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Negotiations are coming down to the wire at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. There's a new draft agreement, but bitter differences remain between rich and poor countries.

Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only GOP senator to vote to convict ex-President Trump who will face voters in 2022. But her state's new primary system likely means she'll be in less danger.

A new documentary highlights the struggles of the independent Russian media channel TV Rain as it came under increasing pressure from the Kremlin.

Iconic jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter has completed a long-held dream, an opera based on the mythic Greek character Iphigenia, with help from singer and bassist Esperanza Spalding.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Betsy West and Julie Cohen about their new documentary on Julia Child's life and work, Julia.

With vaccines now available for children as young as 5, some school districts are easing up on their mask policies.

Manfred Steiner dreamed of being a physicist but his parents convinced him to be a doctor. When he retired, he enrolled in a PhD program. Weeks before his 90th birthday, he defended his dissertation.

Retired US Navy flight surgeon and NASA astronaut CAPT. JERRY LINENGER ("Linn-en-jer") In his book, "Off the Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard the Space Station Mir" (in paperback) he chronicles his five months on board the Russian Space station "Mir" a ramshackle place he described as "six school buses all hooked together." During his five months there, they had numerous brushes with death, lacked adequate supplies, and battled constant system failures. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (REBROADCAST from 2/21

NPR's John Nielsen has talked with researchers who went into the north woods and threw wolf dung at moose, and reports that moose can't distinguish it from shinola. That's bad because the scent of wolf should scare moose away. With wolves being reintroduced into the wild, moose had better learn. The researchers are happy to report that, eventually, they do. They're not stupid, just forgetful.

Noah Adams talks with horse and cattle veterinarian Dr. Luther Mc Connell. Dr. Mc Connell is currently rehabilitating a baby moose who was found along side the body of his dead mother near the town of Dusty, Washington.