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Writer and humorist David Sedaris reads from his holiday essay: "The Santaland Diaries."

It's another Christmas in Bethlehem with the war raging in Gaza. The severity of Sudan's famine has worsened. A review of what happened this year in space -- from an eclipse to minor malfunctions.

Today’s radio programming is made possible in part by a contribution honoring the memory of Rita Montgomery Heydon, born on the earlier Christmas Day in 1947; and remembering her many achievements through the MOSAIC FOUNDATION (of R. and P. Heydon).

As other states get in the game, leaders in Virginia are facing the growing pains of hosting the biggest cluster of data center capacity in the world.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Halina Rejn, writer and director of the new movie Babygirl, about making an erotic thriller from the female gaze -- and whether that's really possible.

NPR's Books We Love is a roundup of our staff's favorite reads this year. Today we look at some of our favorite, more obscure, lesser-known picks from this year's Books We Love.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Martin Cheek, a conservation botanist for the Royal Botanic Gardens, about new plant and fungus species he and his colleagues discovered this year.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Bomani Jones, sports journalist and host of the podcast The Right Time with Bomani Jones about the NFL's plunge into Netflix's Live Sporting Events on Christmas Day.

Some U.S. cities are seeing a bump in marriage licenses. Same-sex couples and couples with mixed immigration status are among those heading to the alter before the start of the Trump administration.

The city of Bethlehem is in dire straits. Christmas is the busiest time of year in the birthplace of Jesus, packed with pilgrims and tourists. But the streets are empty with the war in Gaza raging.