[Bug]: NewsRequest classs param:symbols designed to take List[str] for symbols but can only take a single symbol as str
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Description
### Is there an existing issue for this?
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### Current Behavior
Error when using NewsRequest with multiple symbols.
```
from alpaca.data.historical.news import NewsClient
from alpaca.data.requests import NewsRequest
NewsClient().getnews(request_params=NewsRequest(symbols=['AAPL','GOOGL'])
```
results in error.
### Expected Behavior
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### SDK Version I encountered this issue in
alpaca-py v0.31.0
### Steps To Reproduce
```markdown
ValidationError: 1 validation error for NewsRequest
symbols
Input should be a valid string [type=string_type, input_value=['AAPL', 'GOOGL'], input_type=list]
For further information visit https://errors.pydantic.dev/2.6/v/string_type
```
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