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As the new year begins, KAWC looks back on the biggest news of 2025.

With the election over, President Obama and Congress face major challenges in the coming weeks — namely the so-called fiscal cliff. But with the power breakdown remaining the same with a Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate, how will lawmakers come together and break the gridlock? Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz talks about this with NPR's senior political correspondent Mara Liasson as well as the outgoing senators Joe Lieberman and Kent Conrad.

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley travels across the U.S. to teach students to play chess and apply its tactics and strategies to their lives. A former student reflects on the lifelong lessons he taught her.

In the Barbershop, NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Washington Post's Kevin Blackistone, The Nation's Dave Zirin, and USA Today's Christine Brennan about the biggest stories in sports in 2018.

Over the past 20 years, mass shootings have resulted in communities of survivors. Heather Martin, who was a senior at Columbine High School in 1999, runs a nonprofit that connects them.

Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni over the movie "It Ends With Us" were dismissed Thursday by a federal judge who left intact three claims, including retaliation, that will let a jury hear many of the allegations anyway.

South Korea has been one of the top countries sending babies abroad for adoption for decades. Now, after an investigation triggered by hundreds of complaints from adoptees, the country has admitted its agencies mishandled adoptions.

There are not enough schools participating because of coronavirus cancellations and season postponements.

Having served nine years in the past, Democrat Bill Mundell is seeking another term on the Arizona Corporation Commission, which among a number of duties,…

The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators have handed out 2 million units, including a new mini-model for younger kids.