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It's been three weeks since 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie went missing from her Arizona home.

Savannah Guthrie says her family is still holding out for a miracle and hopes her mother will be found alive.

A phone call has ended a diplomatic spat that risked damaging U.S.-France relations.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the spat was over accusations by France that the U.S.

was weighing in on French domestic affairs.

New Zealand conservationists have been fighting for years to keep the world's only flightless parrot from disappearing.

Now they're hoping for a record number of cockapoo after a bumper crop of rimu berries sparked rare mating activity.

Over three decades, the number of cockapoo has risen from about 50 to more than 200.

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In his State of the Union address tonight, President Trump will continue his months-long message that he's working to ease the cost of living.

That'll include new policies, according to the White House, one aimed at easing electricity costs.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more.

And the U.S.

men's gold medal winning hockey team will attend the State of the Union after extending the invitation to the men's team on Sunday night.

Trump quipped that if he didn't also invite the women's team, quote, I probably would be impeached.

The women's team also won gold over Canada.

They politely declined the invite, citing scheduling conflicts.

Fewer congressional races are expected to be competitive this fall, and experts say the extraordinary mid-decade redistricting efforts initiated by President Trump are largely to blame.

NPR's Ashley Lopez reports.