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Beethoven was not especially interested in food, sometimes skipping meals altogether when working on a piece. He didn’t know much about cooking, though there is one recorded instance of him donning an apron and preparing a meal for some friends. One of his biographers reports that it was a complete disaster.

In a public memo, U.S. top military leaders have condemned the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and pledged to protect and defend the Constitution.

Many of the cost factors that people think are the most important pale in comparison to those that actually are. Mismanagement and fraud top the list. New technologies and treatments are low. Most people think beneficiaries pay their own way or have prepaid for care, neither of which is the the case.

China on Thursday begins its biggest political meetings of the year, signaling its confidence that it has the coronavirus under control. At the top of the agenda: how to revive the flagging economy.

Despite the pandemic recession, holiday sales are expected to set a new record, topping $755 billion.

Ohio Valley Conference Regular-Season Champion Southeast Missouri claimed two of the league's top women’s tennis honors with Mary Beth Gunn getting OVC Coach of the Year and Daniela Hlacikova winning Player of the Year.

Robert Benincasa is a computer-assisted reporting producer in NPR's Investigations Unit.

Ramtin Arablouei is co-host and co-producer of NPR's podcast Throughline, a show that explores history through creative, immersive storytelling designed to reintroduce history to new audiences.

Washington's biggest night has gotten big because of all the parties happening around the main event. A weekend of nerd prom excess could be seen as D.C. at its worst, or D.C. at its best.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Three Booo-droom Bungalows; Corkscrew Landings and Fire In the Sky.