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Commentator Judy Muller bemoans the television news business for focussing on journalists' beauty over brains. She tells of an Albuquerque station that recently suspended its anchor-woman with a new haircut.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the progress of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, which will come before a House committee this week.

Attorney Spencer Sheehan has sued over not enough strawberries, little or no actual vanilla and how much lime constitutes "a hint of lime" in chips. Companies often pay to make these lawsuits go away.

There are fresh logistical challenges, warns the White House's COVID czar in an exclusive interview with NPR. For example, young children will be getting a smaller dose delivered via smaller needles.

Maria Laura Rojas admits that climate change has not had an impact on her own life. But with empathy and determination, she'll speak out for the most vulnerable at the COP26 summit.

Trump's business continues to suffer losses: fewer tenants, lost government contracts, bailing business partners. But some observers say things aren't as dire as they seem for the former president.

The friend-of-the-court, or amicus, briefs were filed in the United States Supreme Court by law enforcement agencies, business groups, four states and two cities in support of Oklahoma's petition to overturn McGirt v. Oklahoma, the landmark ruling that affirmed the tribal reservation status of much of eastern Oklahoma.

Host Bob Edwards talks with sports commentator John Feinstein about the narrowing NCAA championships. Basketball teams from the University of Maryland, Duke, University of Arizona and Michigan State will play for the title.

Vaccination rates in much of rural America remain low. But there's one consistent holdout demographic: seniors, many of whom remember lining up eagerly as children to get the polio vaccine.

More than 1,300 Comair pilots went on strike today. President Bush is urging a quick resolution to the labor dispute. Joshua Levs reports.

Richard Finan is Chairman of the Ohio Senate Finance Committee. He says crafting a state budget involves a lot of give and take, and it's impossible to make everyone happy.

Much has been said recently about California's energy shortage and whether the rest of the country is in for the same. But what's the long view? How many more generations will be able to use coal or oil or uranium for energy? NPR's David Kestenbaum talks with experts who calculate just how much energy is left.