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Maria Ressa of the Philippines is one of two journalists to have received the Nobel Peace Prize this week, highlighting a message about the need for press freedom.

Senator Bob Dole's remains lie in repose in his hometown of Russell, Kansas, where residents once raised funds for his recovery from war wounds, and later, helped launch his long political career.

Politics and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, plus a showdown in Formula One racing.

Scott Simon remembers the late Sen. Bob Dole. When Yugoslavia broke apart in 1991, Dole tried hard, but failed, to get an arms embargo lifted so Bosnian Muslims could defend themselves.

Want to read and laugh? From NPR's yearly reading list, Books We Love, four NPR staffers offer their suggestions.

The Supreme Court is allowing abortion providers to challenge a Texas law banning most abortions, but most providers don't see this as a victory.

Michigan hospitals are seeing more COVID-19 patients than at any other time during the pandemic. At one Grand Rapids hospital, patients are doubled up in rooms and the staff is utterly exhausted.

In Erin and Philip Stead's follow-up to 2010's A Sick Day for Amos McGee, the fastidious zookeeper gets help from his animal friends to finish his chores, so they can go on an exciting outing.

In Albuquerque, this season is the last for a giant Christmas tree made up of smaller trees in Plaza Don Luis. The structure is being retired from its spot of three decades.

Inflation is at its highest level since President Ronald Reagan was in office, and that's a big political problem for President Biden and the Democratic party.