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Kelly McEvers interviews entertainer Eddie Izzard. This story was originally broadcast on All Things Considered, June 20, 2017.

The new year brought more than just new resolutions. It also brought hundreds of new state laws Monday. Here are a few notables — from marijuana legalization to house calls from hair cutters.

The Bulldogs won the Rose Bowl in double overtime thanks to three long touchdown runs by Sony Michel. Meanwhile, Alabama's defensive players outscored Clemson on both sides of the ball.

Venison, a luxury meat sold in high-end stores also shows up on the winter menus of expensive restaurants. But venison from deer killed by hunters can't be sold, so much of it is given away for free.

In the last day, President Trump has tweeted about Pakistan, Israel and the Palestinians, Iran, and perhaps most provocatively — North Korea. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, about the repercussions about the president's Twitter diplomacy.

One of the newest members of the U.S. Senate is Tina Smith, a low-profile Democrat from Minnesota. The state's lieutenant governor is stepping into the seat previously occupied by Al Franken, who resigned following allegations of sexual misconduct.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Max Boot, senior fellow at Council of Foreign Relations, about his Foreign Policy column that credits learning about his white male privilege to the election of Trump.

"Only the devil knows what the president meant by that," Israeli lawmaker Avi Dichter told Israeli radio.

The storm, which meteorologists are calling a "bomb cyclone," brought bitterly cold weather to the South.

The problem could allow hackers to gain access to passwords and other sensitive data. The problem can be found in processors dating back more than two decades.