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A flood protection authority is suing to try to hold the oil and gas industries responsible for Louisiana's land crisis. But policymakers are trying to stop the lawsuit, saying it's bad for business.

The composer, who was born in 1908 and won two Pulitzer Prizes for music that could be challenging and adventurously modern, died in New York.

A review by Gordon Bolar

Some Cleveland residents are calling for a federal investigation following a lengthy car chase that ended badly. Police fired more than 100 rounds at a stopped car, killing the driver and passenger. Some in the community are troubled by what they say are racial overtones in the case.

The International African American Museum opens Tuesday in Charleston, S.C. It's built on the site of Gadsden's Wharf, where enslaved Africans entered the country.

It's not just schools that are banning cellphones. Some bars and restaurants are joining the offline trend.

Host Scott Simon talks with Lee Dassler, Director of the McLaughlin Garden in South Paris, Maine. Friends of the Garden misplaced their clothes to be photographed in the nude for a 2003 calendar titled "Altogether for the Garden." Proceeds from the calendar sales are paying down the Garden's debt.

Gautam Adani's fortune lies somewhere between $147 billion and $152 billion, according to lists maintained by Forbes and Bloomberg.

The Atlanta-based MC came through with the flu and coolly earned our praise. How sick is that?

The New York Times calls Stephen Sondheim the "greatest and perhaps best-known artist in American musical theater." Sondheim composed the music and lyrics for, among others, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and Company. In 2010 he joined Fresh Air to discuss his career in musical theater.