The Latest History A surge of history on TV reflects race to define collective memory A retelling of James Garfield's assassination and other recent TV programs about history show an interest in saying 'who we were, who we are and who we're going to be,' explains presidential historian Alexis Coe, senior fellow at New America. Sarah Robbins Race & Identity A new book returns to America's final public hanging A new book examines the racist background of the last public hanging in the U.S. when tens of thousands of people came to watch in a small Kentucky town. Derek Operle Health The Hepatitis B Foundation warns new guidance could undo decades of progress Dr. Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation, says there is no scientific basis for scaling back newborn hepatitis B shots. Ahmad Damen National Defense Department is reviewing boat strike video for possible release, Hegseth says In a speech on Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the strikes, saying: "President Trump can and will take decisive military action as he sees fit to defend our nation's interests." Joe Hernandez Sports McLaren's Lando Norris wins first F1 title at season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Red Bull driver and defending champion Max Verstappen won the race with Norris placing third, which allowed Norris to finish two points ahead of Verstappen in the season-long standings. The Associated Press Sevdaliza channels feminine power born from a life of turbulence in third studio album 'Heroina' NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Sevda Alizadeh, who performs as Sevdaliza, about her new album, "Heroina." Ayesha Rascoe Penobscot Nation tribal elder Charles Norman Shay, who helped save fellow soldiers on D-Day, dies at 101 Charles Norman Shay died Dec. 3 at age 101. He was a citizen of the Penobscot Nation who saved fellow soldiers storming Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944. Kaitlyn Budion Food The Michelin Guide honors three cheesesteak joints in Philadelphia Some Philadelphians are cheesed off at the Michelin restaurant ratings team for an honor bestowed on some local cheesesteak restaurants. Buffy Gorrilla Books Why Jane Austen's works still resonate, 250 years after her birth Why do the works of Jane Austen still hold so much appeal 250 years after her birth? We ask members of the Jane Austen Society of North America as well as writers Sandra Cisneros and Brandon Taylor. Melissa Gray Economy Data shows lower-income households are hit harder by the economy's ups and downs NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bank of America Institute's David Tinsley about what the data reveals about affordability in the U.S. as the Federal Reserve approaches its final meeting of 2025. Ayesha Rascoe Prev 60 of 1650 Next Sponsored
History A surge of history on TV reflects race to define collective memory A retelling of James Garfield's assassination and other recent TV programs about history show an interest in saying 'who we were, who we are and who we're going to be,' explains presidential historian Alexis Coe, senior fellow at New America. Sarah Robbins
Race & Identity A new book returns to America's final public hanging A new book examines the racist background of the last public hanging in the U.S. when tens of thousands of people came to watch in a small Kentucky town. Derek Operle
Health The Hepatitis B Foundation warns new guidance could undo decades of progress Dr. Chari Cohen, president of the Hepatitis B Foundation, says there is no scientific basis for scaling back newborn hepatitis B shots. Ahmad Damen
National Defense Department is reviewing boat strike video for possible release, Hegseth says In a speech on Saturday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the strikes, saying: "President Trump can and will take decisive military action as he sees fit to defend our nation's interests." Joe Hernandez
Sports McLaren's Lando Norris wins first F1 title at season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Red Bull driver and defending champion Max Verstappen won the race with Norris placing third, which allowed Norris to finish two points ahead of Verstappen in the season-long standings. The Associated Press
Sevdaliza channels feminine power born from a life of turbulence in third studio album 'Heroina' NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Sevda Alizadeh, who performs as Sevdaliza, about her new album, "Heroina." Ayesha Rascoe
Penobscot Nation tribal elder Charles Norman Shay, who helped save fellow soldiers on D-Day, dies at 101 Charles Norman Shay died Dec. 3 at age 101. He was a citizen of the Penobscot Nation who saved fellow soldiers storming Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944. Kaitlyn Budion
Food The Michelin Guide honors three cheesesteak joints in Philadelphia Some Philadelphians are cheesed off at the Michelin restaurant ratings team for an honor bestowed on some local cheesesteak restaurants. Buffy Gorrilla
Books Why Jane Austen's works still resonate, 250 years after her birth Why do the works of Jane Austen still hold so much appeal 250 years after her birth? We ask members of the Jane Austen Society of North America as well as writers Sandra Cisneros and Brandon Taylor. Melissa Gray
Economy Data shows lower-income households are hit harder by the economy's ups and downs NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bank of America Institute's David Tinsley about what the data reveals about affordability in the U.S. as the Federal Reserve approaches its final meeting of 2025. Ayesha Rascoe