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Reigning world champion Alysa Liu is Team USA's best shot for an Olympic medal in the figure skating final Thursday night.

Data centers used to fuel AI are popping up all over the U.S., and they're becoming a midterm issue for voters that's now drawing White House attention.

Lawmakers are pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about the growing cost of the war against Iran and the administration's plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

We look ahead to Sunday night's Academy Awards and talk about all the buzz over the nominees.

The women's division 1 basketball champion will be crowned tonight in Tampa, Fla. The final is sure to be a great one. The men's final is Monday night in San Antonio as two #1 seeds tangle for the title.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz challenges listeners to puzzles and word ames. This week, Will joins us by phone from Stamford, Connecticut where he's residing at the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. 6:59 This week's on-air player lives in Concord, California and listens to K-Q-E-D, an Franc

Actor JASON ALEXANDER. He's best known as George Constanza on the NBC series "Seinfeld", where he plays Jerry Seinfeld's best friend. Alexander won a Tony Award in 1989 for his performance in "Jerome Robbin's Broadway." (REBROADCAST FROM 6/

NPR's Phillip Davis reports on the $8-billion project to restore Everglades National Park. The effort in Florida will be the largest environmental restoration project in the nation's history, but there are serious questions about whether it can work. (6:00)

Beth Fertig of member station WNYC reports on an investigation by New York City and by the state that shows how the case of abused-to-death 6 year old Elisa was bungled...and how other cases have also slipped through the social welfare cracks.

Bobby Hill reviews Casandra Wilson's current cd New Moon Daughter. It is a collection of songs by contemporary songwriters done with a hushed dirgeful voice. (6:30) THE CD IS CALLED NEW MOON DAUGHTER BY CASANDRA WILSON ON BLUENOTE RECORDS. (IN S

Noah and Linda read from listeners' comments. To contact All Things Considered, the address is All Things Considered Letters, 6-3-5 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington D-C, 20001. To contact the program via e-mail, the address is ATC at NPR dot ORG.

Robert talks with Mark Johnson-Williams, one of the designers of the Tickle Me Elmo toy. Johnson-Williams tells how the FBI investigated him for 6 months as one of the UNABOMBER suspects.

Robert Siegel talks with E.J. Dionne, a columnist for The Washington Post and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and with David Brooks, senior editor at The Weekly Standard. They discuss the highlights of last night's election results. (6:00)

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg reports on the newest endeavor by artist James Turrell -- an exhibit featuring drawings and videos of his study of light in an extinct volcano. Check out the Roden Crater. (6:52

John talks with NPR's Ketzel Levine about plants that do well in offices. While many plants will shrivel under fluorescent light, plants that are suited to irregular care and indirect light can thrive. Listeners can follow along on Ketzel's web site, Talking Plants. (6:30)

Host Madeleine Brand talks with the Tucson-based band Calexico, who try to capture the spirit of their region in music - a soundtrack to the Southwest. (6:30) {Calexico, Even My Sure Things Fall Through. Quarterstick Records, Chicago, IL: 1998-2001}.

Robert reads from listeners' letters. Topics include moving to small towns and last week's blue moon. Letters should be addressed to LETTERS - All Things Considered. 6-3-5 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington D-C 20001. Or by E-Mail ATC@NPR.ORG. (5:00) (***STER

Nick Spitzer reviews the latest CD from Johnny Cash. It's called "Unchained" and features Cash at his most rocking ever. (STATIONS: "Unchained" is on the American Recordings label, catalog number 9-43097-2) (6:00) ((ST

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on a congressional race in Alabama pitting a longtime Democratic state senator against a Republican businessman who's never held elected office. (6:00) [outcue: "... affecting the balance of power in the House next year. I'm Peter Kenyon reporting."

After a year when NASDAQ tech stocks finished off nearly 40 percent and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 6.2 percent, economic advisor Owen Ullman looks ahead.