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Also: The U.S. carries out airstrikes in Syria; Australia's prime minister will give a national apology to victims of institutional child abuse; and today is Philadelphia's Super Bowl victory parade.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jon Finer, Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to the president, on how the United States feels about Israel's ground assault in Gaza.

The brief talks marked the first face-to-face meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer talks about the danger in making the abuse of presidential powers seem normal and about a weakening democratic system where losers don't accept the loss.

Weird Al Yankovic has made a name for himself with spot-on song parodies. 40 years into his career, a look at some of his best tunes reveals the expertise and creativity it takes to do what he does.

France's Council of State said the town of Villeneuve-Loubet breached several "fundamental freedoms" by forbidding the swimwear on its beaches. Some 30 towns have instituted such bans this summer.

The Southern Baptist Convention meets this week in Nashville, bringing to the fore a host of controversial issues that threaten to cause a rift among the faithful.

Spanish authorities took the politicians into custody after Catalonia, a formerly semiautonomous region, declared independence from Spain. Catalan's former president remains in exile in Belgium.

Despite the pandemic, Census Bureau officials say they've determined it's safe enough for visits to unresponsive homes in parts of Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.

Val Kilmer died from pneumonia. He had recovered after a 2014 throat cancer diagnosis that required two tracheotomies.