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The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

Nobody paying attention for the past 24 months would be surprised to see Indiana — yes, Indiana — leading the way into this year's College Football Playoff.

The Biden administration plans to unveil another strategy to fight the latest COVID-19 surge driven by the delta variant, after a series of setbacks and missteps in the battle against the pandemic.

Opening statements began Monday in the trial of five members of the Oath Keepers accused of seditious conspiracy. Prosecutors say they wanted to use violence to overturn the results of the election.

The Southern Illinois Spinners & Weavers host their seventh annual festival this Saturday from 10 to 4 at Fort Massac State Park in Metropolis. The…

Commentator Elissa Ely is teaching her husband to play the piano-- his inspiration for practicing is keeping an eye on the Red Sox game. She wishes he could have the inspiration she had when she learned-- her teacher's houseful of Russian wolfhounds.

NPR's Lynn Neary talks with New York Times reporter Ben Weiser about Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to pursue the death penalty in 12 cases in New York and Connecticut, against the wishes of local federal prosecutors.

In Michigan the Catholic Church, long opposed to Dr. Jack Kevorkian's willingness to assist people with health problems to commit suicide, has established a program that seeks to offer an alternative for people wishing to end their life. Project Life even offers a hotline service to direct people to counselling. NPR's Don Gonyea reports from Detroit.

A call to a telephone "hotline" at the National Enquirer newspaper helped the Los Angeles police department to apprehend a suspect in the murder of Bill Cosby's son, Ennis. The tabloid says it was acting on the wishes of its readers in establishing the tipline and offering a $100,000 reward offer for information on the killing. NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports.

Host Liane Hansen reads from listeners' comments about the CD Wish List feature from earlier this month. Included are selections from Remi Gassmann's Music to the Ballet "Electronics", Del Close's How To Speak Hip, and Root Boy Slim & the Sex Change Band's self-titled debut.