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In an update to NPR's Taking Cover investigation, a U.S. senator asks for answers from the Marines and an Army soldier, still serving on active duty, has been denied the truth about his war wounds.

The 78th Annual Tony Awards ceremony, hosted by Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, was held Sunday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Maybe Happy Ending won best Musical and Purpose won best play.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jo Harkin about her book, "The Pretender."

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tom Hiddleston about starring in the series "The Night Manager," based on a John le Carré novel of the same name.

Sen. John Cornyn will face Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a May runoff. The winner will face James Talarico, a seminarian and state lawmaker who's emerged as a rising Democratic star.

John Lennon called keyboardist Billy Preston "the fifth Beatle." But his talents couldn't help him outrun his demons, as told in a new documentary, "Billy Preston: That's the Way God Planned It."

What happens in the brain during musical improv? Researcher Charles Limb scanned the brains of jazz musicians to find out.

2: Rock musician and producer NICK LOWE. Lowe was a main figure of the British pub-rock scene in the early 70s, then in the late 70s Lowe joined forces with Dave Edmunds to form the band "Rockpile." At the same time, Lowe was producing albums for artists such as Elvis Costello and Graham Parker. Lowe went solo in '78, and had hits with "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass," and "Cruel to be Kind." His production credits during that period included The Pretenders, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and John Hiatt. (Originally broadcast 3

Former presidential speechwriter Michael Waldman. His new book is called POTUS Speaks: Finding the Words that Defined the Clinton Presidency. (Simon and Schuster) From 1993 to 1999, Waldman was a special assistant and then chief speechwriter to Bill Clinton. During that time, he worked closely with the president to write or edit nearly two thousand speeches, including four State of the Union addresses and two inaugural addresses. Previously a public-interest lawyer and writer, Waldman is the author of Who Robbed America? A Citizen's Guide to the S&L Scandal. Since leaving the White House, he has taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

The Military Personnel subcommittee of the House National Security committee has released newly-declassified documents that show the Eisenhower administration suspected that North Korea still held hundreds of American prisoners after the war. One memo says Army Secretary Robert Stevens told President Eisenhower that the services had the names of more than 900 servicemen believed to have been in prison camps, who were unaccounted for. The subcommittee's chairman, Congressman Robert Dornan, speculates that Eisenhower did not pursue the issue for fear the dispute would lead to nuclear war. NPR's John Nielsen reports.

This star-studded, big-budget, musicalized Hollywood take on Hairspray retains the original's funky sweetness — and ramps up the subversive social-consciousness stuff. Hugely enjoyable summer fun. (Recommended)

Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell writes for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Miss., and specializes in unearthing new evidence from Civil Rights era criminal cases. His coverage has led to the convictions of four Ku Klux Klan members, starting with Byron De La Beckwith for the assassination of Medgar Evers. Recently, Edgar Ray Killen was found guilty of orchestrating the murders of Civil Rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner. Next week Mitchell will be honored with the John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Wesley Brown graduated from the Naval Academy in 1949 — the first African American to do so. Others had tried, but were forced out by racism and even violence. Brown and author Robert J. Schneller, Jr., tell John Ydstie about efforts to integrate the Academy.

American figure skater Nathan Chen won the individual gold medal that eluded him four years ago, skating to a medley of Elton John tunes.

Some political strategists believe that the nation’s most sparsely-populated places could determine who wins the White House in November. Some 55 million people live in rural towns and counties, which cover 80 percent of the landscape. It is as a dispersed but potent political force.

Last year, when Minnesota stopped paying state benefits to single, unemployed men to help them return to work, Minneapolis officials knew some of them would end up homeless as a result. But its shelters had no room, so the county opened a spartan place called a "Secure Waiting Area" to handle the new population of homeless. Now, that too, is full...and local charities are bracing for another wave, now that federal disability benefits to people addicted to drugs and alcohol ended on January 1st of this year. Minnesota Public Radio's John Biewen (BEE-wen) reports.

Deborah talks with Robert Young Pelton, the publisher of "Fielding's the World's Most Dangerous Places" (Fielding Worldwide: Redondo Beach CA, 1995). It's a travel guide to the most dangerous places in the world where tourists might want to visit. It explains what to expect, what to be careful of, and how to negotiate potentially dire circumstances; and, on top of being thorough and informative, the guide is very funny! (For more information, contact http://www.fieldingtravel.com) Deborah then talks with John McBride, a garbage collector who lives in Kidderminster, England. He's a bit of a celebrity in his community for his travels to dangerous places, like Rwanda, El Salvador, and he plans future trips to Chechnya and Zaire.

NPR's David Welna reports on the first day of the 107th Congress. Republican Dennis Hastert has returned for a second term as Speaker of the House of Representatives. The vote, with 222 for Hastert and 206 for Democratic leader Richard Gephardt, was along party lines, except for two exceptions: Democrat James Traficant of Ohio, an outspoken and controversial maverick, fulfilled his promise and voted for Hastert. Gene Taylor, a conservative Democrat from Mississippi, voted not for Gephardt but for Representative John Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat. Two other House members voted "present." Other than that, it was a day of excitement, as many members brought their children onto the House floor.

Rev. Al Sharpton energizes the audience at the 2004 Democratic Convention with his response to questions asked of African-American voters by President Bush at last week's National Urban League convention.