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Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans resign from President Bush's Cabinet. Ashcroft said in a handwritten letter to Bush, "The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved." NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

U.S. Marines pushing to the center of Baghdad from the east are expected to link up with Army troops moving in from the west. The Marines' advance is met with sporadic resistance. Hear NPR's John Burnett.

Host Bob Edwards catches up with freshmen Sens. Mark Pryor and John Sununu, six months into their first term in the United States Senate. It's Edwards' third visit with Pryor, a Democrat from Arkansas, and Sununu, a Republican from New Hampshire, since they were elected in November.

Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts wins the Democratic caucuses in Washington state, and holds a commanding lead as votes are counted in Michigan. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep, NPR's Wendy Kaufman and NPR's David Schaper.

Arizona Sen. John McCain's win in Florida's Republican primary makes him the clear front-runner in the GOP presidential race. And he tried out that role at a post-election appearance.

It was on this date in 1790 that U.S. Congress designated the spot for the new nation's capital. And in 1957, John Glenn set a transcontinental speed...

It was on this date in 1914, John Randolph Bray patented a new technique for film animation. And on this date in 1945, Japan agreed to surrender thus...

Book review: Roberta Schultz has a review of Kentucky's Cookbook Heritage: Two Hundred Years of Southern Cuisine and Culture by John van Willigen.

On this date in 1959 that one of the most famous musicians of all-time, 16-years-old at the time, was "fired". And in 1962, John Glenn made space history.

On this date in 1751 a charter was granted for a new establishment that would care for the sick. And in 1972, ex-Beatle John Lennon believed he was...