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Turkey's invasion of Syria this month has displaced 80,000 children who are "really in deep distress," UNICEF's Fran Equiza tells NPR. "The price children pay is absolutely disproportionate."

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is holding the first in a series of televised hearings tonight.

The deal, which must be approved by regulators, would combine the world's second- and third-largest oilfield services providers. The new company would be a formidable rival to Schlumberger Ltd.

Virginia State Police say at least six people were killed when a private airplane caught fire as it was attempting to land at an airport in Fredericksburg on Friday afternoon.

"Ordinary Danes on their way to work or heading home from the Christmas holidays have had their lives smashed," Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said.

A diplomatic row has frozen U.S.-Mexican efforts to target drug cartels. American officials say illicit fentanyl from labs in Mexico is driving a surge in overdose deaths.

The U.S. Figure Skating National Championships brought the who's who of the sport to St. Louis. St. Louis Public Radio Visuals Editor Brian Munoz left a new fan of the Olympic sport.

Two children are dead and six others were hospitalized in a two-vehicle collision just outside of Peoria on Sunday.

The small town of Leland, Miss., was rocked by the shooting, which took place late Friday.

WCBU's On Deck has everything you need to know to start your day for Thursday, August 19, 2021. Our top story is about how Peoria public school students went back to the classroom today. WCBU reporter Hannah Alani talked with parents who dropped their kids off at Franklin Primary School. You'll also hear how as the United States nears the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, many Americans are consumed by ongoing news reports from Afghanistan. After 20 years, the U.S. ended its war in Afghanistan, withdrawing remaining troops and leaving the local Afghan military police in charge. For some Peorians, news of the Taliban regaining control is too painful to watch.