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This will be the 44th time the two teams have met, more than any other two teams in league history.

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The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza appears to be holding in its second day.

The first phase includes a partial Israeli withdrawal and an exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees.

Shibley Telhami is a professor at the University of Maryland.

He says this is not a peace deal, but essentially a hostage release deal, that there's no movement towards a permanent two-state solution.

He says President Trump acted to end the war because half the American people now believe what's happening in Gaza is genocide, and his own supporters are divided on the issue.

The government shutdown, now on its 11th day, is making a bad situation worse for Midwest farmers.

Frank Morris of member station KCUR reports.

National Guard troops arrived yesterday in Memphis, Tennessee, the latest city where the Trump administration has deployed them.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

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Authorities in Tennessee say there are still 18 people missing and feared dead after an explosion at a munitions plant yesterday.

The company processes explosives and ammunition from the military and

It's located about 60 miles southwest of Nashville.

The cause of the explosion is not yet known.

Voters in New Orleans are heading to the polls today to elect a new mayor.

NPR's Matt Bloom reports.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a military parade last night to mark the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party.