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As the Directors and Producers Guild Awards go, so does the Academy. At least most of the time.

Rick Bright, a top scientist working on a vaccine, says he was reassigned for not focusing on treatments favored by President Trump, even though they lacked "scientific merit."

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Gautam Adani's fortune lies somewhere between $147 billion and $152 billion, according to lists maintained by Forbes and Bloomberg.

The former prime minister was sentenced to three years for violating the official secrets act, on top of a 20-year sentence already handed down by the military junta that took power in 2021.

Pop acts embraced the ukulele and the saxophone. Rock bands crafted weird, widescreen albums that still brimmed with solid, hummable songs. And a few notorious recluses returned to the public eye.

In a sign of the season, a crane hoisted an 82-foot Norway spruce into place at New York City's Rockefeller Plaza. The Christmas tree will be officially lit on Nov. 30.

PG&E’s announcement that it will not replace the transformer, estimated to be a $5-10 million repair, follows last week’s news that the company will also not close the spillway gates on top of Scott Dam for the foreseeable future, due to seismic concerns. That decision will lower the levels of Lake Pillsbury by about 20,000 feet, greatly reducing the flow of Eel River water into the East Branch of the Russian River.

The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in a report that the U.S. could lose in Afghanistan without more troops. Democratic Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, says the report also says that focusing on force requirements misses the point entirely.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Jim Wiechmann of West Lynn, Oregon and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.