Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) turns 100 this week. The longest-serving U.S. senator is retiring after nearly 50 years. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with his biographer, Nadine Cohodas.
The legendary pastor of Glide Church died this week at the age of 94. He was known as a champion of racial equality, LGBTQ rights and San Francisco's most impoverished residents.
The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided over its latest abortion case, which looks at whether a state may ban medical termination of a pregnancy if the woman's health, but not life, is in danger.