Analyzing Biden’s presidential legacy. And, north Gaza’s final key hospital shut down

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Immediately’s high tales

President Biden will end his time period and depart the White Home quickly in a approach nearly no different president has. He will likely be changed by the president he as soon as changed, marking an enormous issue for any evaluation of his legacy.

• 🎧 When asserting his marketing campaign, Biden explicitly mentioned in a video that he wished Trump to be a one-term president, NPR’s Tamara Keith tells Up First. Throughout his single time period, Biden handed vital laws together with the American Rescue Plan, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Invoice and the Inflation Discount Act. White Home communications director Ben LaBolt says the administration’s laws may have a lasting affect, lengthy after Biden leaves workplace. Historian Tevi Troy advised Keith that Biden’s legacy flipped from the man who defeated Trump to the one who enabled his return.
• ➡️ If Biden holds an end-of-term press convention, listed here are the eight questions NPR’s White Home correspondents would ask him.

The final main hospital in northern Gaza, Kamal Adwan, has been shut down with no ceasefire in sight. Israeli forces raided the hospital this previous weekend and detained a lot of its docs and nurses. For the previous a number of months, the hospital has handled sufferers as Israeli forces performed an offensive at Gaza’s northern edge.

• 🎧 The hospital’s director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, refused to abide by Israeli evacuation orders for north Gaza, NPR’s Aya Batrawy says. Earlier this month he advised NPR that the collapse of the hospital would imply the tip of life in north Gaza. Israel says Hamas was utilizing the hospital and that it detained 240 suspected militants in the course of the newest raid. The World Well being Group is asking for the quick launch of Dr. Abu Safiya, who was additionally taken.
• 🎧 Folks within the Center East have spent 2024 ready on a ceasefire deal. Because the yr ends, Up First is reviewing the efforts made to cease the conflict in Gaza. Pay attention right here.

Funeral preparations for former President Jimmy Carter will span six days, three cities and a number of stops at areas that held significance throughout his life. In a launch, the Joint Process Drive-Nationwide Capital Area mentioned the celebration of his life begins Saturday, Jan. 4, which is when his stays depart Phoebe Sumter Medical Heart in Americus, Ga. The general public will be capable to pay their respects from Saturday night to the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 7 on the Carter Presidential Heart, the place his stays will lie in repose. Listed below are the opposite companies being held

Immediately’s hear

Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac 50 years in the past as we speak. Their tumultuous relationship captivated followers and impressed hit songs. However earlier than their arrival, early Fleetwood Mac was troublesome to categorize. They have been common in England and Europe and have been starting to realize traction within the U.S. as a blues rock band. On the similar time, Buckingham and Nicks launched an album as a duo that didn’t promote very properly.

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Graduating college students protests remarks by Washington College Chancellor Andrew Martin on Might 13, on the college’s campus close to Clayton, Mo. Full story right here.

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In 2024, photographers at NPR’s member and affiliate stations captured photos of protests that unfolded on faculty campuses, a complete photo voltaic eclipse, probably the most necessary Election Days in U.S. historical past, a number of celebrations and extra. NPR compiled a collection of images from this yr showcasing their impactful photojournalism. Click on right here to see these images.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Norway’s chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gestures throughout a sport within the Tata Metal Chess India event in Kolkata on Nov. 17.

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1. Magnus Carlsen, the world’s high chess participant, is on the World Blitz Championship after going head-to-head with organizers over his refusal to alter out of denims to adapt to a strict costume code at a event final week.
2. A federal appeals court docket has rejected an attraction by President-elect Donald Trump of a 2023 jury choice that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll.
3. The nation’s greatest transit techniques are utilizing AI-enhanced cameras to maintain bus lanes away from illegally parked automobiles. The know-how, supplied by start-up Hayden AI, helps transit businesses effective drivers who block bus lanes and stops.

This text was edited by Obed Manuel.