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A pitch by Jared Kushner's sister to Chinese investors last weekend drew questions over whether the family company was capitalizing on connections to the White House. This weekend, they're lying low.

On this week's show, Gene Demby from NPR's Code Switch and NPR TV critic Eric Deggans join us for a conversation about the second season of Master Of None and the very silly film Snatched.

Another, larger chunk has fallen off the monolith rising over Yosemite Valley in California. One injury is reported. In yesterday's fall at the same place, one climber was killed and one injured.

A number of new storm systems come through Southern states, even as they assess damage from the recent harsh weather.

A hotel near the site of Dubai's planned New Year's Eve fireworks display broke out in flames Thursday. News reports said at least 20 stories were on fire. Dubai's media office reports 16 injuries.

Figures for October and November were revised upward, with job creation numbers over the past three months at an average of 284,000. Unemployment held steady last month at 5 percent.

This week, we look back on American Idol as it prepares to finally take its gargantuan self out to the place where old shows live happily in retirement. Plus: a new round of People We're Pulling For.

Ronald Johnson, the state's attorney Anita Alvarez found, had a gun in his hand as he ran away from police. But, Alvarez, said that doesn't mean the officer didn't feel threatened.

The crash is just the latest drone incident to interrupt a sporting event this year. As the popularity of drones has grown, governments are grappling with how to regulate them.

NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reflects on the debate over the casting of Zoe Saldana in the role of iconic jazz singer Nina Simone. Saldana wore makeup to darken her skin and look more like Simone.