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Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Shamir Muhammad reports on relief efforts in the hard-hit South.

The IRS now accepting tax returns, a filing season beginning a day earlier than last year, as NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

The U.S.

Olympic and Paralympic Committee today unveiled its roster of athletes for the Winter Games.

And for the first time in more than a decade, hockey players from the NHL will compete for the U.S.

in hockey.

NPR's Brian Mann reports the announcement covered every winter sport at the upcoming games, from cross-country skiing to curling to figure skating.

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder has pleaded not guilty to charges of becoming a cocaine-smuggling kingpin.

Ryan Wedding made his first federal court appearance Monday in Santa Ana, California.

He was flown there after a nearly year-long effort by authorities to arrest him.

Wedding was on the FBI's top 10 most wanted list, and the U.S.

government had offered a $15 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction.

Asian chairs largely up in Tuesday trading after Wall Street rose for a fourth straight session.

The S&P 500 rose half a percentage point.

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President Trump has wrapped up his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Before he left, he spoke to reporters.

After meeting Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of efforts to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.

Trump said both Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin want to make a deal, but territorial issues remain the major sticking point.