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  • Wednesday's report from the Louisiana Department of Health shows the biggest single-day increase in reported COVID-19 cases since May 1 but, once again,…
  • The Regional Transit Authority will begin ramping up public transportation service starting early Sunday morning, the agency said in a press release…
  • The trial of the former president concluded on Saturday with an acquittal of the former president.
  • On a video of the Jan. 6 attack, Officer Eugene Goodman is seen diverting a group of rioters away from the Senate chamber.
  • Joshua Levs of member station WABE in Atlanta reports on some of the African Americans who celebrated Kwanzaa this year. Today marks the end of the seven-day holiday, which is based on African harvest festivals. People of all ages came to Kwanzaa ceremonies in Atlanta this year seeking personal, political and even professional renewal. Started 30 years ago by a black American university professor in California, Kwanzaa has become increasingly popular. Each day of Kwanzaa commemorates one of seven principles. Translating from Swahili, they are: 1) Umojoa, which means unity; 2)Ujima, which means collective work and responsibility; 3) Kujichagulia, or self determination; 4) Ujamaa, cooperative economics; 5) Nia, purpose; 6) Kuumba, Creativity; and 7) Imani, faith. Together, these principles are known as the "Nguzo Saba."
  • Brian Dunworth plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Lulu Garcia-Navarro.
  • He is also known as "?uestlove" of the hip-hop group The Roots. The Grammy award-winning sextet has six albums to its credit. Their latest CD is Phrenology. Their first single from the album is "Break You Off." One reviewer writes, "To fully savor the sound, you've got to commit to spending time with The Roots, to wallow in both the music and the message. There's Chuck Berry-style rock-and-roll, jazz fusion, funk, poetry, shoutouts to hip-hop pioneers, lyrical slaps upside the heads of money-mad rappers, black nationalism and some groove-laden neo-soul musings." This interview previously aired February 6, 2003.
  • Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner, Georgina Rodríguez, say their newborn son has died.
  • A new University of California Davis study found that one in five Americans think that political violence is at least sometimes justifiable “in general.”
  • The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 204,000 of the children's weighted blankets, which were being exclusively sold at Target.
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