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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Kathy Emerson from Brunswick, Maine. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WMEA in Portland.)

The pandemic drove U.S. life expectancy down again in 2021 even though life-saving vaccines were widely available.

Guests Jeff Mason, Heidi Przybyla and Sheryl Gay Stolberg wrap up the biggest stories from around the country on the Friday News Roundup.

Two Thanksgiving Day traditions endure — football and cranberry relish. John Feinstein reviews this year's NFL matchups, and Susan Stamberg persuades him to give an old family recipe a try.

A growing number of states are considering bills that would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients.

The Australian smoky mouse was already endangered, and after the Australian fires many feared it was extinct. But camera traps recently spotted the species in seven different locations.

The president was acquitted for his role in the January insurrection.

Hear some of the action from the nail-biting final rounds of the 78th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year, 273 kids came to Washington in the hopes of winning the competition.

How do we recruit and retain our educators?

A month on, parts of Fort Myers are still without power or water.