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Two of journalism's greats died within a couple days of each other — Ben Bradlee and Frank Mankiewicz. NPR's Scott Simon remembers them for their shared gifts of charm, wit and street smarts.

San Francisco resident Ben Ramirez, who always wanted to open a coffee shop, is serving free coffee to essential workers in his neighborhood. He practices social distancing with a toy gorilla arm.

As the former Israeli prime minister returns to power, he's expected to give a post to a politician once convicted of inciting racism — whom the Biden administration might choose not to engage with.

The remaining Republican presidential candidates have been making their case at the party's state convention. Capital Public Radio's Ben Adler explains the divisions on display among Republicans.

New campaign fundraising numbers are out, and they show Bernie Sanders on pace with Hillary Clinton. For Republicans, Ben Carson was the big winner. NPR's Robert Siegel learns more from correspondent Peter Overby.

Michael Chiklis plays a Border Patrol agent forced to work for a drug cartel in the CBS All Access series Coyote. But some question whether a series on border issues should focus on a white officer.

Several ministers quit the newly formed Cabinet as hundreds of demonstrators massed in the capital city to demand that the government be purged of the old guard that served ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. Nearly 80 civilians have died since the unrest that began last month and has spread to other parts of the region.

While Medicaid is best known as a health care program for poor people, more than 80 percent of its budget goes to care for elderly people, disabled people and children.

A pair of new indie films — Ira Sachs' Passages and Randall Park's Shortcomings — center their stories on filmmakers who espouse rigorous standards but lead messy lives.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the International Rescue Committee's Bashir Ben Amer about the crisis in Derna, Libya, after catastrophic flooding there.