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A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including President Clinton on his budget plan; Senator Robert Dole (R-KS) nd Senator Tom Daschle (D-ND) responding to the President's budget address; enator Alan Simpson (R-WY) criticizing the American Association of Retired ersons; Executive Director of the AARP Horace Dietz defending the association; op performer Michael Jackson; the victory of the Houston Rockets basketball eam; and International Olympics Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch nnouncing Salt Lake City, Utah as the chosen host city for the 2002 winter lympics.

With the words, "This is London," Edward R. Murrow brought the war in Europe to the living rooms of Americans. His rooftop reports of the Blitz helped to define broadcast journalism. Author Philip Seib talks about his new book, Broadcasts from the Blitz: How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America into War.

Peter Jackson's film trilogy The Lord of the Rings has computerized one of the most memorable characters in J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novels. Gollum was a hobbit named Smeagol whose possession and loss of the powerful ring, which he calls his "precious," turned him into a distraught creature of animalistic drive. NPR's Liane Hansen talks to Andy Serkis, the actor who plays Gollum and Smeagol. He documented his experience in the book Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic.

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) says he will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). Hear from NPR's Alex Chadwick and NPR's David Welna.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Secretary of State Colin Powell; Sergei Lavrov, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations; Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix; White House spokesman Ari Fleischer; Lesley Stahl of CBS's 60 Minutes interviewing former Vice President Al Gore; Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT); Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights; Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS); and Sen. George Allen (R-VA).

Glasper's piano sets a chiming gospel loop, over which Killer Mike and Big K.R.I.T. rap verses about perseverance and positivity.

Hurricane Helene has left destruction in its wake for western North Carolina and other parts of the U.S. Southeast. Here's a list of resources for donating, volunteering, and more, in the Carolinas.

A leaked CDC document compared it to the highly contagious children's disease. Data does not support this claim. Nonetheless, the variant is one of the world's most contagious respiratory diseases.

Sharknado 2 will happen, but Bunheads hasn't been renewed yet, plus other things that aren't entirely newsworthy.

Had he not been stopped by police, Buffalo Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia told ABC News on Monday, the alleged perpetrator would have driven away in search of more victims.

On this edition of All Songs Considered: Secret messages from Bach; The imaginary world of Bjork; Sublime harmonies from Music Boxes and more.

Who's from North Dakota, hates turtlenecks, but loves the color orange? It's our V.I.P., a renowned rock critic and pop culture junkie. He tackles a trivia game about a little band known as KISS.

Erin Keever is Senior Producer of WFAE's Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins. She has been with the show since joining the station in 2006. She's a native Charlottean.

Alicia Montgomery is the Supervising Senior Producer of Code Switch, and has been the lead editor of the Michel Martin: Going Therelive event series. She also part of leadership team of NPR's Sourcing Diversity effort. At Code Switch, Montgomery has been recognized with an award from the National Association of Black Journalists for radio editing, and edited a digital story that earned the Native American Journalist Association award for Best Editorial.

Chris Cicoletti is a Managing Director within U.S. Bank’s Credit Fixed Income Group where he leads a team that is responsible for the origination and underwriting of investment grade corporate debt. In this capacity, his industry responsibilities span the insurance, health care, technology, transportation and general industrial service sectors.

A former high-ranking manager has filed a lawsuit against CPI Security and its CEO alleging she was unlawfully fired after raising concerns about the company's racial climate.

Rivian, which has just started deliveries of its battery-powered pickup truck, surged in its first day of trading after completing one of the biggest IPOs in U.S. history.

The first week of the new year kicked off with the same ferocity of news that last year ended with.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., about Bacon's trip to Mexico to foster cooperation in ongoing trade talks.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, a member of the conservative and libertarian-leaning Freedom Caucus, about what he anticipates for the next Congress.