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Iraq's Prime Minister has called for an independent Iraqi investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a teenage girl and the murder her family, reportedly at the hands of U.S. troops in the town of Mahmoudiya. The call for the investigation comes as it was revealed that the girl is a minor -- 14 or 15 years old.

When the Pentagon released a list of 33 major military installations it wants shut down, it sent shock waves through many cities and states. The proposed closing of Ellsworth Air Force Base, home to a fleet of bombers, is going over badly in Rapid City. Charles Michael Ray of South Dakota Public Radio reports.

Manadel al-Jamadi died in Abu Ghraib, just hours after his capture by Navy SEALs and the CIA. His death was ruled a homicide. A special report investigates what happened just before Jamadi's collapse.

The Tulsa Zoo has long had an evolutionary science exhibit. Now its board is considering adding a display providing the biblical account of how the Earth began. The clash between science and religion is now dividing many in Tulsa.

On Saturday, finance ministers from eight of the world's wealthiest nations formally agreed to cancel the debt owed to international agencies by 18 of the world's poorest countries -- most of them in Africa. The total owed by those nations is at least $40 billion. Salih Booker, executive director of the advocacy group Africa Action, describes the ways the debt-relief deal may help the continent's neediest citizens.

As Ukrainian troops and journalists enter towns previously occupied by Russia they've found dead bodies along roadsides and amid the wreckage of towns north of Kyiv.

The decision involving Abu Zubaydah, a terrorism detainee at Guantanamo Bay, likely will make it harder for victims to expose secret government misconduct in the future.

New, tougher sanctions on Iran and its banking sector appear to be making it difficult for Tehran to carry out international transactions, while forcing ordinary Iranians into activities such as smuggling hard currency out. But India and China are still doing business with Iran.

The mayor of the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has accused Russian forces of firing on evacuation points and violating Wednesday's temporary ceasefire.

Life Kit podcast tackles budgeting and explains how to keep budgeting from becoming a dreaded task. (This story originally aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 1, 2020)