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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays with puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WBUR listener John Byrne of Watertown, Massachusetts.

An auction house in Britain announced this week it has authenticated a violin they believe belonged to Wallace Hartley, the band leader aboard the Titanic, who famously continued playing, even as the ship went down. Host Rachel Martin talks about the find and the seven-year process it took to authenticate it.

As we head into gift-giving season, Here & Now's go-to book expert, Traci Thomas of "The Stacks" podcast, has book gift suggestions.

Alan Cheuse has this review of KBL, John Weisman's novelization of the operation that led to Osama bin Laden's death.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and other congressional Democrats released a video last week letting service members know they can refuse illegal orders. Kelly is now being investigated for misconduct.

Book expert Traci Thomas said 2025 was a good year for book releases.

Jennifer Jordan from Bloomington showed off part of her massive aluminum Christmas tree collection at the "Jane Lynch - A Swingin' Little Christmas" show on Dec. 12 at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

Illinois among at least 19 states being sued for voter data

Syed was 18 when he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Lee was murdered in 1999 when she was also 18.

The newly elected head of the state’s largest union lives in Bloomington. Illinois Education Association members chose Karl Goeke who had been serving as interim president following the death of IEA president Al Llorens in September.