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The board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is set to consider a new inquiry into the activities of its former chairman, Kenneth Tomlinson.

Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader, calls on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to resign after she was placed under house arrest for a second time. She had threatened to lead a motorcade from Lahore to the capital Islamabad to protest emergency rule.

Lawyers have accomplished a lot in Trump's first few months, overturning travel bans and fighting for free speech. But how are the lawyers themselves dealing with this new level of intensity?

Private security contractors such as Blackwater USA are under scrutiny for their role in Iraq. The State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security lacks the manpower to protect its officials so it relies on contractors. Contractors operating in Iraq are immune from prosecution.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Deb Perelman, creator of Smitten Kitchen, who answers questions about cooking during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his book Under the Banner of Heaven, author Jon Krakauer examined the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and of fundamentalist splinter groups, who are not Mormons and who broke off from the church after it abandoned the practice of plural marriages. The book excerpt below looks at the history of the polygamous community in Colorado City, Ariz.

Since swans have enjoyed royal protection for more than 800 years, there's not a lot locals can do. Some villagers are fending off the swans with hoses, according to Metro UK.

An offensive in Afghanistan targets fighters loyal to the ousted Taliban regime. A U.S.-led coalition hits two camps in southern Afghanistan hard. Financial Times correspondent Rachel Moragee sets the scene for John Ydstie.

A guy walks into a bank. Goes up to the window. Swipes his debit card so the teller has his info. Authorities say he then robbed the place. Police had his name and address and arrested him.

In Britain, investigators are saying the three explosions on the London Underground occurred within seconds of each other. Police say they are pursuing a number of leads and several names have already surfaced as possible suspects.