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Microsoft restricted the Israeli military's access to some of its technology after it found that Israel's Defense Ministry was using its services to carry out mass surveillance of Palestinians.

American Electric Power, an Ohio-based company, has agreed to a $4.6 billion settlement of a lawsuit over pollution controls at its power plants. The Justice Department says it's the biggest environmental enforcement settlement ever.

Also: Charlotte Bronte's French homework fetches a staggering sum; McArthur & Company is closing its doors.

The parcel, along with the company that owns it, is on the market for more than $300 million. To sweeten the deal, the buyer would also get about 160,000 head of cattle.

The coronavirus pandemic is making it more difficult to address the opioid epidemic, which the U.S. has been struggling with for years.

A California man is facing conspiracy charges for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 riot. Alan Hostetter's journey went from teaching yoga in Orange County to leading the riot at the U.S. Capitol.

NPR's David Greene talks to Chrissy Houlahan, winner of the (unopposed) Democratic primary in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, about how she plans to flip the seat in the midterm elections.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/pre/local-pre-842190.mp3The Down East Journal June 5 & 6, 2009New Bern, NC – Part two of our series…

It is easy to talk about great ideas as if they were light-bulb moments — sudden epiphanies where everything comes together for you. But Steven Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From, says the great ideas of the past have taken a lot more hanging out than you'd expect.

Children's author Roald Dahl would have turned 100 this week. To celebrate, the OED added 6 words and expressions from Dahl's writing. For example: golden ticket, Oompa Loompa and Scrumdiddlyumptious.