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President Biden is under pressure to show he's doing all he can to bring down prices at the pump. He plans to talk Wednesday about how he'll pull more oil from emergency reserves.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire after it emerged that Christmas parties were held in his official residence in 2020, in violation of COVID restrictions.

It hasn't been cold enough to freeze Ottawa's Rideau Canal, the world's longest naturally frozen skating rink.

A jury in New York found Genaro Garcia Luna guilty of taking bribes from a cartel. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Maria Hinojosa, founder of Futuro Studios and co-host of the podcast USA V. Garcia Luna.

In 2021, 178 people were killed and more than 14,000 injured in traffic crashes in St. Louis and St. Louis County.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Associated Press reporter Dake Kang, who's been visiting emergency rooms in China, about the impact of the latest wave of COVID-19 infections.

New York Rep.-elect George Santos last month won a House seat on Long Island but much of his biography and resume appear to have been invented. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 20, 2022.)

Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed special counsel Robert Hur, who will take charge of an investigation of classified documents found at President Biden's home and private office.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Daniel Pierce, a NASCAR historian and a University of North Carolina, Asheville professor, about the history of racism and the Confederate flag in stock car racing.

The Fed's December meeting was notable because the exclusive group almost achieved gender parity. But, economics still stands alone as a boys' club. Two Fed board members are trying to change that.