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Pan Pan, who died this week at the age of 31, was known as the "panda grandpa": He has some 130 descendants worldwide, accounting for a quarter of the world's captive giant pandas.

In a rare break in relations between the U.S. and Great Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May was reportedly critical of John Kerry's speech that condemned Israeli settlements in the West Bank.

Once again, President-elect Donald Trump is praising the Russian president as a stronger and more strategic leader than Barack Obama.

The judge temporarily blocked a law removing the State Board of Elections from the governor's control. The Republican-controlled Legislature's action was called a "power grab" by Democrats.

Donations appear to be up substantially in 2016, partly due to the improving economy. But also some donors expect tax rates, and therefore the value of charitable deductions, to go down under Trump.

Ex-workers who resisted pressure to push banking products on customers who didn't want them say Wells Fargo retaliated against them by docking their permanent record, sabotaging future job prospects.

The White House announced Thursday that it would close down the two mansions, in Maryland and in New York. Steve Hall, a retired CIA Russian operations officer, says use of the estates — also referred to as dachas, or "country homes" — dates back to the Cold War.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to cybersecurity expert Robert Knake on what tools the U.S. has to retaliate against Russia in cyberspace.

The Jewish community in Whitefish, Mont., has become the target of online harassment by neo-Nazis. During this Hanukkah, the people of Whitefish are fighting anti-Semitism with menorah displays.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Steve Clemons, editor at large for The Atlantic, about Russia's role in Syrian fighting and the latest attempt at a cease-fire.