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Live from NPR News in New York City. I'm Douahlisai Kowtel. Ukraine marks its fourth Christmas during Russia's full scale invasion. NPR's Hanna Palmerenko visited tradition traditional celebrations in central Kyiv.
NPR Reporter Hanna Polomarenko (0:36)
Christ is born. Let's glorify him echoes across the square near the capital's main cathedral. Hundreds of locals and visitors join the Christmas procession with songs and carols. Student Taisija Pukli is participating in such an event for the first time. Part of her family remains in the occupied territories of the Zaporizhzhia region in the southeast of the country. I feel immense joy being here, and I'm very proud to be Ukrainian, she says. Pukli joins the festively dressed crowd to carry on ancient holiday traditions and celebrate life despite the war. Hanna Polomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv.
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Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency yesterday in six California counties after record rainfall. Some mountainous areas in Los Angeles county got more than 11 inches of rain two days and the forecast calls for more wet weather. Kavish Harjai with NPR member station LAS reports there are a number of vulnerable communities.
NPR Reporter Kavish Harjai (1:44)
It's really geographically diverse, so rain accumulates differently and it affects people differently. And in at least in LA county, the evacuation orders that were issued Tuesday morning, it was for several hundred properties that were determined to be more at risk and near burn scar areas. There are some evacuation warnings that are more broadly around burns gar areas in LA County. Some evacuation orders in Orange county were lifted after things were determined to be safer.
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Kavish Harjai with NPR member station Laist. Holiday travels should triple check for road closures. AI tools are helping doctors better target cancer treatments, allowing patients to live longer. Mass. General, Brigham and Dana Farber Cancer Institute are using such a tool successfully with throat cancer. As NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports, artificial intelligence.
NPR Reporter Yuki Noguchi / Justin Barney (2:39)
Can identify which patients are at risk of spread of cancer that develops in the throat. Based on a database of imaging scans, the tool can identify when cancer cells have spread beyond the lymph nodes, requiring more aggressive treatment. The technology has also allowed patients with low probability of spread to avoid unnecessary punishing treatments. Previously, such assessments were only possible by surgically removing the lymph nodes. The research appears in the Journal of Clinical oncology Technologies like this are improving survival and quality of life after a diagnosis. Yuki Noguchi, NPR News.