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Sixty-one years ago Dwight was an astronaut candidate. Sunday, along with five others, he made the trip on a rocket owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — making him the oldest person to go to space.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.

Former Senate Majority Leader and White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker died on Thursday at age 88. Baker was one of the key players in Ronald Reagan's historic tax and spending cuts.

China has 199 journalists in prison and it could be in part because of the country's slowing economy. A number of journalists who were jailed in the last year were business reporters.

Israel's attack on Iran sparked the biggest jump in crude oil prices since Russia's invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago. Stocks fell sharply.

Nicole Scherzinger attended Wright State University from 1996 to 1999, studying musical theatre and acting. She won a Tony for her Broadway role in "Sunset Boulevard."

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on a poll that asks Americans to rate public figures, both at home and abroad.

Singer-songwriter Rita Hosking grew up in a house she says was haunted. She's written a song for the ghosts of the child who died and the grieving mother who followed him.

The former president is in Egypt to observe its first free presidential election, which begins on Wednesday.

Book expert Traci Thomas said 2025 was a good year for book releases.