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Health officials hold a three-day exercise in Tucson to test the Arizona city's ability to respond to a biochemical attack. The drill is thought to be the largest attempted in the United States. Mark Moran of member station KJZZ reports.

A legislative measure under consideration would make it more difficult for refugees to enter the traditionally neutral haven of Switzerland. Conservative politicians want to allow fewer asylum seekers. Emma Jane Kirby reports.

Since 2018, the militant group has blocked such efforts, leaving millions of children unprotected. The World Health Organization reports that the Taliban is now reversing that stance.

Host Steve Inskeep reads letters from All Things Considered listeners.

Essayist Andy Borowitz has a few things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

The United States considers putting conditions on food aid to North Korea in response to that country's admission that it has a nuclear weapons program. Moderates in the Bush administration are calling for a diplomatic solution. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

To celebrate its 90th anniversary, Chicago-based Poetry magazine has released a collection of correspondence between the publication and renowned poets such as T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and William Carlos Williams. The book is called Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters.

Concord Law School, the first online law school graduates its first class. Because the school is not accredited, many state bars refuse to accept its graduates. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

NPR's Jack Speer profiles influential IBM chairman Lou Gerstner. Gerstner has a new book out called Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? which details his successful efforts to turn the troubled computer company around.

Britain is set to repeal a century-old law that kept pets arriving from the United States in quarantine for months. Pet owners on both sides of the Atlantic hail the decision. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.