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We remember Holocaust hero Marion Pritchard who died this month at the age of 96. She saved more than 100 Jews, many of them children, in her native Holland. Her son Ivor Pritchard shares stories.

There's a church right next to the Christmas Market attacked in Berlin last week. Yesterday, the Pastor there delivered his Christmas sermon.

Twenty-five years ago, the USSR collapsed. Despite the horrors of Soviet repression, a majority of Russians regret the collapse, and look to Vladimir Putin to restore the pride of their lost superpower.

Pope Francis offered a message of peace on Sunday to the crowds gathered in St. Peter's Square in his annual Christmas blessing. He called for peace in Syria and other countries "scarred by war."

Santa was easy to recognize, at least from the waist up. He was wearing his normal red outfit. But Santa was wearing a kilt and riding a unicycle in Portland, Ore. He was playing bagpipes too.

In Nebraska alone, there are 11 counties without a lawyer — leaving those seeking legal help in the lurch. Efforts are underway to recruit law students to come back home.

Officials in Russia say they do not consider terrorism to be a likely cause of the crash on Sunday morning. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff; all 92 people on board are believed to have died.

It has been a violent year in Chicago, and Christmas weekend offered no respite. "We have a traumatized city," one woman who works with victims' families tells NPR.

Critic John Powers discusses the Italian documentary, Fire at Sea, and the novel, These Are the Names. The works take very different — but nonetheless poignant — approaches to the refugee situation.

Every year, the town of Gavle, Sweden, builds a giant Christmas goat. And every year, people try to bring it down. This time around, despite a guard, the Gavlebocken didn't even last for 24 hours.