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The most popular global TikToks of the year are a mix of the over-the-top, the weird and the wonderful. Here's a closer look at five favorites.

U.S. employers added 638,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate dipped to 6.9%. A winter spike in coronavirus infections threatens to further weaken job growth.

House Democrats are ramping up their probes into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. They're also issuing new findings of a pressure campaign by former President Trump to overturn election results.

As the Jan. 6 committee wraps up its hearings, a recent NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found a majority of Americans believe democracy is at risk and want members of Congress to compromise.

People convicted for their role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol are celebrating Donald Trump's election win and hoping Trump fulfills his promise to issue pardons to the rioters.

Chairman Bennie Thompson's letter to Jordan asks for information and an interview to discuss his conversations with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6.

A judge has sentenced the former Trump political adviser to four months incarceration and a $6,500 fine for criminal contempt of Congress.

The Jan. 6 committee's presentation Thursday night put the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys at the center of its narrative.

Liberal activists across the country held events to watch the first Jan. 6 hearing Thursday night, including one in Philadelphia.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren of California about a new court filing from the House Jan. 6 committee.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., about his role on the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A commission on Abu Ghraib prison abuses, headed by former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, finds fault throughout the chain of military command and in Washington. Top leaders are criticized for failing to provide adequate resources to the prison. Hear Schlesinger and NPR's Robert Siegel.

Pakistan's Supreme Court has reinstated Pakistan's top judge, ruling that his suspension by Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the nation's president and military ruler, was "illegal." Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry's March suspension sparked protests by lawyers and opposition parties.

A car bombing near the presidential palace in Beirut on Wednesday killed a top Lebanese army officer. The victim was widely expected to succeed army Chief of Staff Michel Suleiman, who has emerged as the consensus candidate for president after months of political deadlock.

The U.S.'s top film schools are prioritizing a diverse student body. The demand for better representation on screen and behind the camera requires a talent pipeline from film schools.

The administration has cleared out the State Department's top echelons. Congress is noticing the vacuum. So are other countries: Mexico's visiting foreign secretary went straight to the White House.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with President Biden's top economic adviser, Jared Bernstein, about the state of inflation in the United States according to Thursday's Consumer Price Index report.

The Labor Department issued a glowing jobs report Friday. Despite low unemployment and the strongest wage growth in nearly a decade, the economy has not been a top campaign focus for the president.

The Atlantic Coast Conference decided to pull many post-season tournaments out of North Carolina this season due to a controversial state law. This move follows the NCAA decision to remove college championship games out of the state.

There's indie rock. And then there's indie rock in horn-rimmed glasses. The Texans at KUT pick out the top 10 "smart rock" albums of 2008, headlined by the new efforts of a few brainy Austin acts.