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T.V. critic David Bianculli reviews the two new reality based TV shows: The Mole, which premiered last night on ABC, and Temptation Island which premieres tonight on FOX.

Commentator Frank Deford thinks we might be going a bit overboard with sports these days. He says it's possible to obtain up-to-the-minute coverage of everything form basketball to cricket. Deford recalls the time when the winter spotlight rested on just one sport: baseball.

Beatles fans are going wild over a band called 1964: The Tribute. Devotees say it's the closest thing to a live performance by the Fab Four. NPR's Jerome Vaughn reports.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with economist Austan Goolsbee about what it will take for the U.S. to recover from the unique economic challenges posed by the pandemic.

Marvin Weeks memorialized Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was killed in Georgia last year, in a mural. Weeks' latest work delves into the history of race relations in Brunswick, Ga.

Authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5-11 has many kids, parents and teachers eagerly anticipating shots and perhaps slightly more normal lives.

The head of the U.S. Department of Education's federal student lending office, Richard Cordray, testified before a House panel Wednesday, about changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

White House Correspondent for the Washington Post, Dana Milbank. He covered the recent presidential campaign and the aftermath. Hes written a new book about it, Smashmouth: Two years in the Gutter with Al Gore and George W. Bush (Persues

Although spiders are sometimes thought of as being creepy crawly animals, new evidence suggests some get scared and assess danger in almost the same way as humans.

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.

One day after President-elect Bush's choice for labor secretary withdrew her nomination, the debate continues over another controversial nominee. Bush wants conservative former Senator John Ashcroft as his attorney general, a choice that's drawn fire from labor unions, abortion rights groups, and civil rights groups. NPR's Steve Inskeep examines some of Ashcroft's record as a Senator. In six years, Ashcroft battled to block the Senate from confirming numerous judges and other officials whom he considered too liberal. Now he faces his own confirmation hearing, and some Senators are asking if Ashcroft is too conservative.

Oakland, Calif., is getting its first Indigenous restaurant in November, which will serve items like bison blueberry sausage and venison meatballs.