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officials say progress was made in talks with Russia and Ukraine to end Moscow's nearly four-year-long war.

NPR's Tamara Keith reports the officials didn't provide a lot of specifics.

Authorities in Colorado have reaffirmed the cause of writer Hunter S. Thompson's death in 2005 as suicide.

And Pierce Chloe Veltman reports the Colorado Bureau of Investigation announced the results of its comprehensive review following a request to reopen the case.

at the request of Thompson's widow.

In San Francisco, a family of four making less than $230,000 a year now qualifies for free child care.

It's part of a plan to lower the cost of living in one of the most expensive cities in the country.

The city will also offer a 50% child care subsidy for those families making up to $310,000 a year.

The city determines benefit eligibility based on area median income.

The city is using funds from a voter-approved tax measure specifically

to fund child care.

I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

Minnesota officials identified the person shot and killed today in Minneapolis as Alex Jeffrey Prette.

As NPR's Meg Anderson reports, he was the second person killed by federal immigration agents in less than three weeks.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and Texas State Representative James Tallarico faced off today in a debate that will factor into who will be the Democratic Party nominee in the U.S.

Senate race.

The Texas Newsroom's Blaise Gainey has more.

The enormous winter storm bearing down on more than half the population of the U.S.