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South Carolina's governor signed into law a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls' or women's sports in public schools and colleges.

Police arrest five people in London, and the Italian government announces another arrest in Rome. All four men suspected in last week's botched transit bombings in London are now in custody.

The board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting meets this week to select a new president. Several people familiar with the process say one finalist is expected to be Patricia Harrison, an assistant U.S. Secretary of State. She's also a former co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.

Millions of Americans have become the victims of identity theft since the beginning of the year. Renee Montagne talks with former FBI agent Kevin Barrows about where that information goes and how it's abused. Barrows led the bust of one of the country's largest identity theft operations in 2002.

Producers with the Hearing Voices radio project bring the story of Ed Kiyohara, a Japanese-American who spent time at the Puyallup Assembly Center in Washington state during World War II. He was one of thousands of Americans of Japanese descent who were forced from their homes in coastal cities and towns to live in internment camps while American forces battled Japan for control of the Pacific Ocean.

The spending bill passed by the House Thursday includes a requirement to show four types of ID when you arrive at the local department of motor vehicles. In places that already have this regulation, the process can be a bit more challenging.

Eighties absurdo-disco band Was Not Was has a new album. David Was shares some of his thoughts about embarking on a rock and roll odyssey at a time when he should be figuring out how to stretch his Social Security check.

Simmered all day with a slug of fatback, brown beans have warmed many hardworking West Virginia miners. Kendra Bailey Morris shares memories of pintos and cornbread and her great-granny Charity.

After the death of his father, the poet Kevin Young looked for a collection of poetry about grieving and recovering after loss. When he couldn't find one, he compiled one himself. His new anthology is called The Art of Losing.

Author Ayelet Waldman, the author of Bad Mother, recommends three books about motherhood that offer a break from brutal "motherhood is hell" horror stories as well as cloying sentimentality.