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A cafe in Vancouver posted a picture of a poorly poured glass of Guinness on their Facebook page for St. Patrick's Day. An Irish newspaper wrote that Irish people "grimace in disgust" at the picture.

Things are quiet in Los Angeles the day after Mayor Karen Bass instituted a curfew for a small portion of downtown.

There's Black Friday and Cyber Monday and, in some places, a single day dedicated to getting people to give to local nonprofits. In Lancaster County, Penn., they call it the Extraordinary Give — 24 hours of events designed to entice donations to arts groups, charities and other nonprofits.

The Cuban trumpeter first met Dizzy Gillespie in 1977, when the American jazzman came to Havana to play a concert. It was the start of a friendship that would last until Gillespie's death in 1993.

Steve Inskeep talks to retired Rear Adm. Cari Thomas, CEO of Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, about U.S. Coast Guard employees who probably won't collect a paycheck because of the government shutdown.

A large truck mowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice. At least 84 people were killed. Renee Montagne talks to Vivienne Walt of Time magazine, who says the area was packed.

For many of us, the end of 2020 can't come fast enough. It's been a rough year. We asked listeners to share with us what got them through this year.

Amid power and water shutdowns, the extreme cold is disrupting the food supply. Customers are finding empty grocery shelves across Texas and people desperate to stock up are forming long lines.

In Iraq, at least 17 people are dead and dozens wounded after a pair of bombs struck an outdoor market. It's just the latest deadly attack on the eve of Iraq's national parliamentary elections.

Syria holds elections on Wednesday, demonstrating that the regime of Bashar Assad is firmly in power after 10 year of civil war.