As It Happens

Plus: Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Yes! A “Turkey Bomber” tells us about her Thanksgiving tradition of airdropping frozen birds to rural Alaskans. 

Also: A new study suggests that a single injection could revolutionize care for asthma and COPD sufferers; and a Newfoundland woman celebrates the Senate’s passage of an intimate partner violence bill bearing her name.

Plus: A 12 year old takes on her Colorado school district, lobbying for the return of a pandemic casualty: snow days. 

Also: A doctor tells us how he ended up starting a program to refurbish pacemakers. And why reusing those devices could improve the lives of people who can't afford them otherwise.

Plus: The “selfie bear” went viral for all the wrong reasons. But now she’s finally been released back into the wild. 

Also: Aaron David Miller on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah.

Plus: Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on what another Trump presidency means for the world — and what democracy means to her. 

Also: HarperCollins strikes a deal allowing its authors’ work to be used to train artificial intelligence; a doctor makes a pitch for CPR mannequins with breasts; and an archaeologist challenges widespread beliefs about when alphabetic writing first emerged.

Plus: An anti-monarchist weighs in on the price tag of King Charles III’s £72 million coronation.

Also: A Los Angeles school district promises to be a sanctuary for students facing the threat of deportation; and why the appearance of multiple “doomsday” fish on U.S. shores is actually good news.

Plus: “Words I never thought I’d say.” Maurizio Cattelan’s banana duct-taped to a wall fetches $6.2 million USD at auction.

Also: Police are encircling an abandoned South African gold mine, hoping to arrest an untold number of illegal miners currently inside. And their tactics have advocates worried for the Zama zamas’ safety.

Plus: A new study determines exactly where in the UK and Ireland a phoney accent is most likely to be found out.  

Also: Lloyd Axworthy helped lead the push to ban landmines. We reach him now that the US has given the go ahead for their use in Ukraine.

Plus: A Kansas man tells us why he created a page to share terrifying and potentially deadly stairwells, and what makes for a “good” death stair. 

Also: New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt on why the province is now launching a scientific inquiry into the mysterious brain disease plaguing dozens – and possibly many more – in her province. 

Plus: What’s behind the string of cheese heists bubbling up pretty much everywhere. 

Also: The Verge’s David Pierce on Bluesky’s big week.

Plus: LOL hell breaks loose. A new study suggests people who text using abbreviations are perceived as less sincere. 

Also:  Tom Forrestall’s paintings may have a realistic approach, but a friend and curator tells us the late Canadian artist wasn’t afraid of bending the rules -- including using canvases of all shapes and sizes.