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Carolyn Johnsen, of Nebraska Public Radio reports from Omaha that residents of Boys Town vote today and tomorrow on whether to change the name of the famous refuge for young people. Half of the 33,000 residents are girls. Father Flannigan started his Boys' Home in 1913, and the name was changed to Boys Town in 1926. Girls were first admitted in 1979.

In New York's Fourth Congressional District, an interesting race is shaping up for the seat currently held by freshman Republican Dan Frisa (FREE-zuh). Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband was murdered in the 1993 Long Island Railroad shooting, has decided to run against Frisa because of his position on gun control. NPR's Melissa Block reports.

Robert talks with Carolyn Lama, mother of a 4-year-old boy who has been recognized by monks as the reincarnation of a Tibetan spiritual leader who died in 1987. The boy, named Sonam Wangdu, will move from Seattle to Katmandu, Nepal on January 25th to be raised by monks. His mother will make periodic visits to Nepal but will continue to live in Seattle.

NPR's Melissa Block reports on the victory of Democrat Carolyn McCarthy, giving her a House seat from New York state. McCarthy was widowed after the Long Island Railroad shootings, and defeated incumbent Republican freshman Daniel Frisa after he voted to repeal an assault weapons ban.

Neurologist Carolyn Bernstein, co-author (with journalist Elaine McArdle) of The Migraine Brain, estimates that 30 million Americans suffer from migraines — and that most sufferers don't realize they have the condition.

Carolyn Jack of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports on a meeting today in Toronto between Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. The two leaders met to discuss ways to resolve the hostage crisis in Lima, but Fujimori's pledge never to exchange the hostages for jailed Tupac amaru guerrillas suggested the crisis was far from over.

NPR's Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg continues a month long series of conversations about giving today when she talks with advice columnist Carolyn Hax. Hax's column is called Tell Me About It: Advice for the Under 30 Crowd. Each week she offers blunt answers to romance, etiquette, and personal relationship questions.

Washington Post advice columnist Carolyn Hax shares tips on how to plan for tough holiday conversations.

Carolyn Jack reports from Toronto on the growing exodus of English-speaking people from the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec. Ever since Quebec nearly voted to break away from Canada in October 1995, Anglophones have been choosing to move to other parts of Canada. Those who leave say they can no longer tolerate living under Quebec's independence-minded government.

Royal beat reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand have written a sympathetic new book on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family.