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Book critic Maureen Corrigan gives us her picks for the best holiday books of 2004. Her choices range from literary thrillers to a new biography of Ben Franklin.

I. King Jordan, outgoing president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university dedicated to deaf and hard of hearing students, appears in his first interview since the protests that locked down the school’s campus for nearly one month.

Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness leader Eric Hufnagle explains why he thinks the number of homeless people in Michigan will double if the Trump administration follows through with cuts to funding for long-term housing for the homeless.

Another allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Did the deputy attorney general suggest secretly taping Trump? Bill Cosby's sentencing hearing gets underway.

Democrats vying to be the presidential nominee see Elizabeth Warren as their biggest rival. Testimony continues in the House impeachment probe. And, a humanitarian crisis escalates in northeast Syria.

International Court of Justice orders Israel to allow more aid into Gaza. California's minimum wage for fast-food workers increases to $20 an hour. Teams advance in in NCAA basketball championship.

Funeral for Russian opposition leader Navalny. Israeli troops fired on Palestinians getting aid in Gaza. Scientists clone genetically modified pigs with organs to be used in human transplants.

Suicide kills twice as many people as murder each year in the United States, and rates in the military recently surpassed those among civilians. But while scientists have identified some risk factors for suicide being white, being male, substance abuse, mental illness — they still have little idea what spurs people to take their own lives.

The Cleveland river's 1969 burning inspired Randy Newman's song and endless jokes. But its cleanup has been such a success that environmental officials travel from around the world to take notes.

Meryl Streep joins the Big Little Liescast as the mother of the man killed at the end of Season 1 — complicating things for the Monterey Five, who are still processing the aftermath of the death.