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Eight days after tearing a ligament in her knee, skier Lindsey Vonn is on track for competing in tomorrow's Olympic downhill race.

That was always the goal of her comeback out of retirement, as NPR's Becky Sullivan reports from Italy.

The host country won its first gold medal of the Winter Olympics.

Francesca Lollabrigida won the women's 3,000-meter speed skating event.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.

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The United States and Iran have held indirect talks in the country of Oman on Iran's nuclear program and plan to meet again.

A federal judge in Minneapolis says the Department of Homeland Security has until Thursday to show that immigration detainees have regular access to attorneys while they're in custody.

Matt Sepik of Minnesota Public Radio has more.

Matt Sepik reporting.

The U.S.

Education Department is telling colleges to stop using student voting data in research.

It says it's investigating researchers at Tufts University and the National Student Clearinghouse for allegedly sharing college students' data with third parties to influence elections.

From member station GBH, Kirk Carrapeza reports.

Security is heightened in Islamabad, Pakistan, after the bombing of a Shiite Muslim mosque yesterday.

The bomb went off during Friday prayers and killed at least 31 people.

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The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is set to go on trial in June.

NPR's Sarah Ventry reports this is three months before jury selection is set to begin in the federal case against Luigi Mangione.

Today's the first full day of competition at the Winter Olympics in Italy.