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Special Coverage: Hassan Nasrallah Is Dead. What's Next For The Middle East?

Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah — who led Hezbollah for more than 30 years — has been met with mixed reactions in the region. In Israel, there have been celebrations, even as people prepare for the possibility of retaliation. In Ramallah, in the West Bank, streets filled with Palestinians chanting promises to continue resistance against Israel. Nasrallah's death raises questions about who will fill a power void at the top of what the US considers a terrorist organization.

Special Coverage: Hassan Nasrallah Is Dead. What's Next For The Middle East?

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BONUS: Trump's Return To The White House

In this bonus episode, Up First co-hosts Leila Fadel and A Martinez break down what's behind President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House with the day's reporters, political strategists and analysts.

BONUS: Trump's Return To The White House

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BONUS: Biden's Speech At White House, Trump's Victory, Administration Transition

In this bonus episode, Up First co-hosts Leila Fadel and A Martinez break down the latest analysis of the election results and what's ahead for the next Trump administration with the day's reporters, experts and analysts.

BONUS: Biden's Speech At White House, Trump's Victory, Administration Transition

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BONUS: "We, The Voters" Swing State Debrief

This bonus episode features Up First co-hosts Steve Inskeep, Michel Martin, Leila Fadel and A Martinez. In the closing days of the election they get together to talk about their biggest takeaways from the voters they spoke with in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Nevada – swing states that could decide the election.

BONUS: "We, The Voters" Swing State Debrief

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BONUS: Trump's Day One Promises

The Up First co-hosts spent the week diving into some the promises President-elect Donald Trump has made for his return to the White House. From a pledge to pardon January 6th rioters and start mass deportations to a commitment to close the Department of Education, increase fossil fuel production, and roll-back protections for transgender people.

BONUS: Trump's Day One Promises

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The Luckiest of the Unlucky

Barbara's book Bringing Ben Home, a Murder, a Conviction, and the Fight to Redeem American Justice. Barbara Bradley Hagerty hide caption

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The Luckiest of the Unlucky

In part two of our story about Ben Spencer, a man sentenced to life in prison for a crime he said he didn't commit, former NPR correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty begins her own investigation. She returns to the scene of the crime and reinterviews witnesses. Hagerty finds new evidence of Spencer's innocence. And yet, the courts refuse to release him.

The Luckiest of the Unlucky

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The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction

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The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction

In 1987, Ben Spencer, a young black man from Dallas, Texas was convicted in the killing of a white businessman. He was sentenced to life in prison by an all-white jury. There was no physical evidence linking him to the crime and he had an alibi. Over the years, eyewitnesses recanted their testimony and a judge, after reviewing all the prior evidence, declared Spencer to be an innocent man. Nonetheless, Spencer remained in prison for more than three decades. For seven of those years, former NPR correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty follows and followed the twists and turns of this case. Her dissection of wrongful convictions and the criminal justice system is at the heart of her new book, Bringing Ben Home: A Murder, A Conviction And The Fight to Redeem American Justice.

The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction

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Government Shutdown Averted, German Christmas Market Attack, Netflix And The NFL

Congress approved a short-term spending deal to keep government running until mid-March. A man drove a car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least five. Netflix again plans to stream major sporting events live, after a rocky first attempt last month.

Government Shutdown Averted, German Christmas Market Attack, Netflix And The NFL

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GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government

Congress has a midnight deadline to fund the federal government. Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump instructed Republicans to kill a bipartisan plan. Then the House rejected Trump's preferred alternative. Russia's army has lost thousands of soldiers trying to capture a strategic Ukrainian town, and in Syria, the rebel group that toppled former dictator Bashar al-Assad is now is now tasked with building a new government that includes everyone in a divided country.

GOP Stopgap Bill Fails, Battle For Ukrainian Town, Syria's Interim Government

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Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts

TikTok's U.S. future is up to the Supreme Court. The Chinese-owned company wants the high court to stop a ban of the app from taking effect next month. Many Syrian refugees say they want to go home, now that the Assad regime is gone — but what will wait there for them? In France, judges delivered verdicts in a rape case that has shocked the nation and the world.

Supreme Court Hears TikTok Case, Syrians Return Home, French Rape Trial Verdicts

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