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  • This image reviewed by the U.S. military shows the front gate of "Camp Six" detention facility of the Joint Detention Group at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
    Prisoner Points To Quran Search For Gitmo Hunger Strike
    An Afghan captive provides the first sworn statement about what sparked a massive hunger strike at the American prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  • Robot In Japan Is Doing The Work Of A Goddess
    A renovated shrine in Kyoto featurea an android modeled after Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy. It stands with hands folded while chanting Buddhist scripture, local media report.
  • The Canadian Couple Who Won The Lottery 3 Times
    Barbara and Douglas Fink of Edmonton, Alberta won the lottery in 1989, 2010 and now in 2017. They say they'll use the money to help their children and grandchildren.
  • New Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller poses with Berthold Huber (third from right) acting head of the Supervisory board of Volkswagen, Stephan Weil (second from right) Prime Minister of Lower Saxony and member of the Supervisory board, Wolfgang Porsche (right) member of Supervisory board and Bernd Osterloh (left) head of Volkwagen's works council, at VW's headquarters in Germany on Friday.
    Switzerland Bans Sales Of Some VW Diesels
    The news follows an announcement on Friday that the German automaker, rocked by an emissions testing scandal, had appointed a new CEO.
  • Drones fly at the International CES held last month in Las Vegas. In Oklahoma, a state senator has introduced a bill that would allow land-owners to shoot a drone down if it's above their property.
    'Drone Shoot-Down Bill' Advances In Oklahoma
    An Oklahoma Senate panel approved a bill that provides "civil immunity for damage or destruction of a drone on personal property."
  • Joe Biden gives his inaugural address on Wednesday.
    'This Is America's Day': Biden's Inaugural Address, Annotated
    President Biden called for a day of "renewal and resolve" as he takes office. Read fact checks and analysis of his remarks.
  • 'Poetry Speaks To Children'
    The new collection of nearly 100 poems does what its title says — a CD included with the book features many of the 73 authors reading their work.
  • Working Backwards Toward Change
    NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Kymberly Doucette, a Los Angeles Times editor from Foothill Ranch, Calif.
  • John Kenneth Galbraith in his library, 1965.
    John Kenneth Galbraith, In His Own Words
    John Kenneth Galbraith -- social economist, Harvard professor, diplomat -- is dead at 97. His work influenced Roosevelt, Kennedy and Johnson and generations of U.S. politicians. He spoke to Howard Berkes in 1999.
  • 'Hailing Cabs'
    Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Lynda Unowsky from Hot Springs Village, Ark. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KUAR in Little Rock.)
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