Former White House adviser Karen Hughes is appointed as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, where she will be charged with remaking the United States' image abroad.
Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR News programs, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Despite federal policy shifts and funding freezes, immigrant and refugee entrepreneurs in northwest Arkansas continue building businesses with support from Canopy Northwest Arkansas.
Horror author Brad Carter will read from his novelization of the 1984 Italian cult film Rats: Night of Terror during a screening at the Fayetteville Public Library on Jan. 17 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.