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Pentagon officials confirm that Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, will give up his command this summer. But officials deny the move is linked to allegations that Sanchez knew about abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison. Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the Army's second-ranking general, will replace Sanchez. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Michele Kelemen.

Climbers who conquer Japan's tallest mountain will now be able to upload their achievement online immediately. Mount Fuji is getting eight hotspots with free Wi-Fi.

Also: Top military official removed from post in North Korea, where young leader may be purging old guard; Microsoft and NBC call it quits — MSNBC.com will become NBCNews.com; some Egyptians protest as Secretary of State Clinton passes by.

The Congressional hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection are being staged for TV consumption very differently than in the past — and most networks are taking them live. Fox News is the exception.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine sorted through 10,000 studies to determine the good and bad health effects of marijuana. Tight drug restrictions impede research, they say.

The U.S. Geological Survey said it is the largest Croatian earthquake measured on modern seismic instruments.

Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Michelle Ogle of the Warren-Vance Community Health Center in Henderson, N.C., about why she chose to resign from the advisory council. Five others also left the panel.

Conscience or incompetence? Two competing narratives — along partisan lines — have emerged to explain the sudden departure of the head of the Federal Student Aid Office.

David Gura speaks to Cecilia Rouse, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, about the health of the U.S. economy amid inflation, supply chain interruptions and labor shortages.

House Democrats held leadership elections Wednesday. Nancy Pelosi was re-elected despite facing an unexpected challenge from Ohio Democrat Tim Ryan. David Greene speaks with NPR's Susan Davis.