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  • The Department of Veterans Affairs is re-evaluating some of the people it dropped from its caregiver program following an NPR report. We have an update on what's changed and what's next.
  • Greg Lukianoff heads the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which advocates free speech. He tells Steve Inskeep that freedom of speech on college campuses has been attacked recently.
  • A Massachusetts man representing himself in court is accused of robbing a convenience store. His defense is that he's a clown and was joking around. The judge denied his request to juggle in court.
  • As the Defense Department continues to identify the remains of servicemen lost in foreign wars, Hattie Johnson informs the families who have been waiting decades for information.
  • President Trump's first foreign trip wasn't enough to get away from scandals involving Russia. Reports say Jared Kushner tried to set up a back channel of communications.
  • For people in prison, rules limiting access to technology make seeing video of their kids' first steps difficult. But a Colorado woman is using a 19th century solution for this 21st century problem.
  • Advertising jingle writer Steve Karmen wrote a number of famous jingles, including Budweiser Beer's, "When You Say Bud," the New York State song, "I Love New York", the Exxon Song and Wrigley Spearmint Gum's, "Carry The Big Fresh Flavor." This story originally aired on Dec. 13, 2016, on All Things Considered.
  • Michigan ranks fifth in the nation for bank branch offices closing. EMU and CMU plan job cuts to address budget shortfalls. Legislation in the U.S. Senate…
  • The Hall of Fame sportswriter was public radio's scholar of sports for some 37 years before hanging up his cleats earlier this year. Deford died Sunday at the age of 78 at his home in Key West, Fla.
  • When a House panel approved the Financial Choice Act, it helped Trump advance repealing Dodd-Frank. David Greene talks to David Wessel, director of the Brookings Institution's Hutchins Center.
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