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NPR's Mandalit Delbarco reports that the L.A. Police Commission is scheduled to vote soon on whether to authorize LAPD officers to carry more powerful weapons. The move comes in the wake of last Friday's shootout between heavily armed bank robbers and the police. Police have complained they've long been outgunned by well-trained, well-armed bad guys.

Commentator Leslie Lang is getting to know her Hawaiian great grandmother from sifting through a lifetime of her things, and by reading her journals. The writings reflect a long life, lived well. Lang is now keeping a journal of her own which she hopes some descendent not yet born will someday read.

across the country are on high alert...they are guarding against any possible attacks April 19 -- the anniversary of the Federal raid in Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing.

Ray talks with NPR's Phillip Davis about the case against Army Staff Sergeant Delmar Simpson, who is accused of raping 19 female trainees at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The prosecution rested today. Then a defense lawyer tried and failed to get most of the rape charges dismissed, saying the women had not tried to resist Simpson's advances.

Movie reviewer Bob Mondello talks about impossible movie geography... when an actor turns a corner and ends up in a different city, or the sun sets gently in the East. It's a commentary about how disorienting it all is... inspired by the idiocy of the newly-released film "Murder at 1600."

"Due to economic and structural obstacles" in LaLiga regulations, Messi will depart less than a month after making a verbal agreement on a 5-year deal, the club said in a statement.

Florida's governor has threatened to withhold funding from school districts that adopt a mask requirement. With COVID-19 spreading unchecked, some districts are considering requiring masks anyway.

A statistician compiled data to share with the CDC after friends kept testing positive after a week in Provincetown, Mass. It spurred an investigation that changed how officials saw the delta variant.

Right now, only kids 12 and older can get a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. Studies underway at multiple sites are gathering data to see if the vaccine can be given to children as young as six months.

Federal investigators have named the 20-year-old sailor who they believe is responsible for destroying a multi-billion dollar Naval ship by arson.

In Massachusetts, heat in the winter is a public health necessity. Now with summer temperatures climbing, some public health experts say cooling aid is becoming a health priority too.

The infrastructure bill making its way through Senate is 2,700 pages of proposed spending on roads, trains, broadband and more. The White House is also taking steps to set automobile fuel standards.