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Also: Israel hits targets in Lebanon; San Diego's mayor is expected to resign; and after a wild start, there's been a clampdown at a high-profile corruption trial in China.

Also: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is re-elected to a fourth term; the latest nor'easter leaves heavy snow in New England; and it's "Pi Day".

As 2025 winds down, we've been looking at the year's most important stories in areas ranging from politics to art and culture to science.

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.

Charles Donohoe, the leader of a North Carolina Proud Boys chapter, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to cooperate with the federal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

The Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., where 10 people were killed in a racist mass shooting in May, reopened on Friday to mixed reactions in the community.

The Waystar Royco team travels to L.A., where Kendall pitches eternal life (kind of), Shiv reconnects with the most unlikely of men, and Roman can't stop firing women.

Prosecutors filed federal corruption charges against two former officials in the administration of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello. Some are saying Rossello should resign.

After California Democrats voted for a plan to gerrymander congressional districts, a top Republican is proposing to split the state in two. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Assemblyman James Gallagher.

In the animated world, just about anything goes: Toys talk, mice are chefs, and pandas do kung fu. In animation, the sky's the limit. In this encore broadcast, we learn about the hundreds of people working on big studio features who spend their days figuring out how to manufacture this silliness from the ground up. (This story originally aired on All Things Considered on Nov. 27, 2013.)