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Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks with New York Times obituary writer Margalit Fox about some of the memorable obituaries in 2014, as well as her work remembering the lives of the famous and not-so famous.

From Italy to Japan to the Philippines, people will hope for happiness, health and wealth as they sit down to a New Year's meal. Sometimes that last wish is expressed as actual money in the food.

The Republican party begins 2015 in control of both chambers of Congress. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., talks with Steve Inskeep about the party's priorities and the possibility of a presidential bid.

It's been months since a nurse who treated Ebola patients in Africa was quarantined by New Jersey's governor upon arrival at Newark airport. But a legacy of confusion about state travel rules remains.

Steve Inskeep shares listeners' picks for movies to watch over the New Year's holiday.

Egypt's high court has canceled the jail sentences of three Al-Jazeera journalists and ordered a retrial. The journalists say they were jailed for doing their jobs.

The city already known for its extravagance upped the ante by lighting up the world's tallest building with 70,000 panels of LED bulbs.

Authorities returned the remains of Hayati Lutfiah Hamid to her family in a ceremony in Indonesia. It's the first of many more to come.

The country's aging and shrinking population has been an issue of concern and could have severe economic consequences.

Gay and lesbian couples in Florida are waiting to hear whether Jan. 6 will be the day they can get start getting married. It's a battle gay marriage advocates thought they'd already won, but continues to be mired in legal wrangling.