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  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for his political life heading to elections in March. But first he has to pass Thursday's hurdle: a party primary.
  • Irrawaddy River Dolphins have been in steady decline for the last couple of decades — until this year. Daphne Willems of the Global River Dolphin Initiative for the World Wildlife Fund discusses.
  • Air travel is much safer today because of an increased reliance on automation. But experts say it's harder for pilots to take over when something goes wrong.
  • The cable channel Freeform will air a humanizing, emotional reboot of the '90s drama Party of Five. It's centered on a Latinx family of five siblings whose parents are deported to Mexico.
  • Anger and fear have turned to pragmatic hope in the year since the people of Fort Scott, Kan., lost their hospital to corporate downsizing. A community health center remains. So far, so good.
  • We are showing our deep appreciation for some of the greats who left us in 2019: Dr. John, Joseph Jarman, Ethel Ennis, Larry Willis, Ray Santos and Harold Mabern.
  • Between the financial crisis and record refugees, the long-serving chancellor "kept a steady hand during a tumultuous time," says one biographer.
  • NPR Music staffers Marissa Lorusso and Tom Huizenga give out superlatives for the best moments in music this past year, including a single breath of operatic singing and an epic guitar solo.
  • People in Southeast Asia and parts of the Middle East witnessed a partial eclipse of the sun on Thursday known as the "ring of fire."
  • NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to a Mercy Corps team member about the crisis in Idlib, Syria. The humanitarian aid group is helping over 200,000 civilians fleeing an escalation in violence there.
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