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In an Instagram video, college football and basketball reporter Allison Williams said, "I cannot put a paycheck over principle." She cited medical reasons for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

Voters in New Mexico keep an arcane law on the books, and thousands of New Jersey voters re-elect an expelled congressman.

New legislative restrictions on the media raise concern in Russia. Authorities are trying to control coverage of anti-terrorism operations such as the recent Moscow theater siege. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

After a period of relative silence, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lanford Wilson (Hot L Baltimore, Talley's Folly, Balm in Gilead) has four plays in production in New York City. Jeff Lunden reports.

Dan Zanes, former lead singer for the 80s rock band The Del Fuegos, reinvents himself with folk-influenced music for children. His new CD is called Night Time!. Zanes visits with NPR's Scott Simon.

Influential stage director Vinnette Carroll died this week at the age of 80. She was the first black woman to direct a Broadway production -- and the first to earn a Tony nomination for directing. NPR's Laura Sydell offers a remembrance.

Throngs of protesters turn out Saturday for a massive anti-war protest in Florence, Italy. They demanded that the United States rethink an assault on Iraq. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

French pornographers are up in arms over a plan to ban their products from national television. Lawmakers say the ban would protect children and reduce sexual violence. NPR's Nick Spicer reports.

Last week we had Hayseed Dixie, the bluegrass band that produced a tribute album to AC/DC. This week, we're pleased to report that the original AC/DC has just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (:45)

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including the announcement of the unanimous United Nations Security Council vote approving the return of weapons inspections to Iraq; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Negroponte; former Vice President Walter Mondale; Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA); Sen. Jean Carnahan (D-MO); President George W. Bush; and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).