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Daisann (day-ZANN) McLane reports on last week's annual Carnival in Port Au Prince, Haiti. In 1990, the group Boukman Eksperyans (BOOK-mahn ex-pair-YANS) first brought overt politics into the music of the annual street party known as Carnival. Now politics are an expected part of music at Carnival. The most notable political song this year was the group Koudjae's (KOO-jai) dig at the democratically elected government. But the most appealing song was by a group of Haitian American teenagers calling themselves King Posse. (6:00) ((ST

In light of newly-leaked documents on its membership, we look at Oath Keepers, a group charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

David Kertzer is the author of The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism (Knopf). In the book he focuses on the time period from Napoleon to Hitler, and how "traditional" Catholic forms of dealing with Jews became transformed into modern anti-Semitism. Kertzer is Paul Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science and a professor of anthropology and Italian Studies at Brown University. He's also the author of The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara about a 6-year-old Jewish boy in Italy who in 1858 was taken from his family, secretly baptized, and sent to live in a Catholic household.

Crowd funding isn't just for hipster artists anymore. In 2012 alone, users of the site GoFundMe have raised more than $6 million for personal medical causes.

The sport of boxing has struggled for years with the question of scoring. A scandalous result in a 1988 bout led to the implementation of a computer system, which had plenty of flaws of its own. These Olympics, the scoring has been overhauled.

But news reports also say police have not been able to corroborate his story. Still, he may help solve the 33-year-old mystery. Patz's was one of the first missing children cases to gain national attention.

This week, the Department of Justice handed Credit Suisse the largest criminal tax penalty ever. $2.6 billion is a lot of money, so NPR's Arun Rath asks the New York Times' Jessica Silver-Greenberg where it all goes.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the Bay Area of California early Sunday morning. The quake caused some injuries and heavy damage to buildings, particularly in Napa.

It’s impossible to overstate just how good Anthony Davis is.The third-year power forward, just 21 years old, is averaging 24.9 points, 10.7 rebounds, 3.1…