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NPR's Scott Simon interviews Mike Thomas about the new Johnny Carson biography, "Carson the Magnificent," co-written by Bill Zehme.

NPR's Scott Simon and Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discuss the latest in sports.

In Wisconsin, campaign spending on state races are breaking records.

Spending on campaign ads is up $1 billion from four years ago, according to data from AdImpact, analyzed by NPR. The state that's been the target of the most money is Pennsylvania.

Military experts are preparing for possible election violence or unrest with tabletop simulations. We talk to a retired general about what this exercise revealed.

U.S. employers created only 12,000 jobs in October, well below expectations for about 100,000 jobs to be created. However, the data was heavily skewed by the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Milton and likely by the ongoing Boeing strike.

On Nov. 4, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected to become Wyoming's governor, the first time a woman held a governorship in the United States.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to pollster Frank Luntz and researcher Richard Reeves of the American Institute for Boys and Men, about the gender gap between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris supporters.

Scientists are sending stem cells into orbit where the forces of gravity won't interfere with how they cells proliferate and assemble into small organ-like clusters.

The Atlanta rapper, who was charged with participating in criminal gang activity in what has become the longest criminal trial in Georgia history, suddenly changed his plea on Thursday.