CBS News Names Its First Female President As Head Of Network's News Division The president of CBS News, David Rhodes, is stepping down and will give way to Susan Zirinsky, a legendary CBS producer and documentary maker. David Folkenflik
How NPR Listeners Are Feeling Effects Of Government Shutdown As the partial government shutdown continues for a third week, listeners across the country are feeling its effects. Two listeners share their stories.
Waiting In Long Lines For A Salad? You're Not Alone Lines at salad chains in New York City are wrapping around the block, the New York Post reports, as people seek out fresh greens in an effort to live out their healthy New Year resolutions.
How The Wave Of Synthetic Cannabinoids Got Started Drugs like K2 have been responsible for overdoses and spikes in emergency room visits in the U.S. Several of the formulas for these drugs came from the lab of a chemistry professor in South Carolina. Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi
This New Program Aims To Train The Growing Freelance Workforce The Freelancers Hub in New York City opened in October, offering classes as well as tax and legal assistance for independent workers. It's free, and the first of its kind in the country. Yuki Noguchi
Partial Government Shutdown Hooks Alaska's Fishing Industry January marks the opening of Bering Sea fisheries. Boats need federal permits and inspections before they can leave the docks. The shutdown has put hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue at stake. Nat Herz
Southwest Airlines Co-Founder Herb Kelleher Dies At 87 Herb Kelleher, who died Thursday, was known for building the business on affordable flights, and a culture that put employees and customer service first.
Stocks Begin 2019 Higher But There's No Telling How Long That Will Last Last year's performance by financial markets was the worst in 10 years. Noel King talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about the economic and political implications on the 2019 markets.
Bennett College Needs To Raise $5 Million Or It May Lose Accreditation Noel King talks to Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, president of Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., about the possibility that the women-only and historically black college, may lose its accreditation.