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With some holiday spirit and over 100 volunteers, the White House has been decorated in the theme of "gifts from the heart." The theme honors front-line workers, first responders and the military.

Dr. Marc Boom, the president and CEO of Houston Methodist Hospital, says "the time is now" for people to change their behavior to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

The U.S. government plans to warn women who are pregnant, nursing or even planning to be pregnant to limit their intake of tuna. The Food and Drug Administration's new recommendation is part of a broader advisory concerning the dangers of fish containing elevated levels of mercury. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports.

Baseball has a language all its own. To see it in action, just go to the ballpark, stop watching the ball and start looking for the hand signals flashing between players and the coaches. NPR's Melissa Block talks heads to the ballpark with author Paul Dickson for a look at the sport's hidden language.

John Hodgman, master raconteur, will expand your spiritual horizons, with his compendium of lesser-known geists and ghosts. Then the Cabinet doors open wider with great music, comedy, and a true travel tale... worthy of a bad road-trip movie.

A Charlie Brown Christmas is all about the true meaning of Christmas, which is not the acquisition of things. It is also now a new thing.

Starting Dec. 16, the U.S. military has been broadcasting "information radio" to the people of Iraq, from a special-equipped transport plane outside Iraqi air space. Scott Simon discusses the messages -- similar to those transmitted to Afghanistan in Fall 2001 -- with Mike Linstead of BBC Monitoring, which intercepted the broadcasts.

Tuesday means new music releases, which in turn means that it's time for a look at albums from Jay-Z, Tokyo Police Club and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Plus, Paste magazine tries the Radiohead model.

Excess is a key element of Thanksgiving for many people. While you prepare to heap the tables high with food, consider these tips to make the holiday a little gentler on the environment.

Congress and the president were poised to resolve their monthslong dispute over funding for the war in Iraq after the House passed a $516 billion omnibus spending measure to fund 14 Cabinet agencies and troops in Afghanistan.