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The FBI is combing through the life of the man they say opened fire in an Orlando nightclub. President Obama characterized him as "an angry, disturbed, unstable young man who became radicalized."

Despite pro football's sky-high profits, taxpayers subsidize the industry with $1 billion each year. In The King of Sports, Gregg Easterbrook argues for some serious reforms, including incentives for college graduation rates and a new approach to youth football leagues.

Police in Orlando, Fla., held a news conference to let people know more about what happened during Sunday's nightclub shooting. Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Carrie Johnson, who has new information.

Religion scholar Bart Ehrman says that the early spread of Christianity transformed the entire history of the West — for better or worse. His new book is The Triumph Of Christianity.

DefCon Kids grew out of the largest, most important gathering of computer hackers on the planet. This camp encourages kids to take a hard, skeptical look at the machines that surround them, and teaches them to hack apart everything they can lay their hands on.

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan and House Oversight Chairman James Comer argue President Biden and his family members engaged in influence peddling.

Dani Shapiro found out through a genealogy website that the man who raised her was not her biological father. NPR's Melissa Block talks with Shapiro about her book.

More than 2,000 newspapers have shut down in recent years, and some regions have become news deserts. Washington Postcolumnist Margaret Sullivan says the collapse of local news undermines democracy.

Bruce Feiler speaks about his new book, "The First Love Story," and how the story of Adam and Eve is still important to relationships between men and women today.

Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Greg Miller reflects on his experience investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russia — and what it's like to hear President Trump's comments on his stories.