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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

We are following reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is on his way out of the Department of Justice.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Let's hear from a former colleague of Rod Rosenstein. The deputy attorney general is under pressure for comments about President Trump - saying, reportedly, that he might record his talks with the president or get Cabinet members to remove him using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Here is one response to the Trump administration official who says aides are working to constrain an amoral president.

It's a terrifying weapon: a nuclear-powered cruise missile that can fly anywhere on the planet, possibly spewing radioactivity as it goes.

The world is about to say au revoir to Le Grand K, a cylinder of platinum and iridium that has long reigned over the world's system of weight measurement.

Le Grand K was forged in 1879 and is held in a locked vault outside Paris — revered and kept under lock and keybecause its mass, a little over two pounds, is the official definition of the kilogram.

David Greene talks to Virginia political analyst Kyle Kondik about how scandals involving the state's top Democrats will affect upcoming elections there and nationally. NPR's Sarah McCammon weighs in.

Luigi Disisto is a 47-year-old autistic man who lives at a private special education center based in suburban Boston best known for being the only school in the country that shocks its disabled students to control their behavior.

It said Columbus landed in America in 1492. The kids knew Columbus had landed on Caribbean islands — he was in the Americas. After initially ignoring their request, the publisher agreed to fix it.

Doctors are in a battle against infections that drugs can’t cure - antibiotic-resistant infections otherwise known as superbugs.

Scientists have discovered bacteria that attack and kill germs. Now they're trying to harness them to treat infections and protect us from disease.