A small town in Germany turns its town hall into the 'world's largest' advent calendar each December. It started as a way to boost businesses in the winter, but it's grown to mean much more.

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Noah Bookbinder of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington tells NPR's Ari Shapiro that President elect Trump is set to enter office with several major conflicts of interest.

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While many Americans are away from their computers, celebrating Thanksgiving, cybercriminals are lying in wait to prey on holiday anxieties. Consumers and companies alike are potential targets. NPR's ...

Thanksgiving comes only once a year. But for the artists and engineers who create the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks author and CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter about President-elect Trump's relationship with Fox News, which has served as a platform for many of his nominees.

In the bleary predawn hours, it's hard to tell Mall of America from any other high-end shopping center. Workers wield mops, hammers and forklifts. Under dim lights, Cinnabon bakers stretch and roll ...