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A judge threw out a suit against Fox News by a former Trump supporter who said he got death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Investigators say the Deputy City Manager for North Miami Beach, uploaded 31 images and videos of child sexual abuse and attempted to purchase 6,000 more off of social media.

When he was 6 years old, Tom Sinclair wandered away from his family's campsite on Lake Superior and got lost. At dawn, he heard a voice that has shaped his life ever since.

While job growth appears to have been slightly less than expected in March, the growth in February was revised upward. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is unchanged at 6.7 percent.

NPR's Asma Khalid talks to former federal prosecutor Brian Jacobs about reports the Justice Department is looking at former President Trump's actions as part of its Jan. 6 criminal probe.

The 1887 law governs the process of counting Electoral College votes and came under fresh scrutiny following attempts to invalidate the presidential election results on Jan. 6, 2021.

A legal fight has erupted over a Washington D.C. police officer who was communicating with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio before the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.

Atlantic journalist Bart Gellman says the Republican party is increasingly unwilling to accept defeat and, in fact, is "prepared to win by sacrificing the essential elements of democracy."

Filmmaker, DEBORAH HOFFMAN. She produced, directed and wrote the Oscar-nominated documentary, "Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter." In the documentary, which airs on PBS's "Point Of View" series June 6, HOFFMAN tells how she copes with her mother, Doris, now 87, who began suffering memory lapses in the early 1980s and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in 1991.

3: Actor BILL PULLMAN. He taught drama at the University of Montana, where he rose to department head at age 27. PULLMAN later made his acting debut in "Ruthless People." In 1995 he was featured in the films, "Casper," "While You Were Sleeping," and "The Last Seduction." He's now starring in "Mr. Wrong." (REBROADCAST from 6

San Francisco based Wells Fargo won its three-month effort to takeover another California based bank today. First Interstate agreed to be acquired in a stock transaction valued at $11.6 billion. If the deal is approved by regulators it will be the largest merger in U.S. banking history. The deal is expected to eliminate as many as 7,000 jobs, half of them in the Los Angeles area, as hundreds of First Intersate branches are closed.

THE PEACE CORPS TURNED 35 YESTERDAY. WE HEAR A READING FROM A FORMER PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ABOUT HER YEARS OF SERVICE IN COLOMBIA IN THE '60'S. 6:45 (to order a copy of "At Home In The World: The Peace Corps Story --- here's the Peace Corps 800 number 1-800-424-8580, then pr

John Irving's immense 1985 novel, "The Ciderhouse Rules," has become an equally immense play. It's being presented in two parts by Seattle Repertory Theatre. Part One, premiering tonight (Wed. 3/6) in Seattle, runs almost four hours. It requires seventeen actors playing multiple roles and two directors. One of them is noted actor Tom Hulce.

Whit Stillman is the writer, director and producer of the film The Last Days of Disco which portrayed the disco scene in New York in late 1970's to the early 1980's. Stillman also wrote and directed the films Metropolitan and Barcelona. His new book is a novel which follows the action of his disco film, The Last Days of Disco with Cocktails at Petrossian Afterwards (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). (REBROADCAST from 6

Director and Actor Ron Howard. As a child he played Opie on the Andy Griffith show, and later Richie on Happy Days. He made his directorial debut in 1978 with Grand Theft Auto, he's also become one of the most prominent film directors in Hollywood.....with movies like Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood, Far And Away and The Paper and Apollo 13. (REBROADCAST FROM 6

Anne Williams reviews "The Light Pink Album," the latest CD by songwriter and performer Steven Allen Davis. The CD chronicles Davis' journey from Nashville, Tennessee to Boulder, Colorado. The record label is Core Entertainment Corp. Their address is 1719 West End Ave., 11th Floor West Tower, Nashville, TN 37203. (6:00) (IN S

2:Singer/songwriter ELVIS COSTELLO. Previously with the band The Attractions, he later went solo. Since then he has performed and recorded with The Brodsky Quartet and jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. He's written about 300 songs. His latest release is "All This Useless Beauty" (Warner Bros) which he recorded with The Attractions. (REBROADCAST from 6

NPR's Don Gonyea reports that Ford Motor Company has been forced to close three assembly plants, idling some 6,800 workers. The plant closings were made necessary because of a UAW strike at a key parts-manufacturer, Johnson Controls, Inc. The company makes seats for Ford's popular Expedition model. The UAW and Johnson Control are still negotiating, but there were no reports of progress.

This interview was recorded before his Seinfeld fame. Comedian, a new documentary following Seinfeld on a recent stand up tour, is showing in theaters now. The hit TV show, Seinfeldwhich catapulted the comedian to fame, won 6 Emmy Awards before ending its run in 1999. Seinfeld is also author of the bestselling book SeinLanguageand a new children book, Halloween. (REBROADCAST FROM 9/2/87)

NPR's David Welna reports on the alternative budget being proposed by congressional Democrats. Objecting to President Bush's $1.6 trillion tax cut, Democrats on Capitol Hill call for $900 billion in tax cuts, with more relief to those on the bottom rung of the economic ladder. The action comes as the House Ways and Means Committee took up the Bush proposal.