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How cold is it?

How are you and everyone else managing?

Joanna, any sense of how long these power outages might last?

Do you see signs of fatigue among the citizens?

And, Piers, Joanna Kikisic in Kyiv, thanks so much.

But a new study has found that the use of generative AI in education can, quote, undermine children's foundational development.

The report calls the extent of the damage done daunting.

And that's up first for Saturday, January 17, 2026.

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County Public Defender's Office is trying to get clients with cognitive disabilities diagnosed and treat them with the aim of keeping them out of the criminal justice system.

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