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NPR's Don Gonyea reports that President Bush is on the road. This week he'll visit four states to promote his budget proposals, including his $1.6 trillion tax-cut over a ten-year period. Today, the president flies to Chicago.

The fifth and final season of the acclaimed HBO drama The Wire has its season premiere Jan. 6. Fresh Air's TV critic has a preview.

Noah Adams talks with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, who's happily playing the blues at 72. He has a new album out called Long Way Home. Gatemouth is on the album by some new and old friends like Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Ry Cooder and Maria Maldon. [GITANES JAZZ PRODUCTIONS] (6:00) (IN S

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that a jury in Brooklyn has ordered computer maker Digital Equipment to pay nearly $6 million to three women who suffered disabling injuries from working on Digital's computer keyboards. Lawyers for the plaintiffs say this is the first time such a suit has succeeded. Digital says it will appeal the decision.

Commentator Reynolds Price has just had his annual MRI to check for cancer. He finds a strange kind of peace inside the close quarters of the 6 foot long tube in the radiology department --reciting the contents of his longterm memory: prayers and poems and sonnets. He was again free of cancer this year.

The U.S. unemployment rate rises to 6 percent in November, startling many economists. Some analysts say the development is evidence the economy has slowed since the summer. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on how the Miami-Dade County Police Department is examining its use of Taser non-lethal electric shock guns after officers used a "stun gun" on a 6-year old child.

A 6.0 earthquake rattled central California on Thursday -- is it a harbinger of the "Big One?" NPR's Alex Chadwick talks with Andrew Michael of the Menlo Park Earthquake Hazard Team about the earthquake near the rural California village of Parkfield, and the challenge of forecasting temblors.

By a 6 to 3 vote, the Supreme Court struck down President Biden's plan to cancel $400 billion in student loan debt.

The Colorado Supreme Court has decided that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to hold office again because he encouraged the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Legal arguments will be made in a Washington D.C. appeals court about whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution related to the Jan. 6 riot on Capitol Hill in 2021.

Alito flies a Jan. 6 flag? Red Lobster files for bankruptcy.

There have been concerns about Jan. 6-related flags flown at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's homes.

With impeachment trial and pandemic response, VP-elect Harris stresses need to multitask. States prepare for violence ahead of inauguration. And, more people are charged in Flint water crisis case.

Violence between Israelis and Palestinians stoke fears of war. House Republicans will vote on whether to remove Liz Cheney from her leadership post. Economists monitor data for signs of inflation.

House Democrats made changes to Biden's Build Back Better framework. The $1.75 T bill includes paid family leave, help with prescription drug costs and immigration reforms. Here are the details.

The investigation into who leaked the name of a CIA agent leads to the jailing of one reporter and questions about the possible involvement of one of President Bush's most trusted aides. Read background and a timeline on the case.

In the United States and other developed nations, the solution to drug-company reluctance was to shower them with billions of dollars in public funds to persuade them to help.

President Donald Trump's administration is providing misguided assurances on the safety of kids in school during a coronavirus epidemic.In remarks Sunday,…

Stress, burnout. Uncertainty. Isolation... all common experiences in the pandemic. But is it trauma? Experts are debating the term, but it's clear a mental health crisis is looming.

While immigration remains a threshold issue for many Latino voters, it is not the only thing they're focused on ahead of the midterms.

The MESSENGER probe captured images of never-before-seen aspects of the closest planet to the Sun during a recent flyby. Researcher Sean Soloman discusses the MESSENGER mission, which aims to be the first man-made object to orbit Mercury.

Elon Musk interviewed Donald Trump on his social media platform X. Tim Walz is making his first solo campaign stop on Tuesday. Mystery surrounds one of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords.

What could Donald Trump's economic agenda could look like if he gets back into the White House?

The first Biden-Trump presidential debate is tonight. President Biden pardons troops expelled from the military for their sexuality. A general in Bolivia attempted to overthrow the government.