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Biden issues pardon as Trump returns for second term

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  • Outgoing President Joe Biden issues a final set of pardons to protect against potential retribution from incoming President Donald Trump.
  • The Chinese president's envoy meets with Vance and Musk on the eve of Trump's inauguration.
  • Chicago prepares for deportation arrests targeting hundreds next week after Trump takes office.
  • TikTok says it's in the process of restoring service to US users.
  • Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted will succeed JD Vance in the US Senate.
  • Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified.
  • Biden task force calls for more training and money to avoid the mishandling of classified documents.
  • Florida jury says CNN defamed Navy veteran in story about endangered Afghans.
  • Why are lone homes left standing after the fires It's not entirely luck.
  • Ozempic, Wegovy and other new drugs are selected for Medicare's price negotiations.
  • A big day for Saquon Barkley sends the Eagles into the NFC Championship Game against the Commanders, Josh Allen outduels Lamar Jackson to punch the Bills’ ticket to the AFC title game versus the Chiefs, Paige Bueckers makes history at UConn and a former major leaguer dies. 
  • LA's Olympic venues were spared by wildfires, but the city's rebuild could impact the Games' runup.
  • As college sports move toward pay for play, Title IX looms as another hurdle for the NCAA.
  • Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95.
  • On this week's AP Religion Roundup, Pope Francis releases his autobiography, and hundreds of millions gather for the world’s largest religious festival.
  • Blessings for dogs Bring them to Mexico City's cathedral and St. Anthony will do the rest.
  • Karen Chammas reports on Israeli hostages reuniting with loved ones in hospital, and Palestinians in the West Bank cheering as Israel releases dozens from prison, and sound of Colombian military helicopters evacuating citizens.

    • —The Associated Press

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    Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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