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  • Meta announced another round of layoffs on Tuesday, which means the company will be cutting a fifth of its total workforce in just a few months. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it's a new economic reality.
  • A Delaware judge is ordering an investigation into how Fox News' lawyers have handled a major defamation case on the eve of the trial. He is also threatening sanctions against Fox News.
  • By recasting the Bennets as a Cantonese, working-class immigrant family, C.K. Chau hopes to fill a gap in the Pride and Prejudice canon.
  • Firefighters are reporting some progress as they battle wildfires around Los Angeles. Higher humidity and a slight break in the heat have allowed firefighters to build lines around a quarter of the blaze.
  • U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is discouraging federal prosecutors from going after people who comply with state laws on medical marijuana. It's a significant departure from the Bush administration.
  • Documents obtained by NPR show that psychiatrists at Walter Reed Army Medical Center put their concerns about the accused Fort Hood shooter in writing. Two years ago, a top official there wrote an evaluation that harshly criticized Maj. Nidal Hasan's incompetence and unprofessional behavior.
  • While many Americans strive for the usual Thanksgiving fare, some listeners revel in their own, idiosyncratic family traditions this time of year. Gene Koo goes to White Castle with friends every year, and Kim Krzywy serves up a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving feast for her kids for the second meal of the day.
  • President Biden is in London to meet with Britain's prime minister and King Charles. The focus of his trip awaits in Lithuania, where he's meeting NATO allies to talk about Russia's war in Ukraine.
  • Before John Glenn orbited the Earth, a small group of female pilots underwent secret testing for spaceflight. Known as the Mercury 13, they didn't make it into space. But the women are being honored for paving the way for future female astronauts.
  • President Bush warns Congress not to contest his authority to prosecute the war in Iraq as he sees fit. Speaking at an hourlong news conference at the White House, the president also touted the latest agreement with North Korea, meant to limit its nuclear weapons program.
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