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Chief Justice John Roberts trotted out an obscure term during impeachment proceedings yesterday; here's what it means.

The man in the video says he is John Cantlie, a British journalist and hostage. He asks why his government has abandoned him. NPR hasn't independently verified the video's authenticity.

"There has been enough rain across Texas during May to cover the entire state nearly 8 inches deep," says the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.

My hometown is grieving; grieving the loss of four talented journalists and a young sales person who worked for a paper that styles itself "your hometown…

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is pushing to rename the Russell Senate Office Building after Sen. John McCain, but Sen. McConnell wants to set up a "gang" to look at other ideas.

In one of the biggest health care mergers ever, Pfizer says it has clinched a deal to buy Allergan for over $150 billion. Pfizer says it plans to move its headquarters to Dublin to avoid U.S. taxes.

After scandal plagued Republican rival Sen. David Vitter and supporters crossed party lines, Democrat John Bel Edwards has emerged as the winner of Louisiana's bitter governor's race.

Rep. Paul Ryan remains quiet about whether he'll enter the speaker's race to succeed John Boehner, but a growing number of lawmakers say they're interested in the job.

Let’s just say that as the Ravens return from their week off, coach John Harbaugh has his hands full on all fronts.

Also: John Freeman on interviewing novelists; The Washington Times ends Rand Paul's column; the state of British publishing.

Also: Novelist Kamila Shamsie writes about the process of becoming a British citizen; Lena Dunham to write for Archie Comics; John le Carré on government surveillance.

According to new numbers, the U.S. economy continued to add jobs at a steady pace in July. Employers added 209,000 jobs to their payrolls.

The Justice Department has indicted FedEx for shipping prescription drugs from illegal online pharmacies. FedEx had been warned, and now faces up to $1.6 billion in fines if found guilty.

Also: Amazon has removed the "Buy" buttons from a number of Hachette titles; Hassan Blasim's short story collection The Iraqi Christhas won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

Three dominating pitchers and one resilient fan favorite are heading to Cooperstown, as Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio were named to Baseball's Hall of Fame Tuesday.

The Islamist group has established a new franchise in a country with 176 million Muslims. But al-Qaida could find it hard to recruit in India, according to many analysts.

At issue was whether discarding fish after a raid for undersized red grouper violated the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The justices said the law, passed in the wake of the Enron scandal, didn't apply to fish.

It was an erratic day on Wall Street Monday. But outside the New York Stock Exchange in Lower Manhattan, traders and tourists alike were taking the ups and downs in stride.

Actor AL PACINO. He's starring in "Donnie Brasco" with Johnny Depp. Before that Pacino directed, produced and starred in the experimental film "Richard the Third" that goes behind the scenes of a production of Shakespeare's Richard the Third. PACINO is best known for his roles in the Godfather films, "Serpico" and "Dog Day Afternoon." (REBROADCAST from 10/24/96)Critic MILO MILES on experimental accoustic guitarist Jon Fahey. His latest album is "City of Refuge." (Tim/Kerr records). Also mentioned in the review is the group Gastr Del Sol's "Upgrade and Afterlife" (Drag City Label) in which they perform a Fahey song. We remember jazz drummer TONY WILLIAMS who died Sunday at the age of 51. He had a heart attack. As a teen prodigy WILLIAMS played with the Miles Davis Quintet, and later drummed with Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane. (REBROADCAST from 5/25/90)12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of Fresh Air. . .the FBI agent who infiltrated the mob. . .JOE PISTONE. . .The new movie "Donnie Brasco" is his story. It stars Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. . . Film critic JOHN POWERS will review the film, and we also hear from AL PACINO. And we remember jazz drummer TONY WILLIAMS who died Sunday at the age of 51. That and more coming up on today's Fresh Air.

Theodore John Conrad made off with $215,000 — or around $1.7 million in 2021 dollars — when he robbed the bank where he worked as a teller in 1969, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.