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In texts released by House Democrats, a career diplomat worries that Washington is tying military aid and a White House visit for the president of Ukraine to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden.

David Greenberger reviews the new CD from the Chicago band The Pinetop Seven -- the CD is called Bringing Home the Last Great Strike. {The Pinetop Seven has been around for five years, and has had several changes in its line-up since then. But the core sound of the band -- quirky instrumentation, drawn on varied musical traditions -- remains the same, thanks to Darren Richard, who has written all the songs, and sings them. The band's music is full of juxtepositions -- intimate and vast, richly layered and stark -- and Greenberger tells us the sound is timeless and utterly modern at once.} (3:00) Bringing Home the Last Great Strike, by The Pinetop Seven, is on Truckstop Records, from Chicago. The band's Web site is http://www.pinetopseven.com.

The last show of the pop icon's "Celebration" retrospective tour brought over a million and a half fans to Rio de Janeiro's famed Copacabana Beach on Saturday night.

The website Just Security made a detailed timeline of events leading up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. False claims, conspiracy theories and calls to violence go back almost a year.

Climate change is making powerful hurricanes more common. That may require adding a new official designation for the more intense storms, a new study suggests.

Host Lynn Neary talks to Sherrie Tucker author of Swing Shift: All-Girl Bands of the 1940's and former trumpet player Clora Bryant. The book gives the history and first hand accounts of the "all-girl" big bands of the World War II era. (7:19) Sherrie Tucker's book, Swing Shift: All-Girl Bands of the 1940's is published by Duke Univ Pr (Txt); ISBN: 08223

The British alternative rock band from the 1980s and 90s is enjoying a revival, thanks to contemporary bands who were inspired by The Cure. Mikel Jollett says he's not too fond of the band's new self-titled album, but considers it a sign he's getting older.

Ethan Dean spent a day riding in a garbage truck and wearing a hard-hat at an event in Sacramento, Calif., organized by the Make-a-Wish Foundation and local groups. Ethan has cystic fibrosis.

After delays, Republicans roll out a pandemic relief bill. MLB postpones three games after a coronavirus outbreak. And the pandemic is overwhelming public health capacity in many states.

Rep. Raskin is one of the people Biden pardoned before he left office. Raskin says it's strange to be pardoned for doing his job.