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troops seized them in Caracas in early January and brought them to New York.

That triggered a leadership change in Venezuela.

New research finds that drought could be increasing antibiotic resistance in soils.

NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that antibiotic resistance seems to appear in people who end up in some hospitals.

Award-winning author Tracy Kidder has died of lung cancer at his daughter's home in Boston.

He was 80.

Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his 1981 narrative work The Soul of a New Machine.

It explored the new field of computers.

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The status of any ceasefire negotiations between the U.S.

and Iran still isn't clear.

The White House says productive talks continue, but it's not clear if anyone is talking.

Iranian officials have set conditions, including a halt to attacks and reparations.

Tehran says it will end the war when conditions are met.

Meanwhile, Trump told Republicans at a fundraising dinner last night in Washington that

He won't say the U.S.

is conducting war against Iran.

He'll use a euphemism.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also called it a special military operation when Russia launched its full-scale invasion against Ukraine four years ago.