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The biggest story of the night is that Democrats took back the House. That will stop President Trump's agenda in its tracks unless he compromises with the other side.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to journalist Natasha Del Toro about her new podcast, Verified: The Next Threat, about the rise of a global movement that is propelled by white supremacy.

Universities and hospitals are training residents by having them practice on realistic replicas of actual patients' brains. The high-tech stand-ins allow the students to learn by making mistakes, something they're not able to do when real patients are involved.

GOP activist Ginni Thomas testified for several hours behind closed doors before the House Select Jan. 6 committee. Her lawyer released a statement that she answered all the panel's questions.

Author Simon Singh's new book teases out the mathematical references hidden in The Simpsons. Singh tells NPR's Scott Simon that the show's writing team includes several trained mathematicians — and that the logical bends and breaks of writing comedy can be very appealing to the mathematically minded.

The Senate took a key test vote Tuesday on voting rights for Washington, D.C. All indications are that after a 30-year campaign with repeated setbacks, Congress is poised to pass a bill giving Washington a full seat in the House of Representatives.

During his first three years in office, Vincent Gray has been dogged by a federal investigation into his 2010 campaign. Four people connected to the campaign have pleaded guilty to felonies.

In a widely expected outcome, Putin faced a weak field of candidates after disqualifying his only potential rival. He is set to become the longest-serving Russian leader since Stalin.

The almost entirely plastic weapon fires .22-caliber bullets. Critics fear it will make such guns too easy to make and too hard to detect. The designers say it's already possible to make your own firearms and that they're just creating another way.

On Cragslist, he describes himself as "a clean man" with a job and no arrest record, who adds, "I don't like murder." For extra motivation, he promises an open bar.