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President-elect Barack Obama is appointing his transition team and beginning to form his cabinet. We look at who Obama is meeting with and where he's traveling to over the next several days.

Iraqi's interim Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari is at the center of a growing struggle to lead the country's new government. While Jaafari is the chosen leader of the Shiite that won the most votes in Iraqi elections, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is vying to keep his post.

Ten is an arbitrary number, so NPR's entertainment critic Bob Mondello offers his top 24 movies of 2002. Mondello says 2002 was a record year for box office sales and a better year than 2001 for movie quality. His list ranges from blockbuster adventure to documentary.

It's harder to afford homeownership than it's been in decades as a steep run-up in both prices during the pandemic and more recently interest rates hit buyers from both sides.

Sabrina Carpenter was expected to have a massive week. Still, her journey to the top of the album charts was fraught right up to its final moments, as she fended off a furious challenge from rapper Travis Scott.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, believed to have led Iran's military nuclear program, died from wounds after an attack, causing outrage in Iran and raising international concerns over potential retaliation.

WCMU Public Media aired the recent Hemingway documentary by filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. In conjunction with the film’s premier on public television, WCMU also held a “Creative Expressions Contest for Teens” which asked the question, “how would Ernest Hemingway describe his experience with Covid-19?” The entries were open to any medium and the three winners were a photograph, a drawing, and an original piece of music. Mosaic host David Nicholas spoke with three winners, Savannah Coppersmith, Cheyenne Denniston, and Zane Greene.Congratulationsto our winners and thank you to the students who participated and the partnering libraries of Charlevoix and Emmet counties.Savannah Coppersmith: photographCheyenne Denniston: DrawingZane Greene: original song (mp3) “Hello Stranger”

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to reporter Elizabeth Kulas in Melbourne about tennis star Novak Djokovic's fight to play in the Australian Open.

A Russian named Grigory Perelman, is credited with helping solve a famous 100-year-old math problem. Both the problem and the man who solved it are a bit of a puzzle.

Homeland Security deputy secretary Troy Edgar offered few details on the Trump administration's legal reasoning to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.