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U.S. troops reduce their presence in Fallujah, a restive Iraqi town west of Baghdad. The action comes after Fallujah police warn that the U.S. presence at their station is putting local officers at risk. U.S. troops have come under repeated attack in Fallujah, considered a stronghold of Saddam Hussein loyalists. NPR's Kate Seelye reports.

The Wolf administration has dropped a controversial contract provision that would have penalized health providers that had labor disputes. WESA’s Kate Giammarise has more.

Singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright has released his second album, Poses. His sister Martha sings harmony on most of the tracks. The siblings perform selections from the album, and talk with Noah Adams about growing up in a musical family. Rufus' mother is Kate McGarrigle, who writes and sings with her sister Anna, and his father is singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III.

In her new book, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of A Great Victorian Detective, Kate Summerscale revisits the gruesome 150-year-old murder that helped catapult British mystery fiction into being. Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan offers a review.

A report released Tuesday calls on Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro to make improvements to the state’s Unemployment Compensation system. WESA’s Kate Giammarise has more.

Melissa Block talks to regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and Mary Kate Cary, former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush and a columnist with U.S. News & World Report. They discuss the latest unemployment figures, Rand Paul's filibuster, and Jeb Bush.

NPR's Leila Fadel discusses the looming cutoff of federal pandemic unemployment benefits with Kate McAfee and Mario Sandoval, who were both laid off, and researcher Elizabeth Pancotti.

In addition to solving a case each week, Tommy features ongoing story lines involving the police chief's interactions with colleagues and family members. The scripts aren't fantastic — but Falco is.

Maisie Kate Miller regularly wore pigtails to her Massachusetts high school, but her hairstyle made her a target for a bully. Miller asked friends on Facebook to wear pigtails in solidarity. When word got out, she turned into a national anti-bullying crusader. Maisie Kate Miller talks about her "Pigtails 4 Peace" protest with host Michel Martin.

NPR's Michel Martin asks a panel of award-winning playwrights how diverse artists are challenging Broadway's landscape, and whether it matters.