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Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Kathy Emerson from Brunswick, Maine. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station WMEA in Portland.)

The pandemic drove U.S. life expectancy down again in 2021 even though life-saving vaccines were widely available.

Some of the stories we're working on this morning at Public Radio East.

More than 300 superdelegates across the country have yet to commit to either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. California has the most superdelegates, and nearly two dozen of them are uncommitted — about twice as many as any other state. One of them is Rep. Sam Farr.

Two Thanksgiving Day traditions endure — football and cranberry relish. John Feinstein reviews this year's NFL matchups, and Susan Stamberg persuades him to give an old family recipe a try.

An update, and thanks, from commentator Barbara J. King following her earlier post about her new cancer diagnosis.

A growing number of states are considering bills that would allow doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients.

The bill includes $35 billion in funding for clean energy, as well as a large drawdown on harmful refrigerants being released into the atmosphere.

It's jobs day! But the unemployment number might not be the most important thing to watch.

The president hosted members of Congress from both parties to discuss legislation on school safety and guns on Wednesday. NPR journalists have annotated a transcript of their remarks.