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The White House's Thanksgiving practice doesn't go back as far as you might think and has been sustained by a special interest group — the turkey lobby.

After more than two years in captivity, the last 20 hostages abducted during Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, have been released.

There's nothing quite like a tailgate, where fans serve food to strangers who share the same passion. We went to a Philadelphia Eagles tailgate to learn what drives this uniquely American tradition.

It's the final season of the award-winning HBO show Veep, and actor Matt Walsh appears as Mike McClintock, Selina Meyer's ex-press secretary, now working for BuzzFeed. He talks with Scott Simon.

Prosecutors say Rozier and others passed confidential intel to organized crime groups to help wager on NBA games. Billups allegedly participated in a separate scheme involving underground poker games.

A group of former Ohio State athletes who survived a sweeping sexual abuse scandal at the school argue that Les Wexner's generosity to his alma mater is now tainted by the knowledge that sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was entangled in many of his family's spending decisions, including around the football complex's naming.

Figure Skating World Championships in Prague end on Saturday. Americans Amber Glenn and Ilia Malinin are within medals' reach after disappointing finishes at last month's Olympics.

British composer Martin Phipps discusses how he used an 1808 French piano that once belonged to Napoleon in the score for Ridley Scott's biopic of the one-time emperor.

Incoming NPR CEO Katherine Maher has a background in tech and world affairs. She says the network's mission fits neatly with her advocacy of the free flow of information in expanding democracy.

Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's fictional hometown of Stars Hollow was born after Gilmore Girls creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, stayed in northwestern Connecticut. The show premiered in the fall of 2000.