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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been conspicuously silent since the ruble's plunge. Renee Montagne talks to Russian business journalist Kirill Belyaninov about why the ruble is in freefall.

Students, sexual assault activists and the legal profession react to the continuing fall-out from the Rolling Stone article of an alleged gang rape on the University of Virginia's campus. The magazine apologized for some faulty reporting.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, about Attorney General William Barr's testimony on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

High school English teacher Jennifer McQuillan spent the summer collecting clippings from the gardens of American authors. She's using them to plant a "literary garden" in her school's courtyard.

The annual Great Lakes Memorial takes place Sunday at the Mariners' Church of Detroit. Rev. Jeffrey Hubbard describes the event's significance and its roots in a 1975 shipwreck.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Anthony Foxx, Lyft's chief policy officer, about the ongoing debate over classifying drivers as independent contractors and the economic impact of the pandemic.

Every day is like Halloween when you're the children of costumed circus performers. Siblings Fritzi and Bobby Huber recount the time that their parents made their first Halloween extraordinary.

In a major expansion, the new rules would apply not just to new operations but to older ones as well. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, and considered key to slowing global warming quickly.

Many major retailers and fast-food chains have announced they will be closed. A few, however, will stay open for customers.

Colorado is fighting poverty and climate change by retrofitting low-income homes. The state is expected to get a boost from the new infrastructure law. (Story originally aired on ATC on Dec. 2. 2021)