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The Wounded Warrior Project, a non-profit veterans organization, has fired two top executives. The shakeup follows accusations that the executives improperly spent money, and dedicated resources to expensive staff meetings. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with David Philipps, a New York Times reporter who investigated the organization.

Climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson finished their historic first free climb on El Capitan's Dawn Wall in Yosemite National Park. Melissa Block talks with the duo about their 19-day effort.

Author Anthony Horowitz loves nothing more than when a young fan asks him to sign a battered copy of a book in his Alex Rider series — young adult fiction featuring a skateboard-riding teen spy. When it comes to his favorite thriller, he recommends Ian Fleming's "Crime de la Crime" in Goldfinger.

A coalition of Asian American groups filed a federal complaint asking for an investigation into Yale, Brown and Dartmouth for alleged racially discriminatory practices in college admissions processes.

Planet Money attended the annual meeting of American economists — and the most popular topic this year was artificial intelligence.

A Pew Research Center poll finds generational differences in how American Jews view the Israel-Hamas war. Rabbi Aaron Potek tells NPR's Leila Fadel about his community's struggles.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper began notifying lawmakers which projects will be canceled in their districts. "It is a slap in the face to the members of the Armed Forces," Sen. Chuck Schumer said.

Around 150 elite ultrarunners from across the world are in Milwaukee this week to clock as many laps during a six-day period as possible, with runners expected to reach upwards of 600 miles.

This week's Jan. 6 hearing arrives amidst heightened political tensions - in terms of the other investigations around former President Donald Trump but also midterms and the economy.

The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection will launch a series of hearings Thursday. Committee members say they'll be telling the fuller story of the siege through videos and images.