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About an hour and a half outside Columbus lies a township within Pike County with a strange name: Pee Pee Township. Some locals think it's funny, while others would rather relieve themselves of the burden.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Mike Barry of The Guardian U.S. about the role Facebook and fake news played in the election.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Yale professor and author Chris Miller about what led to Gorbachev’s demise, and his legacy in Russia.

The Franklin County Grand Jury arraigned John Michael Eugene White Friday on two counts of aggravated murder. White is accused of killing his girlfriend's…

It's been 45 years since Ohio enacted comprehensive judicial reforms, and it might be time for a tune-up. In light of low voter turnout at judicial…

A Franklin County Grand Jury has indicted 40 people in what has been called the largest crystal meth seizure in Central Ohio. Local drug enforcement…

The U.N. Security Council prepares to address humanitarian needs, sanctions and political restructuring in postwar Iraq. A State Department official says the United States plans to introduce a new resolution urging the lifting of U.N. sanctions, but some countries have suggested they should remain in place until the U.N. verifies Iraq has no weapons of mass destruction. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

As the U.N. Security Council debates Iraq, Britain proposes to give Saddam Hussein 10 more days to disarm — or face war. France quickly rejects the deadline, while Russia leans toward the French anti-war position. Hear NPR's Vicky O'Hara, NPR's Lawrence Sheets and Britain's U.N. Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock.

Johnnie Cochran, the attorney who gained fame as O.J. Simpson's defense lawyer in 1995, has died at age 67. Cochran's family says he had a brain tumor. Michele Norris talks about Cochran's life and career with Connie Rice, a Los Angeles civil rights attorney who is co-founder and co-director of the Advancement Project.

President Bush uses his State of the Union speech to build a case for war with Iraq, but also addresses economic revival and health care reform. He says Secretary of State Colin Powell will go to the U.N. Security Council on Feb. 5 to explain the U.S. position on Iraq. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea, Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).