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The top news stories, and a look at some potential wintry weather for December 1, 2025.

Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr spoke out on behalf of Saudi Shia demonstrating against government discrimination in 2011 and 2012. Protesters promise more unrest if Nimr is killed.

Top stories for December 4th, including Democrats and medical leave, A pause on finding the next UVA president, new climate research, and a new military factory in Roanoke. Nicholas Yee subs in for Jeff Bossert.

NPR staff share recommendations for non-fiction reading from our Books We Love list: "The War of Art," "Shattered Lands," "Toni at Random" and "Patchwork."

Jealousy. Power struggles. Political infighting. This week's shake-up of Putin's top commanders in charge of Russia's invasion in Ukraine have it all, according to some security experts.

New York City's population is at an all-time high, with an estimated 8,336,697 people living in the city, according to the most recent U.S. Census Data. "For the first time since before 1950, more people are coming to New York City than leaving," said Mayor Bloomberg.

An updated death toll in what Somalis have described as their 9/11 has risen.

Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.

Young adult literature has never been so psychologically probing or artistically ambitious as it is today. Marissa Meyer's favorite novels beguile, thrill and, above all, transport younger readers to a Shakespearean magical theater, futuristic Chicago and a netherworld of ghost hunters.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called top military officials from around the world to a meeting in Virginia next week. The reason for this unusual gathering isn't known.