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To keep our system of time in sync with Earth's rotation, the world's foremost timekeepers are adding an extra second to 2016. For such a small thing, the leap second has some big implications.

President-elect Trump and his family on Friday morning will travel with the Obama family from the White House to the Capitol for the swearing-in ceremony. The inaugural address will be given by noon.

The country's single biggest source of climate information is the federal government. What happens if a Trump administration tries to censor it?

It was a rocky year for the NFL. TV numbers were down and the season lacked a great story. Commentator Mike Pesca of The Gist podcast wonders if the Super Bowl can salvage things.

When the clock struck noon, the White House website switched over to signify Donald Trump becoming the new president. And on that site, Trump laid out how he would approach the world.

Rob Goldstone, who manages Russian pop star Emin, says he arranged a 2016 meeting between Trump insiders and a Russian lawyer at Emin's request. President Trump once appeared in a music video of his.

"Dad jokes are just a verbal form of play," says behavioral scientist Peter McGraw. "It's just a different way to tickle and roughhouse with your kids."

A new hip-hop album by a veteran of the war in Afghanistan drops Wednesday. His target audience: fellow vets suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

A commercial fisher captured the silver carp beyond the barriers built to keep the invasive species out of the Great Lakes. The incident is raising alarms from local lawmakers.

The Food and Drug Administration requested drug maker Endo Pharmaceuticals stop selling Opana ER, which is an opioid. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, about the decision.