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On the day that Congress was meant to certify the Electoral College win of President-elect Joe Biden, violent supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building.

There is a patron saint for virtually everything. And now the Internet may be about to get its own.There are two contenders. On the one side, you have St.…

The FBI says it also arrested more than 150 alleged pimps in 76 U.S. cities during Operation Cross Country VII.

That's according to the USDA's yearly "Cost of Raising a Child" report. Adjusted for inflation the damage is $301,970.

The Bundestag voted overwhelmingly in favor of the $93.6 billion package aimed at keeping Athens in the eurozone.

A Lincoln Elementary School student recently celebrated her eighth birthday with a party. Addie asked her guests to bring a donation for Barb Food Mart…

For its 50th anniversary, join us in an online listening party for Joni Mitchell's Blue. NPR Music's Ann Powers will be joined by Brandi Carlile in a live conversation about the album.

Singer BARBARA LEA with a musical tribute to Cole Porter. She had her start singing in the 1950s in Boston and then moved to New York where she recorded her first album in 1955 to critical acclaim. She's been compared to the late Lee Wiley. Her other influences are Mildred Bailey and Billie Holiday. She dropped out of singing for a while but made a comeback during the 70s in New York's cabaret world. LEA is accompanied by pianist TONY TAMBURELLO. He was Sinatra's rehearsal pianist, and he was on the road accompanying Tony Bennett for 21 years. (REBROADCAST FROM 6

Entertainers CHRIS and BOB ELLIOTT. Bob has entertained generations as half of the legendary comedy team of Bob and Ray. His son Chris was a writer and performer for "Late Night with David Letterman," creating such characters as the Panicky Guy, and the Fugitive Guy. The two of them starred in the Fox comedy, "Get A Life." Together, the two wrote a memoir, Daddy's Boy: A Son's Shocking Account of Life with a Famous Father. Chris Elliott was a member of the "Saturday Night Live" team this past year. (REBROADCAST from 6/7/89)Writer BENJAMIN CHEEVER. He's the son of the late novelist and short story master JOHN CHEEVER, and he collected and edited a collection of his father's letters. The letters tracked the elder Cheever's secret bisexuality. Later Benjamin wrote two novels, The Plagiarist, and The Partisan. (REBROADCAST from 11/

2: Playwright, NPR commentator, housecleaner and former elf to Santa, DAVID SEDARIS. He launched his radio commentator career with his "SantaLand Diaries," broadcast during NPR's "Morning Edition" in 1992. His humor has been described as a "caustic mix of J. D. Salinger and John Waters." Along with his sister, Amy Sedaris, he wrote the play "Stitches," which was described as a "macabre and hilarious social satire." Now he's making his literary debut, with a new collection of stories and essays, "Barrel Fever." (Little, Brown and Company) (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 6