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A joint report by Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake found that many of those military displays you see before professional games are essentially advertisements paid for by the military.

Secretary of State John Kerry is tackling two seemingly intractable conflicts on his current diplomatic tour: the latest violence between Israelis and Palestinians, and Syria's civil war.

The Saint John Coltrane Church, a San Francisco ministry dedicated to the iconic musician, is confronting charges of unpaid rent. The congregation has been told to leave the premises this week.

In the first leg of a trip through the Mideast, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Egypt's new president, but Iraq will be a major subject discussion.

Russian state news media report explosions in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Secretary of State John Kerry says Russia could face sanctions if it doesn't help end the violence.

Months after taking over for his father as the leader of a Pentecostal church, Cody Coots was bitten this week. His father, Jamie, died of a poisonous snake bite in February.

Secretary of State Kate Brown will become the second woman to serve as Oregon's governor. She replaces fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber, who is resigning amid a criminal ethics investigation.

Seventy years ago Thursday, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. To mark the anniversary, Melissa Block and Audie Cornish read from journalist John Hershey's interviews with the city's survivors in 1946.

Sen. John McCain may be the current Republican front-runner in the presidential race, but former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee insists that the contest is far from over. Huckabee discusses his campaign, his fellow candidates and his high hopes for Super Tuesday.

Folklorist ALAN LOMAX. A new collection of six CD's will be released next month by Rounder Records featuring folk music recordings he recorded in the American South from 1959-60. It is titled "The Alan Lomax Collection: Southern Journey" In addition, A double CD set featuring folk music recordings from around the world will also be released. "The Alan Lomax Collection: Sampler." Also Rounder records next week will re-issue a 1962 collection by Lomax called "Negro Blues and Hollers. Lomax spent more than a half century recording the folk music and customs of the world. Lomax and his father, John, were the first folklorists to travel around the American south, recording songs on portable record machines. They both contributed thousands of field recordings to the Library of Congress' Archive of American Folk Song, which John Lomax founded in 1941. LOMAX won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his non-fiction book, "The Land Where the Blues Began." (Pantheon Books) 1993. His work was featured in a five part Public Television series, called "American Patchwork". The series showcased Cajun culture, Mississippi blues, Appalachian culture, and New Orleans Jazz Parades. Alan Lomax is 82 and is living in Florida. (REBROADCAST from 7/9/90).

The congressman who presided over the Nixon impeachment hearings has died. Democrat Peter Rodino was 95. Melissa Block talks with attorney John Doar about Rodino, who served 40 years in Congress and was the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate era.

Author Julia Glass fell for John Dufresne's "funny-sad novel," Love Warps the Mind a Little, despite herself.

Private equity firm Roark specializes in franchised businesses and backs two holding companies that own multiple restaurant chains that include Arby's, Jimmy John's and Cinnabon.

McKay Coppins explains the stakes of a Murdoch family feud. John Powers reviews the animated film Flow. Harvard professor Elizabeth Linos weighs in on Elon Musk's sweeping cuts to the U.S. government.

Three Ecuadorean journalists abducted by Colombian militants are dead. Ecuador's president confirmed the deaths. They were investigating increased violence along the Ecuador-Colombia border.

Love is Strange stars John Lithgow and Alfred Molina as a couple whose marriage, after 39 years together, is the start of a very complicated story.

The move by the longtime Democratic congressman from Michigan came after top House Democrats and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., had called on him to resign.

To understand venture capital and how it affects start-up businesses in Baltimore, you might want to try a baseball metaphor. It takes anywhere from $1…

The debt John McPhail's tuneful horror comedy owes to Shaun of the Dead proves too deep to clamber out of, but the songs are fun and Ella Hunt's feisty lead performance is charming.

In an effort to sell their tax plan, Republicans in both House and Senate have touted the benefits for the middle class. But a close review of the plans reveals that such claims are misleading.