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NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on the birth of a test tube baby intended from birth to help his sister. The sister is six years old and has a rare disease that prevents her from creating her own bone marrow. The disease is treatable by transplanting cells from blood taken from the umbilical cord at birth, but the cells must match or they'll prove troublesome. So a Colorado couple had several embryos created and then selected the one most likely to provide the best transplant. The boy is now five weeks old, and cells from his umbilical cord have been transplanted to his sister.

About a fifth of adults in the U-S are using the Internet and the World Wide Web, a number which is growing daily. Many of these people get some of their news from on-line newspapers that are spinoffs of regular daily papers. The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times all have some presence on the Web, but the on-line editions do not have the circulation or the advertising revenue to match their print equivalents, and most do not make any profit at all. Robert talks to editors and advertising researchers about the possible financial futures of publishing on the Web.

Creating a nest egg is considered key for people trying to beat poverty. An experimental program called IDAs -- individual development accounts -- helps low-income people save money. The program matches savings twice -- up to $2,000 -- by the federal government and a community- based non-profit. From San Francisco member station KALW, and New California Media, Holly Kernan reports.

The U.S. soccer team lost its World Cup match Thursday with the Black Stars of Ghana, and is now out of the tournament. Alex Chadwick talks about the game and the World Cup with Bill Saporito, reporting from the tournament in Germany for Time magazine.

The American soccer team's bad luck in playing World Cup matches in Europe has extended another four years, as the team is sent home from Germany by Ghana. Team USA failed to win any of its games. The Round of 16 is full of traditional football powers and upstarts like Ukraine, Australia and Ghana.

A counsel for the panel said in a video that the Trump campaign misled donors in its fundraising after the 2020 election, perpetuating false claims of voter fraud in order to raise funds.

It marks the first public reporting of the committee seeking records from the former first family.

Rep. Cheney spoke on the Women's Suffrage Movement during her closing remarks Thursday and wore the suffragist white color, a symbolism that Sarah Matthews and Cassidy Hutchinson also adopted.

In a powerful moment, Rep. Jamie Raskin says members of his family hid under a desk during the attack on the Capitol.

The Jan. 6 committee's presentation Thursday night put the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys at the center of its narrative.