Sunday Puzzle: Sibling cities
Listener Ernie Thurston of Asheville, N.C., plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe.
Human Interest
'Wait Wait' for December 7, 2024: With Not My Job guest Jim Gaffigan
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guest Jim Gaffigan and panelists Adam Burke, Negin Farsad, and Adam Felber
Musk and Ramaswamy's DOGE echoes past budget promises that faced big hurdles
Vows to shrink the deficit, pay down the debt and run government more like a business have long been a stock element of politics. Candidates for office who have business backgrounds made it a mantra.
This little electric car made history. 25 years ago, GM stopped making it
The EV1 was the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker — pioneering some technologies you can still find in today's EVs. But the model was controversial, and short-lived.
Don't think you're photogenic? Surprise yourself with these tried-and-true techniques
A model and a posing coach share poses, postures and facial expressions to help you take your best photo yet. Give them a try and let us know how they go!
NASA delays Artemis II human moon mission once again as it wraps up heat shield investigation
The mission to take four astronauts on a trip around the moon and back, previously targeting a launch at the end of 2025, has been delayed until at least April, 2026.
Trump chooses billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman to run NASA
Earlier this year, Isaacman became the first private citizen to conduct a spacewalk. But his longstanding ties with Elon Musk's company SpaceX raise possible conflicts of interest.
Once an elf, now a hottie: A brief history of Santa Claus
New advertisements from Target depict Santa Claus as fit and ruggedly handsome. We explore the many faces of Santa Claus with Christmas historian Bruce Forbes.
Augmented reality exhibition highlights Notre Dame Cathedral's 850 history
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris re-opens to the public this weekend -- five years after a fire gutted much of it. An exhibit traveling the world introduces visitors to the cathedral's history.
A record label is reissuing the 'oldest country record in existence'
A small record label is reissuing what it calls the first country record. The music was first released in 1891 on a wax cylinder. And the singer on the album was a Black man from New Orleans.