State of the Union speech. Read More at NPR

A pandemic program that increased food subsidies across the country is ending. In Oregon, advocates warn the impact could be hard for the college students who rely on it. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Iran’s Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in Tehran. Read More at NPR

Arfon Jones’ daughter finally found a kidney she desperately needed. He didn’t have to donate to his own kidney for it to happen, but donated it to a stranger anyway. Read More at NPR

LeBron James now holds the NBA record for most points scored. The NBA record for total points scored was previously held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — for 34 years. Read More at NPR

As the death toll soars, the cold continues and rescue teams dig at the rubble — the window for saving people following the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria is closing. Read More at NPR

The California farmworker community of Planada is recovering from the parade of storms that hit the state. Many undocumented residents there are ineligible for FEMA assistance. Read More at NPR

New documents are revealing more about the case against five Memphis cops charged in Tyre Nichols’ death. They are accused of not activating their body cams and sharing a photo of the injured man. Read More at NPR

Biden said he and Republicans in Congress are in agreement — there will be no cuts to Medicare or Social Security related to the the debt ceiling. Experts wonder if that means Medicaid might be cut. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Juana Summers visits a new exhibit at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City that celebrates 50 years of fashion in hip hop music. Read More at NPR

President Biden and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders had different takes on the state of the economy last night. By many measures, the economy is improving, but many Americans don’t feel that way. Read More at NPR

They might be new to school, but two freshman congressmen have plenty of insight to offer on Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Read More at NPR

Getting help to areas of Syria devastated by this week’s earthquake is means navigating around a government that is still at war with some of its own people. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Brookings Institution visiting fellow Asli Aydintasbas about whether policy failures and building shortcuts in Turkey may have contributed to the earthquake’s death toll. Read More at NPR

A 1.5 million square-ft. zone of Dubai known as International Humanitarian City is the world’s largest aid hub, with warehouses for U.N. agencies, Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations and others. (Image credit: Aya Batrawy/NPR) Read More at NPR

Court records say Davion Irvin told police that he jumped a zoo fence after dark, cut the metal mesh of a tamarin monkey enclosure and took the two emperor tamarin monkeys before escaping by train. (Image credit: Dallas Zoo via AP) Read More at NPR

The man was convicted of killing a female colleague in a Seoul subway station last year, a day before he was to be sentenced on stalking charges. This has led to calls for better protection for women. (Image credit: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images) Read More at NPR

Investigators said they found that the Russian president likely approved the supply of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile. (Image credit: Dmitry Lovetsky/AP) Read More at NPR

Zoom, a hallmark of pandemic life, is laying off some 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce. CEO Eric Yuan said he and other executives will take pay cuts and forego bonuses. (Image credit: Kena Betancur/Getty Images) Read More at NPR

“We don’t know why this bird was dyed pink, although many of our followers have speculated that it was for a gender reveal party,” a Wild Bird Fund official told NPR. (Image credit: Alexis Ayala/Wild Bird Fund) Read More at NPR

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said the embattled New York congressman, who faces continued questions about his biography and campaign finances, should’ve been “sitting in the back row and staying quiet.” (Image credit: Patrick Semansky/AP) Read More at NPR

Zelenskyy is holding meetings with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and giving a speech to lawmakers. He told legislators that Ukraine “will always come out on top of evil.” (Image credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Read More at NPR

It’s a highly coordinated effort, but war and complicated politics can hamper progress. Dozens of countries have offered to help, including Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Read More at NPR

The role puts him in charge of a fractured Republican party with the slimmest of majorities. Residents of McCarthy’s district are split between backing him and the party’s more conservative members. Read More at NPR