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Police in Manchester, England, say they're investigating the reported explosion at a show by American singer Ariana Grande as a terrorist attack until they know otherwise.

The Turkish businessman who paid Michael Flynn $530,000 to lobby for the Turkish government is heading up a conference held at the Trump International Hotel, a few blocks from both the White House and the FBI. The event comes at a time when all of Trump's tangled interests are being scrutinized, but that doesn't seem to bother the participants.

President Trump's first international trip is an opportunity for him to reorient U.S. foreign policy priorities. It can also provide him a respite from political controversies back at home.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Post reporter David Weigel about the conspiracy behind Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich's murder last summer and how fake news is still spreading.

All Things Considered host Audie Cornish speaks to the Financial Times' Andy Bounds about the latest in a deadly incident at an Ariana Grande show in Manchester, England.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to reporter Dexter Filkins, about his profile of Defense Secretary James Mattis in the latest issue of The New Yorker. The article comes as President Trump is calling for a $54 billion increase in defense spending, and it follows the administration's recent military actions in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan.

Experts say federal agencies have taken steps to secure networks, but they remain vulnerable.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Motoko Rich, the Tokyo bureau chief for The New York Times, about how the engagement of a Japanese princess is reviving a debate about the rigid set of laws that govern Japan's monarchy.

Ford has just come off two straight years of record earnings. Its F-150 trucks are the best selling vehicles in America. But none of this was enough to save CEO Mark Fields' job. The career Ford executive has been replaced by a relative newcomer, Jim Hackett. One reason for the move: Ford's stock price tumbled nearly 40 percent in the three years Fields was at the helm.

The Supreme Court upheld the rejection of two congressional districts in North Carolina by a lower court. The lower court ruled the districts had been unlawfully drawn to diminish the voting power of African Americans and ordered them redrawn.

In 1980, John Goodenough's work led to the lithium-ion battery, now found in everything from phones to electric cars. He and fellow researchers say they've come up with a faster-charging alternative.

In the late 19th century, French inventor Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville patented the earliest known sound recording device. But his accomplishments were only recognized recently.

One medical student was addicted to opioids. Another relied on them to control disabling pain. Both think their experiences will help them be better doctors when it comes to prescribing opioids.

Firefighters and other municipal workers are protesting New York City's vaccine mandate, which takes effect Monday. If they don't have at least one dose by Friday, they will be put on unpaid leave.

Two years after East Liverpool, Ohio, gained notoriety from a viral photo of an overdosed couple, the community is coming to terms with its addiction problem — and taking tentative steps forward.

NPR's Technology Correspondent Larry Abramson reports on robots from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT.

Melanie Peeples reports about the concern growing among Anniston, Alabama, residents about a chemical weapons incinerator the Army is building there. The U.S. must dispose of all chemical weapons by 2007 under an international treaty; residents of the small southern town fear that the facility may not be completely safe.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Don Hewitt, creator and executive producer of 60 Minutes about his long and distinguished television career. Hewitt has just published a memoir entitled, Tell Me A Story — 50 Years and 60 Minutes on Television. Working with such TV legends as Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and Mike Wallace, Hewitt has played significant roles in many of television's greatest news moments. They include the launch of the CBS Evening News in 1948, the launch of See It Now with Murrow and Fred Friendly, the 1960 presidential debate, and the creation of 60 Minutes in 1968.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Mark Zdechlik of Minnesota Public Radio. They discuss today's long bargained-for agreement between Northwest Airlines and its mechanics union.

Effects from the energy crisis in California are rippling across the West, with more serious consequences than higher home electricity bills. So far at least 1,500 industrial workers in western states have been laid off, partly because of high electricty prices. Among the victims are copper mine workers in the southwest. From member station KRWG in New Mexico, Eric Whitney reports.

Yesterday, a helicopter crashed some 250 miles south of Hanoi in Vietnam, killing 7 Americans and 9 Vietnamese on board. All the Americans are said to have been involved in the U.S. military's program to recover Americans missing in action from the Vietnam War. NPR's Emily Harris reports on the scope of the Joint Task Force operation, titled Full Accounting.

Today is the second day of the eight day observanace of Jewish Passover. In recent years, the multi-billion-dollar kosher food market has grown dramatically. This ancient dietary system is intended to add holiness to the mundane act of eating. But, as Fred Mogul reports from member station WHYY in Philadelphia, selling kosher food is often complicated by factors other than religious law.

We hear letters from our listeners, most about last Sunday's April Fool's Day story.

Poet Minton Sparks comes from a long line of strong Southern women. She praises them in her latest CD, Middlin' Sisters, and talks with host Lisa Simeone about what it was like growing up with women who had to hold their families together.

NPR's Julie Rovner reports on the debate within the Bush administration over federal regulations of the privacy of medical records. The new rules were issued by the Clinton administration but haven't yet taken effect. Tommy Thompson, the new secretary of health and human services, has the authority to kill them and will announce his decision by the end of this week.