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Inauguration Day marks the first time in more than 20 years that Kamala Harris will not be in public office. “It is not my nature to go quietly into the night,” she told allies on Thursday. (Image credit: Mandel Ngan)

Democratic lawmakers had urged President Biden to use his clemency powers to address disparities in sentences for offenses involving crack cocaine. (Image credit: Kent Nishimura)

The Australian Open’s animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put Simpsons on the football field and superheroes on ice skates. (Image credit: Australian Open TV/Screenshot by NPR)

Khan has denied wrongdoing and insisted since his arrest in 2023 that all the charges against him are a plot by rivals to keep him from returning to office. (Image credit: K.M. Chaudary)

Dozens of planes have been forced to divert or fly holding patterns to avoid potential debris from the SpaceX rocket that blew up.

Vice President Han Zheng is set to be highest-level Chinese official ever to attend a presidential swearing-in, signaling Beijing’s willingness to engage the new administration.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed a vote on a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, saying the group was making demands for a “last minute concession.” Hear the latest developments.

NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Amos Hochstein, senior adviser to President Biden, about the latest ceasefire deal in Gaza and his earlier negotiations for a ceasefire in Lebanon.

The man suspected of abducting Madeleine McCann won’t face any charges in the foreseeable future, a prosecutor has told Sky News.

In Moscow on Friday, a couple of days before Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president, two of the West’s main adversaries – Russia and Iran – will sign a strategic partnership pact.