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Communist North Korea has reached out to the capitalist world in recent months by lifting price controls and allowing salaries to soar. The government now plans a free-trade zone along the Chinese border. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

In an Instagram video, college football and basketball reporter Allison Williams said, "I cannot put a paycheck over principle." She cited medical reasons for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

An Iranian man discovers that he can't bank on the benefits of a sorcerer's magic spells.

Federal authorities transfer custody of Washington, D.C.-area sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo to Virginia. The two will face trial separately in state court in two different counties. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is completing his first year in office as the city rebounds from the Sept. 11 attacks, copes with a slumbering economy and confronts a proposal to ban smoking in restaurants and bars. The mayor speaks with NPR's Bob Edwards.

Catholic bishops are gathering in Washington, D.C., to vote on a policy on priests who sexually abuse children. The latest draft includes revisions by the Vatican. Survivors of abuse say the revisions will make it harder for the bishops to fight abuse. Commentator Hugh Burns, a Catholic priest, says bishops who assigned pedophilic priests to their parishes should be held just as responsible for sexual abuse as the priests themselves.

The much-publicized debate over a push to admit women to Georgia's Augusta National Golf Club -- the all-male home of the fabled Masters tournament -- shows no signs of fading away. Joshua Levs reports.

An international public opinion poll shows a dramatic lack in trust of democratic institutions and international companies. The first Voice of the People survey, which polled 36,000 people in 47 countries, also finds a lack of trust in trade unions and media organizations. Hear Doug Miller, who helped design the poll.

The University of Michigan has levied a post-season ban on its men's basketball program for 2003. This action comes after the university acknowledged payoffs by a major booster to star players in the 1990s. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

Three candidates emerge to replace Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO) as House minority leader. Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) joins congressional veterans Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). NPR's Bob Edwards discusses Democratic leadership with professor Jack Pitney of California's Claremont McKenna College.