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Lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General.

It's been a year since the deadly attack on the Capitol. And as arrests continue and jail sentences begin for those who committed violent acts there, the narrative surrounding the event has shifted.

"I cannot imagine more worthy recipients than the men and women who put their lives on the line to defend this temple of democracy," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., about the eighth and final Jan. 6 hearing.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Fred Upton as he prepares to retire, about the lasting effects of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack.

"Of all the things that Jan. 6 was, it was definitely not a violent terrorist attack," Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson said in reply to Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.

In 1995, the Memphis hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia took a shoestring DIY approach to recording their debut album, Mystic Stylez. Their example led to a flourishing independent hip-hop scene.

A young couple was attacked by a gang of knife-wielding men in 2016. The woman's family orchestrated the "honor killing" because she had married below her caste.

Beyond pesky, mosquitoes kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide each year. And the bites aren't random. A mouth packed with sensors, drills, spears and straws guides the bug to blood.

Tetsu Nakamura, a native of Fukuoka, spent years working to improve living conditions in rural areas of Afghanistan. He was gunned down Wednesday along with five associates.