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  • The Justice Department charged six more members of a far-right militia group for allegedly plotting ahead of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. At least three others were already charged from the group.
  • It’s hard to believe that the end of Season 6 is already here. We’ve had an amazing season of Ex Fabula, many sold out Story Slams, a host of awesome…
  • An emergency mental health center being built on Milwaukee's near north side is getting nearly $6 million from the federal and state governments.
  • In our weekly series, Lost and Found Sound, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers, we learn about self-appointed disc-jockey Eric Byron.
  • U.S. authorities are pressing JPMorgan Chase to settle lawsuits over bonds backed by subprime mortgages, according to a report. The Federal Housing Finance Agency is looking in the range of $6 billion to settle those suits.
  • 2: Jazz Saxophonist, STAN GETZ. Born in Philadelphia in 1927, Getz got his start playing with Woody Herman's band. He later went on to form his own quartet. He has worked with such greats as Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton. In the early 1960's, Getz became the first American musician closely identified with the bossa nova movement. He died in 1991. (REBROADCAST FROM 6
  • Liane Hansen speaks with zoologist Desmond Morris about his ew 6-part mini-series, "The Human Animal: A Personal View of the Human pecies." The series is currently being aired Sunday nights on cable TV's "The earning Channel" throughout the month of January. A companion book also has een written to accompany the series. (Crown Publishers, Inc.) In both, Morris elves into the biology and evolution of human behavior.
  • 2: Trumpeter and Singer, JACK SHELDON. For many years he was bandleader and sidekick for Merv Griffin's talkshow. SHELDON has been involved with some of the great names of jazz: he sang with Benny Goodman, was a childhood friend of Chet Baker's, and played burlesque with Lenny Bruce. He has a new record of standards: "On My Own" (Concord Records). (REBROADCAST from 6
  • 2: Professor of Religion at Princeton University ELAINE PAGELS. She has written four books including "The Gnostic Gospels" (which won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award). PAGELS most recent book is "The Origin of Satan" (Random House 1995). (REBROADCAST from 6
  • NPR's Pam Fessler reports on decision-making by state election officials across the country about which of the two Reform Party candidates to recognize on their presidential election ballots. Both Patrick Buchanan and John Hagelin claim to be the real Reform Party candidate. This dispute -- which has some 12-point-6 Million dollars in Federal funds ((ed: *NOT* "Federal matching funds")) riding alongside it -- will wind up in courts across the country before election day.
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