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NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on the Queen's English. Today Queen Elizabeth delivers her annual Christmas address and according to the journal, Nature, her accent is not what it used to be. Her vowels are closing and she's starting to sound a bit more like a commoner. It is unlikely that her accent will slip much further but whether the Queen's English will be retained for future generations is still unclear.

Commentator Agate Nesaule remembers how after losing home and family to two wars, her Latvian family had held on to one cherished Christmas tradition.

Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig says President Trump froze key federal agencies, including the FBI and Dept. of Defense, whose job it was to investigate and stop threats to national security.

The city has the largest community of Arab Americans in the U.S.

"The U.K. is now the first country in the world to approve an antiviral that can be taken at home for COVID-19," Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid said.

The average debt for cabbies is $500,000, and now the city has reached an agreement with the largest holder of taxi medallions to lower that to at-most $170,000.

Companies from Mondelēz to McDonald's are raising prices to offset higher costs for transportation and because of labor and other problems along the supply chain.

The 26-year-old climate activist from Kenya founded the Green Generation Initiative, a group that helps young people become environmentally conscious through growing trees.

Methane, a climate-warming gas, often escapes from wells and pipelines.

After months of waiting, many parents of kids ages 5 to 11 expressed relief and joy when the CDC gave its recommendation for Pfizer's vaccine to be made available to that age group.