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  • NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kevin Roberts — president of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — about the Trump administration's recent actions.
  • Scientists aren't entirely sure if moderate alcohol consumption is good for your heart. But they're very clear on the risks of drinking. And it turns out that moderate alcohol use is a lot stingier than most of us think, public health officials say.
  • Officials in Washington say they've received 108 reports of people missing in the region hit by a recent landslide. But they say that is a "soft number" and rescue efforts continue.
  • 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.
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