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Russian President Vladimir Putin has departed China after a two-day state visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

This came only days after President Trump was there.

However, there's no word on whether Putin and Xi agreed on a major gas pipeline between their countries.

The project has been stalled.

Tonight, comic Stephen Colbert says goodbye to the late-night show he has hosted for 11 years.

CBS Paramount Plus canceled it, citing financial reasons.

But as NPR's Mandalay Delbarco reports, his fans say it's because of Colbert's continuous criticism of President Trump.

There is a new champion in the professional women's hockey league.

The Montreal Victoire defeated the Ottawa Charge last night 4-0.

Montreal took the Walter Cup final in the fourth of five games.

I'm Cora Coleman, NPR News, in Washington.

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The liberal icon and former Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank has died at his home.

That's according to a close friend who confirmed his death to member station WBUR in Boston.

Frank was 86.

He had been receiving hospice care for congestive heart failure.

He was the first gay member of Congress to come out publicly, which he did, in 1987.

Frank explained...