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Acting U.S. Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman told a House committee that the department expects to answer "for our failings on Jan. 6."

The Trump administration tweaked its list of Chinese imports subject to a 10% tariff this fall. We found some surprises buried in the thousands of tariff line items.

4: Former Cardinals' pitcher BOB GIBSON was a record-breaking baseball player in the 1960's, and was inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1981. His autobiography explores his rise from the Omaha projects to the major leagues, and being an early black ballplayer. The book is Stranger to the Game (Viking). (Originally Broadcast 10/6/94)INT 5: Former Major Leaguer KEITH HERNANDEZ. Called by some baseball purists the "finest First Baseman in the game," HERNANDEZ played with the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets, and the Cleveland Indians. He is the winner of eleven consecutive Golden Glove Awards for fielding, and played in two World Championships. HERNANDEZ's is author of Pure Baseball: Pitch by Pitch for the Advanced Fan (Harper): analysis of two 1993 match-ups, with play by play commentary, based on his seventeen years in the game. (Originally Broadcast 2

Officially, at least 6,000 Filipinos, mostly poor drug peddlers and addicts, have been killed in the anti-drug police operations. But rights groups say the number of victims could be four times that.

About 300 unarmed soldiers are joining local police in the city of 6 million to enforce coronavirus restrictions as authorities try to quell a new outbreak linked to the delta variant.

Linda continues her interview with Sandra Wood about the facts presented in the Whitewater trial. 5. POLITICAL FALLOUT -- NPR senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the verdict in the Whitewater trial has cast a shadow over President Clinton, who just a week ago was far ahead of Dole in the polls. Funder 0:29 XPromo 0:29 CUTAWAY 1B 0:29 RETURN1 0:29 NEWS 2:59 NEWS 1:59 THEME MUSIC 0:29 1C 6. CHINA DISSIDENT -- Noah talks with Mike Jendrzejczyk (jenn-DREEZ-sick), the Washington Director of Human Rights Watch-Asia. Chinese police have detained dissident Wang Donghai (WAHNG dong-HY) after he and six other activists petitioned the National People's Congress on May 27th, demanding the release of political prisoners. Mr. Jendrzejczyk believes that paranoia in the Chinese government toward the democracy movement has increased in recent months as economic reforms have triggered more unrest. This recent round of arrests comes one week before the anniversary of the military crackdown that ended pro- democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989.

The incident happened between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, known as the "Notre Dame" of Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood.

Inflation is impacting the cost of Thanksgiving dinner. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation's 36th annual survey, the cost of the holiday dinner has gone up by 14%.

The international community's "road map" for peace in the Middle East calls for a secure Israel and independent Palestine living side by side. Now there's a rail map, too... as well as plans for telecommunications and other essential services. This practical vision for the region is outlined in a new report from the RAND Corporation, which says that beyond security, open borders are also essential for the success of a Palestinian state.

The U.S. rarely charges suspects with seditious conspiracy, a very serious crime defined as two or more people conspiring to overthrow or destroy the government