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Going to weddings and birthdays can be pricey. How to cut costs or gracefully decline

If your social calendar is burning a hole in your wallet, there are steps you can take to spend less while maintaining good relationships.

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8 things to know about Groundhog Day and its big star, Punxsutawney Phil

The weather-predicting groundhog celebrity has met two presidents and drinks a life-extending elixir: “Our Phil is like, probably 139 years old,” Groundhog Club Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel says. (Image credit: Jeff Swensen)

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Editor’s note: Reporting the midair collision will focus on facts and people’s stories

NPR’s reporting will continue to focus on what happened and learning what we can about the victims and telling their stories. (Image credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor B/U.S. Coast Guard)

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A groom-to-be pilot, daughter of Indian immigrants and figure skating champions are among DC air collision victims – CNN

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Palestinians Stream Back to Northern Gaza on Foot

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken.

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Leading China Property Developer Reports Huge loss, in Sign of Widening Real-Estate Woes

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in.

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Did DEI D.I.E.? Welcome to a new kind of ‘civil rights’ era

The new Trump administration is using the language of civil rights but flipping it on its head. If ‘diversity’ is now being coded as discrimination, what does that mean for the future of civil rights? Brittany is joined by Columbia

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Freed Israeli Hostages Still Had Shrapnel in Their Bodies From Oct. 7 Attack

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said.

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Suspected Sabotage of Deep-Sea Cable Triggers First NATO-Led Response

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea.

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Rwanda-Backed Rebels Enter Congo’s Safe-Haven City

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city.

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