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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nick Aldworth, former U.K. national coordinator for counterterrorism, about how England is prepping security for Queen Elizabeth's funeral in London next week.

The 19-year-old also faces 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence. He will make an appearance in federal court this week.

Also: The U.S. economy, compared to Europe and Asia; dangerous heat is forecast for the U.S. Southwest; and a Canadian woman escapes a hungry wolf - by luring it toward a mother bear.

Also: Transcripts are released of a 911 call in a deadly Minneapolis police shooting; California wildfires spread; and O.J. Simpson will request parole from Nevada officials today.

Also: A Georgia special congressional election is underway; tropical storm warnings are posted for southern Louisiana; and a trove of Nazi artifacts is discovered in Argentina.

Also: The House has passed a bill ending fee cuts to Medicare doctors; Indiana Gov. Pence authorizes a limited needle exchange program; and astronaut Scott Kelly heads for space for a year's stay.

Also: Three Japanese utility officials are charged in the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster; scores of people die in an ISIS bombing in Baghdad; and a Navy SEAL will receive the Medal of Honor today.

Also: ISIS militants kill an antiquities scholar in Syria; Saudi Arabia reports dozens of new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; and a Hawaiian flash flood sends some tourists up trees.

Also: The Senate will soon vote on a replacement to the No Child Left Behind law; Burundi is warned of the chance of civil war; and Malaysian officials try to find who owns 3 abandoned jets.

This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.

Habba's decision comes as the Justice Department has lost a string of court cases ruling that U.S. attorneys have not been appointed legally, including in Nevada, California and Virginia.

It's not an ideal time for another leadership shake-up at the Federal Railroad Administration, as last year was the deadliest year for the U.S. rail system in at least a decade.