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Donald Trump won reelection after building a broad coalition. The win makes at least two of his criminal prosecutions go away. Stocks climb on hopes that his re-election will boost economic growth.

The U.S. stock market has been on a tear and has been a global standout for years. Yet the standard advice is to diversify investments globally. We look the pros and cons of investing only in the U.S.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Marian Fowler of Indian Purchase Township, Maine.

In her new book of essays, "Sucker Punch," Slate writer Scaachi Koul examines what happens when life radically changes course and you need to chart a new path forward.

Today is International Handbag Day!

A TV show heist involving maple syrup, inspired by a real-life caper: NPR's Ellissa Nadworny talks with actor Margo Martindale and series co-creator Ed Herro about "The Sticky."

A rescue operation is underway to bring up the miners who are still alive after a two-month standoff in South Africa between police and illegal miners. They'll recover the bodies of those who died.

California has a longstanding law that gives formerly incarcerated people $200 on the day of their release. That money has been continuously withheld by the Corrections Department, prompting a lawsuit, and now a policy change.

Petula Clark's single "Downtown" hit the number one spot on the US billboard charts 60 years ago, on January 23, 1965, and stayed there for two weeks. At 92, she's planning a concert in London.

Delivered the day before he was acquitted in his first impeachment case, and as COVID began to spread, President Trump's 2020 address was part reality TV, part gameshow and part WWE smackdown.

Hustler rappers like Gunn traffic in street tales that feel larger than life. That doesn't mean they're not "real."

The movie 'Sing Sing,' starring Colman Domingo and a cast of real-life formerly incarcerated actors, tells the story of a group of incarcerated men who work together to stage an original musical.