Nora Rahm

More than a foot of snow fell across parts of the Midwest.

Chuck Hornbach reports.

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Gavi, the International Vaccine Alliance, is announcing a new deal that will make pediatric malaria vaccines more accessible.

As NPR's Gabriela Emanuel reports, the price is dropping from about $4 per dose to just under $3.

Investigators in Hong Kong found more bodies today in burnt-down buildings in a high-rise apartment complex.

This brings to 146 the number of deaths in Wednesday's fire.

Some bodies were discovered in stairwells or on rooftops where residents had tried to escape the flames.

Dozens are missing.

Authorities want to know why the fire alarms didn't sound.

Pope Leo arrived in Beirut today as part of his first foreign trip as pope.

He's seeking to bring a message of peace to the war-torn region and to bolster the Christian community in Lebanon, which has the largest share of Christians in the region.

He had flown to Beirut from Turkey, where there he spoke in a condemned violence committed in the name of religion.

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Ukrainian negotiators are in Florida today where they're meeting with U.S.

officials on ending Russia's war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian and European leaders say an initial plan proposed by the U.S.

was too favorable to Russia.

Before the meeting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he expects they'll make progress today.