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There's a new probe on Mars. After Monday's tricky landing, NASA's InSight spacecraft is to deploy a sensitive seismometer and temperature probe to let scientists explore the planet's interior.

A Christmas Eve Powerball drawing could add new meaning to holiday cheer as millions of players hope to cash in on the $1.7 billion prize.

"The reality is, she's over there because of a gender issue ― pay inequity," the head of the WNBA's players union said this week about the basketball star who's been detained in Russia since February.

NPR film critic Bob Mondello notes that this year's most popular movies are surprisingly womancentric. That's more than at any other time in at least three decades.

Daniel Zwerdling is a correspondent in NPR's Investigations Unit.

Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is an award-winning broadcaster from Ghana and is NPR's Africa Correspondent. She describes herself as a "jobbing journalist"—who's often on the hoof, reporting from somewhere.

KNBA's Top Stories: Test scores for Alaska students remain flat. An attempt to pass a car on the Sterling Highway turns tragic. A Wasilla man is arrested on animal cruelty charges involving dead animals found at his home. A Juneau mine finds more gold.

KNBA's Top Stories: Iditarod mushers are in the first leg of the race. Among a field of 37 mushers, five are Indigenous mushers. And two of those are former champions. Also, the Trump administration attempts to restore state authority over hunting and trapping on federal park preserves in Alaska.

KNBA Top Stories: U.S. Interior Secretary makes a stop in Anchorage en route to Asia. Team Alaska continues to dominate the Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse. And leaders in the Iditarod have now reached the halfway point in the race, while Jody Potts-Joseph finds plenty of action at the back of the pack.

Last year's most popular dog is still top, and the happiest nation is still the most contented. March is still madness and shutdowns still loom.