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The Washington Post reports Rudy Giuliani was in talks to be paid by Ukraine's top prosecutor as they sought damaging information on Democrats. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to reporter Matt Zapotosky.

Climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson finished their historic first free climb on El Capitan's Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park. Melissa Block talks with the duo about their 19-day effort.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, ex-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary and Gina McCarthy as White House climate coordinator.

The two high-profile people close to President Trump were either found guilty or pleaded guilty to multiple federal crimes — and one implicated the president in a major campaign finance violation.

Charles Donohoe, the leader of a North Carolina Proud Boys chapter, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the federal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Author Anthony Horowitz loves nothing more than when a young fan asks him to sign a battered copy of a book in his Alex Rider series — young adult fiction featuring a skateboard-riding teen spy. When it comes to his favorite thriller, he recommends Ian Fleming's "Crime de la Crime" in Goldfinger.

Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial intelligence.

Kate Bush's song Running Up That Hill peaked at No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 four decades ago. This week it became her first-ever U.S. Top 10 hit.

George Balanchine's modernist masterpiece was the first full-length, nonnarrative ballet. Russian, American and French ballet dancers have gathered to perform it together in New York City.

Brothers Ross and Matt Duffer return to the fictional town of Hawkins, Ind., for the second season of their Neflix series. "We wanted to scale it up a little bit," Matt says of Stranger Things 2.