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Chess grandmaster Dorsa Derakhshani led her team at Saint Louis University to the collegiate national championship after taking on the Iranian government. Today, she took on another new challenge.

Pepperdine University's Douglas Kmiec and Jeffrey Rosen of George Washington University Law School and The New Republic continue discussion of Tuesday's proceedings during the confirmation hearings of Judge Samuel Alito.

In the debate between nature and nurture, journalist and social activist Gloria Steinem believes we are asking the wrong question. She says we are an unpredictable mix of both, a mix that creates endless possibilities for a better future.

Germany faces weeks of political uncertainty following the inconclusive results of Sunday's elections. The opposition Christian Democrats, led by Angela Merkel, failed to win a clear majority. The current chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, says he can form a government, and has refused to step down.

Pakistan hoped the Taliban's seizure of Afghanistan would secure its western border. Now, it is accusing the Taliban of allowing militants to conduct cross-border attacks.

Ukrainian-Americans are protesting, worrying about family members, and resisting Russian propaganda efforts to minimize Ukraine's history and national identity.

A Department of Homeland Security memo says truckers protesting vaccine requirements are planning a potential disruption at the Super Bowl in Los Angeles and the State of the Union in Washington, D.C.

New York State plans to invest $100 million into crisis stabilization centers hoping to reach more people with substance abuse disorders.

Crawford Allan of TRAFFIC, an anti-wildlife trafficking organization, tells NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates that the rarity of some of these species in Southeast Asia make them desirable to illegal trade.

The Galileo spacecraft is sending back its final signals to Earth as its eight-year mission to Jupiter comes to an end. NASA mission managers are sending the spacecraft to its death by crashing it into the giant planet. NPR's Joe Palca reports.