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Also: Donald Trump is again calling for surveillance of mosques; a California utility goes on trial for a deadly gas blast; and today is the 40th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising in South Africa.

Also: A curfew helps calm Milwaukee; North Carolina asks the Supreme Court to uphold its voter ID law; and the first cruise ship aims to sail from Alaska to New York, via the Northwest Passage.

The country now known as The Czech Republic has voted to change its name. That name was contrived in 1993, but now, the country will be known as Czechia.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes, Scott Simon will speak with past Pulitzer winners over the next few months. Simon previews this week's conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed.

The NPR Politics team is back with its weekly roundup to discuss the top political news of the week, including Clinton's return to the campaign trail and Trump's updated plan on child care.

Yisrael Kristal, the world's oldest man, was never bar mitzvahed. He was living in Poland when he turned 13. His coming-of-age ceremony was called off because of World War One.

Also: President Obama holds a bipartisan meeting on trade; a vigil is held for a Columbus, Ohio teen killed by police; and Washington state will test for pesticides in marijuana.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough tweeted: "Smile. You just had a big night." Others commented that she was "shouting angrily." The response to their criticism on Twitter was swift.

A mathematician turns gender into a math problem.

A local school district is trying a new way to fight the vaping epidemic. The Revere School District has installed 16 “FlySense” chemical and noise...