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The girl named Victoria wrote a letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and explained that she's trying to acquire telekinetic powers to become a dragon trainer. She included a $5 New Zealand note.

At a Congressional hearing today, FBI general counsel Howard Shapiro denied allegations about Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in the hiring of Craig Livingstone by the White House. Livingstone resigned his position this summer after it was revealed that his office had improperly acquired the FBI files of hundreds of former White House employees. Shapiro said the FBI had not acted improperly by notifying the White House that a former FBI agent had notes of a conversation in which then-White House counsel Bernard Nussbaum allegedly said Mrs. Clinton had asked that Livingstone be hired. Shapiro also defended the FBI's questioning of the former agents about the notes.

Noah talks to Jon Harris, a spokesman for PepsiCo Incorporated. A business student is suing Pepsi after the corporate giant refused to exchange a Harrier jet-fighter for "Pepsi Points," a promotion engineered by PepsiCo to encourage people to drink their sodas. The business student says that Pepsi is guilty of fraud and breach of contract for not honoring the points-for-jet deal, since a recent Pepsi commercial said that the fighter could be acquired for seven million Pepsi points. The company has been offering Pepsi paraphernalia in exchange for these "points," which can be bought from Pepsi for ten cents apiece, or earned by buying Pepsi products. Pepsi says that the appearance of the Harrier jet was simply a joke and should not have been taken seriously.

Journalist Christopher Kremmer spent 10 years reporting from South and Central Asia, where he developed a love for the carpets made in the region. His new book, The Carpet Wars, celebrates the time he spent with the local carpet merchants and the many souvenirs he acquired. Kremmer and Steve talk about the history and culture behind the area's second largest industry. (Carpet Wars is published by Ecco Press; ISBN: 0060097329.)(8:32)

AT&T announces plans to acquire Atlanta-based BellSouth in a deal worth about $67 billion. The move would dramatically expand AT&T, which already has more customers than any other U.S. telecommunications company.

Acquiring debt and buying on credit has been the American way since the 1920s. Financial advisor Tammy Lally describes the toll that consumerism and money-shame had on her family in the early 2000s.

In texts released by House Democrats, a career diplomat worries that Washington is tying military aid and a White House visit for the president of Ukraine to an investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden.

The website Just Security made a detailed timeline of events leading up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. False claims, conspiracy theories and calls to violence go back almost a year.

Rates saw the biggest one-week drop in a year, spurring a spike in new purchase and refinance applications.

The average home loan rate has dropped below 6% for the first time since 2022. Will that help thaw the frozen housing market?

Preliminary data released by the University of Miami revealed Black student enrollment fell from 9% to 5% for the Class of 2028. This is the first class impacted by the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned affirmative action, preventing a race-conscious admission process.

Some of the nominations were expected — The Bear earned 23 nominations and Shogun received 25 nods. But the Television Academy still had a few surprises up its sleeve.

Three NPR correspondents look at how the Israel-Hamas war is reshaping the region, and what might come next.

The R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. has been hit with a $23.6 billion ruling from a lawsuit brought by a chain smoker's widow.

Dias Kadyrbayev went to college with Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for getting rid of a computer and fireworks in Tsarnaev's room.

Ethan Dean spent a day riding in a garbage truck and wearing a hard-hat at an event in Sacramento, Calif., organized by the Make-a-Wish Foundation and local groups. Ethan has cystic fibrosis.

Russian forces continue to bombard Ukraine. The Jan. 6 House panel recommends two Trump White House officials be held in contempt of Congress. And a recap of the Academy Awards ceremony.

The killing sparked violent protests in Jerusalem and Arab Israeli towns throughout Israel — raising fears of another Palestinian uprising. Officials say the autopsy shows the boy was burned alive.

The federal government is planning a massive system of floodwalls, pumps and surge barriers for Miami. But it doesn't address the more frequently felt threat from rising sea levels.

A COVID-19 booster study suggests Moderna or Pfizer works best. A House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol attack issues more subpoenas. The Biden administration aims to break up shipping logjams.