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Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports the administration is trying to address a labor shortage aggravated by immigration rates.

A spokesman for the Taliban says Pakistan has bombed several areas of Afghanistan and killed women and children.

NPR's Dia Hadid reports from Mumbai.

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The Pentagon says it's investigating Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly.

Kelly is a former Navy pilot who joined a handful of other lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds in a video that warned U.S.

troops against obeying illegal orders.

The Pentagon statement cites a federal law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty by the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other measures.

Broadway's fall season already has its first casualty.

The Queen of Versailles, a new musical with a score by Wicked Stephen Schwartz and starring Kristen Chenoweth, is closing shortly after the beginning of the new year at almost a total loss.

Here's Jeff London reporting.

Tech stocks leading the way in Asia.

The major financial markets are edging higher in Tuesday trading following Wall Street's rally on Monday.

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Former FBI Director James Comey says he's grateful that the case against him has been dismissed by a federal judge, but he believes it won't end there.

U.S.

District Judge Cameron McGowan dismissed the case against Comey as well as the case against New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday.

saying the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Trump's urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.