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Those birthday fundraisers on Facebook have brought in a billion dollars for charities, but some Facebook users think the ubiquitous appeals are getting to be too much of a good thing.

Fred Thrower came up with the idea for the TV fire in 1966. "There's something very special about the fact that you're watching the same burning fireplace that someone else is," says Fred's son Mitch.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York Times reporter David Gelles about a presentation given by Boeing to U.S. airlines that shows how the company plans to convince people to reboard the 737 Max.

In Germany, Baumscham, or tree shaming, is leading more and more people to rent potted Christmas trees rather than buy cut ones. But keeping these potted trees alive is a challenge.

At the height of World War I, two British soldiers are given a seemingly impossible mission. LA Times film critic Kenneth Turan talks with NPR's David Greene about the movie 1917.

North Korea threatened the U.S. with a "Christmas gift" should Washington not ease sanctions by the end of the year. The cryptic threat opened the door for speculation.

Seven members of Eritrea's national soccer team have disappeared after playing in a regional championship in Uganda. It's the latest in a string of defections by Eritrean players in recent years.

In Michigan, an unusually hands-on training program helps some school bus drivers be more attuned to the struggles of students with physical or emotional challenges by trying to be in their shoes.

Notre Dame Cathedral did not hold Christmas mass for the first time in more than two centuries. NPR's Noel King talks with Vivienne Walt of Time magazine.

Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer's new Christmas album, Sugar & Booze, is partly a send-up of the holiday and partly an earnest embrace of its warmth.