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NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on the battle over the nomination of former Missouri Senator John Ashcroft to be Attorney General in the Bush administration. Conservative leaders are rallying forces to confirm the nomination in the Senate, while liberal groups are trying to derail it.

NPR's Richard Knox reports on a recent study that finds that diabetes and high blood pressure could lead to brain damage.

A town in Ontario has been trying for several years to get rid of thousands of crows that have come to roost in the area. Noah talks to Leo Denys, General Manager of Infrastructure and Environmental Services for the municipality of Chatham, Ontario.

Michigan pediatrician Howard Markel talks about the difficulties and dual loyalties of being a parent and a pediatrician, especially when one's own child gets sick.

From member station WCPN, Janet Babin reports that parents and educators in Ohio are getting fed up with the crumbling conditions in the state's schools, which are among the poorest in the nation.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with economist Austan Goolsbee about what it will take for the U.S. to recover from the unique economic challenges posed by the pandemic.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports about a lawsuit filed today by several civil rights groups, led by the NAACP, against the state of Florida. The suit charged violations of voting rights acts by the state during the last election, in which thousands of African-American voters were allegedly disenfranchised.

Commentator Frank Deford thinks we might be going a bit overboard with sports these days. He says it's possible to obtain up-to-the-minute coverage of everything form basketball to cricket. Deford recalls the time when the winter spotlight rested on just one sport: baseball.

Beatles fans are going wild over a band called 1964: The Tribute. Devotees say it's the closest thing to a live performance by the Fab Four. NPR's Jerome Vaughn reports.

The head of the U.S. Department of Education's federal student lending office, Richard Cordray, testified before a House panel Wednesday, about changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.