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Robert Siegel talks to Jeremy Siegel, a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, about Larry Summers' decision to bow out of contention for Federal Reserve chief. Summers is controversial both in Washington and at Harvard, and is associated with some ideas about monetary policy that rattle investors these days.

At least one gunman opened fire on people at a building in the Washington Naval Yard. Police say several people are dead and several wounded.

Check out our great late-night lineup at the Ponderosa Pavilion, Friday and Saturday nights, featuring AJ Lee & Blue Summit, The Way Down Wanderers, Seth Walker and Side Pony.

Brazil is known as a soccer-crazed country, and next year, the country is hoping for a sixth championship when it hosts the 2014 World Cup. But amid the excitement, there is much criticism of money spent on the World Cup, and questions about whether Brazil is ready to play host. Melissa Block checks out one of the 12 stadiums to be used in the Cup, Arena Pernambuco outside the northeastern city of Recife, and talk with people who are both elated and angered by the upcoming event.

Thursday's attack in the Afghan capital Kabul killed dozens of people. What does the attack mean for the U.S. evacuation efforts in the Afghan capital, and for U.S. national security?

A father and daughter we first met in 2019 return to the StoryCorps booth. Sylvia Grosvold sat down with her dad Josh Weiner to remember her mom, who died by suicide when Sylvia was a little girl.

An update on investigations of the shootings at Washington Navy Yard.

UN inspectors have completed their report on the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria on Aug. 21. The Security Council will discuss the inspectors report today. Western diplomats have said the report will include circumstantial evidence that the Assad government was responsible for the attack.

Five years after the economic collapse, President Obama today reflected on where the US economy is today. The president pointed to progress over the past five years and millions of news jobs created. But, as he does every time he talks about the economy, he said the U.S. hasn't come far enough and blamed Congress for inaction.

Greg Epstein is the author of Good Without God. In his new role, he will oversee the activities of all religious communities on campus. His personal beliefs or disbelief don't seem to be an issue.