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  • Machine Corrects Singer's Pitch
    NPR's Rachael Myrow reports on how technology could help prevent some embarrassing situations. The latest development from the world of karaoke, brings a 'pitch-correction' machine that puts even notoriously bad singers in the right key.
  • In Bhutto's 'Crescent Moon,' Pakistan 'Demands A Sacrifice From Its People'
    Fatima Bhutto is a member of one of the most famous families in Pakistan. Her novel The Shadow of the Crescent Moon is about Pakistan's remote tribal regions, where loyalties are very divided.
  • Russia's Bill Gates
    NPR's Anne Garrels has a report from Moscow on Anatoly Karachinsky, one of Russia's new millionaires.
  • Hague Surrender
    Former Bosnian Serb president Biljana Plavsic has turned herself over to the Hague tribunal on the former Yugoslavia, where she will face charges of war crimes, including genocide. Geraldine Coughlan reports from the Hague that the 70-year old Ms. Plavsic is the highest ranking Bosnian Serb to go to the Hague. Her lawyer says she believes the tribunal is the only place she can legally prove her innocence. Although she made a name for herself as a vocal proponent of Serbian nationalism, Ms. Plavsic later turned against hard-liner Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb president she once served, accusing him of corruption.
  • Kickboxing Comment
    Commentator Nancy Hall is a wife, mother and member of the PTA. Recently she decided to try something new. She's taken up kickboxing and karate, inspired by her grandmother. Saturday nights, her ladylike church-going granny went to the fights.
  • Yaritza Martinez developed a Zika virus infection in 2016 when she was pregnant with her son Yariel, who is now 5 years old. Yariel is enrolled in a long-term study following a group of babies in the U.S. and in Colombia to see how they have been developing.
    5 years later, researchers assess how children exposed to Zika are developing
    Subtle developmental differences in children whose brains seemed normal at birth underscore the need to follow children long term — a lesson that may be key for babies exposed to COVID-19.
  • John Wilson wants to capture a New York that's both 'timeless and aggressively dated'
    NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with John Wilson who unveils the absurdity of the mundane in his HBO show, How To With John Wilson.
  • Canadian University Course Will Take A Deep Dive Into Drake's Lyrics
    Besides Canadian rapper Drake, the course at Ryerson University in Toronto will also focus on Toronto-native The Weeknd. Music professor Dalton Higgins hopes the course will inspire young artists.
  • Journalist says U.S. air war against ISIS killed countless civilians in Syria
    New York Times reporter Dave Philipps says a top-secret special ops unit disregarded official protocols to pick targets for airstrikes, resulting in the death of thousands of farmers and families.
  • A Santa Claus in Germany wears a surgical mask in December 2020. If you're planning to take the kids to see Santa this year, experts say it's safest to keep everyone's masks on.
    Coronavirus FAQ: Is it OK for the kids to take a pic with Santa?
    Plus: Is it safe to go to a holiday party if not everyone is vaccinated? And are people getting different side effects from the COVID booster?
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