Sunday Puzzle: Name game with initials
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and Susie Woodward of Sherwood, Ore.
Human Interest
'Wait Wait' for January 18. 2025: With Not My Job guest Rose Matafeo
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with special guest Rose Matafeo and panelists Maz Jobrani, Helen Hong, and Alzo Slade
Trump's return recalls when inaugurations have been more than ceremonies
Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop.
Air traffic controllers rush to divert aircraft after Elon Musk's rocket explodes
Debris streaking across the Caribbean appeared to cause confusion and delays.
A parade of planets will be visible to the naked eye all month
All month, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will appear to line up and be bright enough to see without a telescope or binoculars — with them, you can see Uranus and Neptune, too.
Trump's inauguration falls on MLK Day. That overlap is pretty rare
Trump is only the third president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Due to the particulars of the calendar and the Constitution, the two events won't overlap again until 2053.
SpaceX launches its Starship rocket on latest test flight but spacecraft is destroyed
After launching on Thursday, the Starship rocket caught the booster back at the pad but lost contact with the ascending spacecraft as engines went out. Officials for Elon Musk's company confirmed that the spacecraft was destroyed.
Canadian man's home security camera captures the sight and sound of a meteorite strike
Joe Velaidum's home security camera captured the instant a meteorite smashed against his home's brick walkway. The video is thought to be the first recorded sound of a meteorite's direct impact.
Bezos and Musk launching massive rockets in billionaires' space race
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are launching two of the world's largest rockets into orbit within days of each other. Some see these as efforts to build their legacies and promote their visions for humanity.
Jeff Bezos' New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight
Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA's Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago.