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People wait in line to enter a gun store in Culver City, Calif., on March 15, 2020. The start of the coronavirus pandemic ignited a debate about whether businesses such as gun stores should be deemed essential and allowed to stay open. The start of the pandemic sparked a rise in gun sales, according to retailers and industry insiders.

1st-Time Gun Buyers Help Push Record U.S. Gun Sales Amid String Of Mass Shootings

Data from the FBI's firearms background check database shows six days in March of this year were among the top 10 highest days of firearms background checks since 1998.

A handful of demonstrators held signs outside the federal courthouse where Michael Flynn's plea hearing was held last week.

The Russia Investigations: Knife Fights Over Feds, Trump Jr., Manafort And More

The imbroglio lurched out of cruise and into hedgerow country. Trump Jr. declined to answer, citing attorney-client privilege. Trump had brickbats for the FBI. Mueller had some jujitsu for Manafort.

Fans enjoy a tasty treat made with Fluff at the 12th annual What the Fluff? festival in Somerville, Mass., on Sept. 23. The festival celebrates the 100th anniversary of Fluff, invented in Somerville in 1917 by Archibald Query.

'What The Fluff?' Celebrates A Century Of Peanut Butter's Marshmallow Friend

The people of Massachusetts celebrated the centennial in sticky style with a festival — including thousands of Fluffernutter sandwiches — in the neighborhood where Fluff was first whipped up.

Mitt Romney works Thursday in Michigan aboard his campaign bus, which displays a poster for his late father, former Michigan Gov. George Romney. Despite deep roots in the state, Romney finds himself battling a candidate who has barely visited.

'Sugar Daddies' And Debates Changing All The Rules

Before setting foot in Michigan, Rick Santorum was leading in GOP polls there. It's the clearest illustration yet that the traditional rules that determine primary winners have been upended by factors that are new this time around, such as superPACs and the proliferation of candidate debates.

Once a poet and an English teacher, Jim McCormick has become a powerhouse Nashville songwriter.

A Tenacious Wordsmith Hits It Big In Nashville

In the 1990s, Jim McCormick was teaching at the University of New Orleans and looking ahead to a future in academia. Today, he's one of the hottest lyricists in country music, having hit the top of the Billboard Country Music charts twice in the past six months.

Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers.

Biden team promises new approach to extremism, but critics see old patterns

The Biden administration's new Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships aims to stop radicalization before it starts. But critics say it's a repackaging of failed strategies and inadequate.

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BASEBALL CARD BLURBS: Host Liane Hansen speaks with Bruce Herman - e writes all the blurbs on Tops baseball cards.

12. Week In Review

ALEX AND DANIEL SCHORR TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Week In Review

Scott and news analyst Daniel Schorr talk about the week's top news stories.

A Target customer looks at a display of board games while shopping at Target store in San Francisco, Calif. Inflation continues to ease, even if many people many not feel that way in their daily lives.

Inflation is easing, even if it may not feel that way

Annual inflation continued to ease, cooling to 6.5% in December, but prices are still climbing at a rapid rate, meaning people have to work longer and harder to keep the same standard of living.

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