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Gas cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may be about to change. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with former NFL star Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl, about the first Super Bowl to feature two Black quarterbacks. Read More at NPR

Tyre Nichols, killed after a police traffic stop, will be buried Wednesday in Memphis. National civil rights advocates and politicians will join his family, who have called for police reforms. Read More at NPR

There has been a string of negative news about the economy this month — but nonetheless, stock and bond markets are headed for big gains in January. What gives? Read More at NPR

Andrea Riseborough surprised many by landing her first nomination. But the academy is reviewing the procedures around the high profile campaigns for nominees to ensure no guidelines were violated. Read More at NPR

When a pharmaceutical drug has been on the market a while, it’s supposed to go generic and the price is supposed to go down. For blockbuster arthritis drug Humira, that hasn’t happened — until now. Read More at NPR

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Jen Kates from the Kaiser Family Foundation about what it means that President Biden has declared the COVID public health emergency over for the United States in May. Read More at NPR

The seven states that share the Colorado River are moving forward in the face of cutbacks announced Tuesday. Read More at NPR

The actor and a weapons specialist have been formally charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set in 2021. (Image credit: Seth Wenig/AP) Read More at NPR

A group of Black residents in Portland, Ore., is suing the city and a hospital for displacing them more than 50 years ago. They say an urban renewal plan amounted to confiscation of their homes. Read More at NPR