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  • 'Deep Throat' Comes Forward
    Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr comments on the news that former FBI official Mark Felt is the person known as "Deep Throat." Felt cooperated with an article in Vanity Fair magazine that names him as the famous, but previously anonymous, Watergate source. Schorr noted in 2001 that President Nixon's advisers suspected Felt.
  • Pumps to Expel Remaining New Orleans Water
    Breaches in three levees and retaining walls caused most of the flooding in New Orleans. At the 17th Street Canal, flood waters are finally under control and pumps are channeling water out of the city.
  • Fitzgerald Sets News Conference in Plame Case
    As a grand jury's term expires in the investigation of the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame, special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald schedules a 2 p.m. news conference Friday. Speculation swirls regarding potential indictments.
  • Saturday sports: Golden State claims championships; Sue Bird retires
    NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the NBA championship, WNBA legend Sue Bird's retirement and the host cities for the 2026 World Cup.
  • President Biden pitched a three-month break on the federal fuel tax to help American drivers face the highest inflation in four decades, but critics said the proposal is unlikely to work.
    Biden wants a gas tax holiday. Some economists say that's a bad idea
    Biden wants Congress to give people a break on the federal gas tax for the summer. But economists say that won't translate into big savings at the pump — and could hurt efforts to curb inflation.
  • Workers assemble Android-based tablets from imported components at the Surtab factory in the Sonapi Industrial Park of Port-au-Prince.
    A Small Tablet Company Brings High-Tech Hopes To Haiti
    A tablet computer assembled in Port-au-Prince makes the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation the latest player on the high-tech stage. Economists hope such jobs help grow Haiti's middle class.
  • Remembering Mary Ogden, lost at age 100 to COVID, with the lullaby 'Baby's Boat'
    Mary Ogden's children and granddaughter remember her through the lullaby "Baby Boat," which meant a lot to all of them. Ogden died from COVID-19 in 2020, not long after her 100th birthday.
  • Legendary American jazz pianist and singer Fats Domino.
    The Story Of Fats Domino's 'Ain't That A Shame'
    This enduring hit showcases Domino's individual talents, and the early power of New Orleans music.
  • A Saudi official stands in front of a giant Saudi oil industry picture at a hotel in the Red Sea port city of Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, ahead of a major oil summit in June 2008.
    Saudi Arabia Tries To Stall Global Emissions Limits
    Saudi Arabia's strategy on climate change has long been to deny the science. Saudis fear that reducing emissions will reduce oil exports and be catastrophic for their economy.
  • Stephen Carter On The Artful Thrill Of 'Tinker, Tailor'
    Author and law professor Stephen Carter started reading the novels of John le Carre in college and he hasn't stopped. After all these years, he says his favorite is still Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, a Cold War spy story that demonstrates le Carre's marvelous craftsmanship.
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