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This message comes from Indiana University. Indiana University performs breakthrough research every year, making discoveries that improve human health, combat climate change, and move society forward. More at iu.edu slash forward. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Republicans have control over the White House and Senate beginning in January, but the vote counting for control of the House continues. Democrats, meanwhile, are trying to figure out how they were beaten so broadly and decisively, and Piers Marliassen reports. Compared to 2020, Kamala Harris did worse with almost every voter group, including women. Was it the fundamentals, high prices and an unpopular president?

Or was it Biden's reluctance to step aside, leaving Harris too little time to develop a persona different from when she ran as a liberal candidate for the Democratic nomination in 2020? How much did race and gender matter? It was probably all of those things, and now Democrats are confronting the possibility that there's a political realignment underway, where Republicans are becoming a multiracial working-class party that also gives tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. Democrats want to reverse that trend, but first they have to figure out how. Mara Eliason, NPR News.

Looking ahead to the new Congress, the biggest issue at hand right now is who will be the new Senate leader as Republicans take control. NPR's Barbara Sprunt gives us some insight into the coming leadership battle. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is stepping down from leadership. We don't yet know who exactly will take his place. The top two contenders are Senator John Cornyn of Texas, Senator John Thune of South Dakota. Cornyn previously served in leadership. Thune is currently the second highest ranking Senate Republican.

And Florida Senator Rick Scott is also running to be leader. He's a Trump loyalist who challenged McConnell for that top post a couple of years ago. An Israeli airstrike Sunday in Lebanon near the ancient city of Bebelos, north of Beirut, has killed at least 23 people, including three children. That's according to Lebanon's Health Ministry, and PR's Jane Arath has more from Beirut. Hours later, rescue crews were still searching for survivors or even bodies. The airstrike collapsed a house in the town of Almat north of Beirut. Local officials said three families displaced from the Baalbek region had been living in

the home. The dead included several children according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The Israeli military alleged the site was used by the militant group Hezbollah to store weapons and said fighters were operating from there. It said, without providing details, that it takes steps to lessen harm to civilians. The Lebanese government says almost 3,200 people, many of them women and children,

have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since the start of the war in Gaza last year. Israel says 73 people have been killed by Hezbollah attacks in northern Israel. Jane Araf, NPR News, Beirut. A 25-year-old Montgomery man has been arrested hours after a shooting during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama that left one person dead and 16 others injured. Police say Jaques Myrick was leaving the scene of the shooting and had a handgun with a machine gun conversion device. It's

not clear though if he is connected with the shooting. You're listening to NPR News. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit eastern Cuba on Sunday. Rumbling was felt across the region, including in the city of Santiago de Cuba. It's not clear if there were any injuries or damage. Hurricane Rafael hit western Cuba on Wednesday. As a Category 3 storm, the country has also been rocked by blackouts in recent weeks. More young people are getting cancer, but thanks to improved treatments, far more people are surviving the disease. But NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports that many of them are finding that there are also knock-on effects that can affect their lives after their diagnosis. People are surviving cancer

then dealing with the impact on their fertility, finances and social lives. Allison Silberman, CEO of Stupid Cancer, a support group for young adults, says many struggle with the disease's after-effects. There's so much happening in your personal and professional and social-emotional development. Things like finishing high school, starting college, starting a career, building a family. And then a cancer diagnosis just makes that even more complicated. She urges more patients to plan for future educational, financial and social needs soon after diagnosis.

Yuki Noguchi, NPR News. For the third weekend in a row, the movie Venom, The Last Dance was the number one movie at North American box offices. It brought in $16.2 million in ticket sales. The Hugh Grant horror thriller Heretic debuted with an $11 million haul while the best Christmas pageant ever included totals from previews last weekend to post sales of $11.1 million. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Support for this podcast and the following message come from Dignity Memorial. When your celebration of life is prepaid today,

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