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There is more evidence that taking the stairs and other short bursts of activity can help build cardiovascular fitness.

NPR's Alison Albrecht reports on new studies of adults in North America, the U.K., and Australia.

Some 1,000 hikers, guides and other staff have been rescued after being stranded on the China side of Mount Everest.

The group got caught in a blizzard late Saturday near the eastern slope of the summit and

According to China's Xinhua News Agency, they stayed in tents pitched at an altitude of nearly 5,000 feet, with some of them suffering hypothermia.

The scenic area of Mount Everest is now temporarily closed.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens.

The partial government shutdown is expected to run through the weekend.

But NPR's Claudia Grisales reports that the Senate plans to vote today on already rejected stopgap bills.

The Trump administration is asking nine schools to adopt certain policies in exchange for preferential treatment and federal funding.

From member station GBH, Kirk Carrapeza reports that some university officials are objecting to the proposal.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is threatening to withhold funding to California colleges that sign an agreement supporting the Trump administration's education agenda.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says it is Europe's responsibility to end the war in Ukraine.

His comments came at a political forum where Putin addressed recent remarks by President Trump.

More from NPR's Charles Maynes.

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futures are flat in after-hours trading on Wall Street.

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Disgraced hip-hop mogul Sean Diddy Combs is scheduled for sentencing today.