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Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben on their new novel, 'Gone Before Goodbye'

By Mary Louise Kelly,

Elena Burnett, Sarah Handel

Published December 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM EST

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben about their thriller, Gone Before Goodbye.

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New Orleans on alert as it marks one year since the New Year's Day attack

Drew Hawkins, Mary Louise Kelly

Extra security will be in place tonight in New Orleans as the city marks the anniversary of last year's New Year's Day attack. Drew Hawkins of the Gulf States Newsroom reports.
Progress for women movie directors stalled in 2025

Neda Ulaby

Only 8% of directors with movies in theaters in 2025 were women. That news comes from an annual study from USC Annenberg. It reveals a reversal of trends that were not great to begin with; in 2020, the best year for women directors on record, only 15% of movie directors were women.
Non-U.S. citizens will have to pay $100 surcharge to enter some national parks

Rachel Cohen

Starting Jan. 1, non-U.S. citizens will have to pay an additional $100 each to enter 11 of America's most popular national parks.
In a rare formal complaint, a federal judge is accused of bullying law clerks

Carrie Johnson, Mary Louise Kelly

A nonprofit group has filed a complaint alleging a federal judge has been bullying her law clerks. It's a flashpoint in the debate over whether the judiciary can police itself.
This new year celebration in Mumbai is just one of many in India

Diaa Hadid

In Mumbai, some celebrate New Year's Eve with an effigy of the old year. It's just one of many New Years celebrated in India.