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Consumer spending from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve rose 3.1% year over year, new data show, a figure in line with the decade leading up to the pandemic and another positive sign for the economy.

Also: President Obama arrives in Burma for talks; a doctor in India is arrested after several women died following sterilization surgery; and a report says U.S. weather satellites were hacked.

Also: Despite an international agreement in Geneva, Ukrainian separatists won't give up; an arrest in the Missouri freeway shootings; and Nik Wallenda aims to walk between Chicago skyscrapers.

Actor and filmmaker Mark Duplass plays a game of Wild Card with NPR's Rachel Martin

A suspected Tulsa credit union robber is hospitalized after being shot by a security guard this afternoon. It happened during an armed robbery of the…

A handful of restaurants around the country are giving up on cash. Paying for your meal with a credit card or electronically makes for better and faster service, they say.

If you collected Pokemon cards as a kid, here's hoping you held onto them. The Japanese franchise has been popular for decades, but it's become the latest speculative boom.

The administration named high-profile immigration hawk Ken Cuccinelli to lead the agency in charge of citizenship and visas, raising concerns among immigrant rights advocates.

The European Union is giving the cards to Syrian refugees in Turkey. It's a massive project that will provide about $30 a person per month to the struggling families.