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A new Palestinian Parliament is sworn in, with Hamas, the militant Islamist party, asked to form a new government. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for a continued truce and peace negotiations with Israel.

As a new Palestinian parliament is sworn in, Israel says it won't deal with a Hamas-led government. But officials also wonder how to rebuff Hamas without hurting Palestinians.

Mark Englehart plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Australian musician Grace Shaw, who performs as Mallrat, about her new album, "Butterfly Blue."

Yesterday, 10 people were killed and three wounded in a mass shooting in a Buffalo supermarket that appears to have been racially motivated. The shooter is in custody.

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael of NPR's Louder Than A Riot about the RICO charges against Young Thug and the wider intersection of criminal justice and hip-hop.

There are signs that the trend toward outsourcing call center jobs to low-wage countries like India may be slowing down. Research shows that some call centers are most effective when staffed by Americans.

In 2004, singer and songwriter Josh Rouse recorded a farewell record to Nashville — and to the United States. He picked up his life and moved to a small town on Spain's Mediterranean Coast. A new CD resulted.

President Bush holds a news conference during which he defends the war, acknowledges that U.S. troops will likely be in Iraq throughout his presidency, and, in a question about Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold's motion to censure him, practically dares Democrats to run on the wiretap issue in 2006.

Endangered Florida panthers are being crowded out of their habitat in Florida. Some suggest bringing the panthers to the Ozarks, where they once lived. But Arkansas wildlife officials aren't crazy about the idea, saying the panthers would be a threat.