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Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen have intensified and this week took a heavy toll. Aid groups say 70 people being held in detention by Houthi rebels were killed in an attack.

Did President Joe Biden promise too much when he began his term a year ago? And what role did fellow Democrats, and the media, play in the current sense of disappointment?

One area where President Biden has achieved success is getting his judicial appointees confirmed. Scott Simon talks with Hamilton College professor Gbemende Johnson about it.

Scott Simon talks with Tamika Calhoun of Jackson, Miss., about how inflation has affected the budget for her family of seven.

Given how contagious the omicron variant is, we wondered whether we should all still be wearing masks outdoors. We talk to some experts for advice.

Scott Simon speaks with British performer Olly Alexander about his new album, "Night Call."

Updated 01/24/22 at 12 p.m.A magnitude-6.2 earthquake hit nearly 40 miles south of Unalaska Friday night, officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Monday morning.Officials said no tsunami was expected for the area. Still, nearly 20 people reported feeling the earthquake on the U.S. Geological Survey’s website.

NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks with Max Boot, a senior fellow in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, about Russia's military buildup along the Ukrainian border.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Friday with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, hoping another round of diplomacy will keep Russian troops massed on the border with Ukraine from invading.

Vanilla is one of the world's most expensive spices — a pound of pods retails for more than $150. A multi-year probe found that only one in four vanilla pods met French government standards.