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As the State Department orders relatives of embassy staff in Kyiv to leave, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to ex-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about where the diplomatic effort goes from here.

The Biden administration is considering a plan to send several thousand additional U.S. troops into NATO countries in eastern Europe, near both Russia and Ukraine.

An adult in the family saw some options online, added them to the site's shopping cart but didn't checkout. The toddler took care of that — completing the purchase while playing on the phone.

Laura Spears bought a ticket for the Mega Millions drawing online on Dec. 31. A few days later she was looking through her inbox for a lost email — only to find out she had won $3 million.

First it was the pro-democracy paper Apple Daily and then other independent Hong Kong media outlets closed. A group of anonymous volunteers is archiving the outlets so they don't disappear completely.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Congressman Zach Wamp, a Republican from Tennessee, about efforts to rewrite the Electoral Count Act.

Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has developed a new TV show for HBO called The Gilded Age. Our reviewer says it has its own charm, despite feeling a lot like Downton set in America.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Francis Collins about how his faith is helping inform part of his next role: he wants to use science, religion and above all empathy to try to bring people together.

Russia continues to amass more than 100,000 soldiers along its border with Ukraine, and the country has announced plans for naval exercises along Ukraine's southern coast.

The Biden administration massively expanded hospital-level care at home as part of its strategy to enhance hospital capacity. The Mayo Clinic says it's having an impact.

The Ventures were a 1960s surf-rock group. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run" and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.

Nebraska is one of the states seeing a rise in COVID cases. A hearing Monday to assert political control over public health guidance comes as the omicron variant surges and hospitals plead for help.