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Jennifer Aniston as Audrey Spitz and Adam Sandler as Nick Spitz in <em>Murder Mystery 2.</em>

What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Murder Mystery 2, If the Shoe Fits, and more.

Thomas Bangalter, half of the former Daft Punk duo, composed the score for the ballet Mythologies, choreographed by fellow Frenchman Angelin Preljocaj.

From Daft Punk to ballet: Thomas Bangalter makes full swing to classical

Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.

Berkeley Measure KK: Updating Four City Charter Amendments

This is a 2-minute summary of what’s on the ballot. Click here to listen to them all. Berkeley Measure KK would change four things in the city charter.…

Supes” ask internet providers to make service affordable for seniors, residents with disabilities

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is asking internet service providers to make internet connections affordable for seniors and people with disabilities.

Guillermo del Toro says making his 'Pinocchio' was healing

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with award-winning director, Guillermo del Toro, about his new stop-motion animated film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.

eBay former Senior Director of Safety and Security James Baugh arrives for his sentencing in a cyber stalking case at Moakley Federal Court on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Boston.

Live spiders and cockroaches: Ex-eBay executives get prison time in harassment plot

Former eBay Inc. executives were sentenced Thursday to prison for a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included sending live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath.

Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war may have been killed in a missile strike

The prisoners are soldiers who were part of a unit that held out for months in Mariupol while being surrounded by Russian forces. Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other in the attack.

Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout is shown in custody in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2008. Bout was later extradited to the U.S. and convicted of conspiring to kill Americans. He's serving a 25-year sentence, but he may be part of a prisoner swap the U.S. and Russia are trying to negotiate.

Who is Viktor Bout, the Russian prisoner the U.S. traded for Brittney Griner?

Bout is a Russian who was the world's most notorious arms dealer in the 1990s and early 2000s. He was serving a 25-year prison sentence in Illinois before being freed as part of a U.S.-Russia swap.

Workers install solar panels on a rooftop at AltaSea's research and development facility at the Port of Los Angeles on April 21, 2023.

The U.S. imports most of its solar panels. A new ruling may make that more expensive

The Commerce Department says solar panel makers in four Southeast Asian countries are evading U.S. duties on Chinese solar components. The finding could raise costs in the United States.

President Biden delivers the 2023 State of the Union address.

Biden makes a pitch to 'finish the job' in his State of the Union address

President Biden repeated the phrase "Let's finish the job" in his address — a refrain likely to be heard as his unofficial pitch for a second term in office.

Poor indoor air quality can contribute to health problems. Letting in fresh air, keeping air filters changed and using air purifiers can help.

Indoor pollution can make you sick. Here's how to keep your home's air clean

Poor air quality can drive you indoors, but do you know what you're breathing inside your home? Here's the latest on optimizing ventilation and other air-clearing strategies.

House Jan. 6 committee is likely to make criminal referrals

The Jan. 6 panel's Chairman Bennie Thompson said they will issue the referrals, but stopped short of sharing any names with reporters

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