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The Atlantic magazine published a group chat with the defense secretary that had details on U.S. airstrikes in Yemen. Democrats called for resignations while many Republicans said it's no big deal.

This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.

Could humor be the key to bridging a divided nation? Read these relatively nonpolitical jokes told by six very politically outspoken comedians, and tell us which ones you think are funny. We'll try to determine whether that says something about your political leanings.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to the Atlantic Council's director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, Kirsten Fontenrose, about the U.S. strategy in Iran.

Also: Three Japanese utility officials are charged in the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster; scores of people die in an ISIS bombing in Baghdad; and a Navy SEAL will receive the Medal of Honor today.

Also: Transcripts are released of a 911 call in a deadly Minneapolis police shooting; California wildfires spread; and O.J. Simpson will request parole from Nevada officials today.

Also: The House has passed a bill ending fee cuts to Medicare doctors; Indiana Gov. Pence authorizes a limited needle exchange program; and astronaut Scott Kelly heads for space for a year's stay.

Also: The U.S. economy, compared to Europe and Asia; dangerous heat is forecast for the U.S. Southwest; and a Canadian woman escapes a hungry wolf - by luring it toward a mother bear.

Also: The Senate will soon vote on a replacement to the No Child Left Behind law; Burundi is warned of the chance of civil war; and Malaysian officials try to find who owns 3 abandoned jets.

Also: ISIS militants kill an antiquities scholar in Syria; Saudi Arabia reports dozens of new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; and a Hawaiian flash flood sends some tourists up trees.

Defense Department officials say that No Easy Day, former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette's book about the secret mission to kill Osama bin Laden, includes classified information that may harm U.S. military operations. The book is currently the bestseller on Amazon.

The Washington Democrat walked back comments she made over the weekend in which she called Israel a "racist state."

Dr. Mandy Cohen said mass gatherings like the Republican convention will be a "very big challenge" if COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the state, as they are currently.

The move comes months after Russia's Kamila Valieva, then 15, was caught in a storm of controversy at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nick Aldworth, former U.K. national coordinator for counterterrorism, about how England is prepping security for Queen Elizabeth's funeral in London next week.

The 19-year-old also faces 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence. He will make an appearance in federal court this week.

North Carolina’s most powerful state senator says he’d prefer to have approved restrictions on abortion after roughly the first three months of pregnancy. Senate leader Phil Berger told reporters Tuesday that he'd also support exceptions to any post-first trimester prohibition, such as rape and incest.

Habba's decision comes as the Justice Department has lost a string of court cases ruling that U.S. attorneys have not been appointed legally, including in Nevada, California and Virginia.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the U.N., traveled to Brazil recently to meet the country's new minister of racial equality.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has for the first time disclosed the number of paying members in a letter to shareholders. It also illustrates the vast multi-dimensional scope of Amazon's business.