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A look at the role armed militia groups may have played in the weeks before Jan. 6

NPR's Cheryl W. Thompson speaks with Mary McCord, executive director of the Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection, about the role of armed militias in the attack.

Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's appointment to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol. He will join Wyoming's Liz Cheney as the only two Republicans on the panel.

Pelosi Has Chosen A 2nd Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, To Serve On Jan. 6 Panel

Kinzinger will join fellow Republican Liz Cheney at the committees first hearing Tuesday. Both supported impeaching Trump for Jan. 6, and were the only GOP members to support the committee's creation.

Port Arthur, Texas, Expected To Take Another 6 Months To Recover From Harvey

Recovery continues in southeast Texas a month after Hurricane Harvey made landfall. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Derrick Ford Freeman, the mayor of Port Arthur, Texas about efforts in his town.

Coco Gauff wins the French Open to claim her 2nd Grand Slam title

The 21-year-old American star battled back over three sets to defeat the world's top-ranked player, Aryna Sabalenka. Gauff is the first American to win at Roland-Garros since Serena Williams in 2015.

A child receives the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., in November 2021. A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency expand authorization of COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 6-months-old.

Advisers to the FDA back COVID vaccines for the youngest children

A committee of experts voted unanimously to recommend that the Food and Drug Administration authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for children as young as 6-months-old.

Sparkling wines, DignityMoves, and One Cool Earth.

KCBX's Grape Nut, Betsey Nash, explores the bubbly business of sparkling wine. DignityMoves is a non-profit organization working with the County of Santa Barbara to develop interim supportive housing villages. One Cool Earth provides educational gardening for local schools.

NAACP SLO has a new president, barrels and yeast for winemaking, and edible flowers

Meet Tobin Johnson, NAACP SLO County's new president as he talks with KCBX's Consuelo Meux on the Nonprofit Story. Vic Roberts, Templeton winemaker, talks about barrels and yeast. Fr. Ian searches for edible flowers in this episode of Playing With Food from the KCBX archives.

So long, Party City, and thanks for all the balloons

The chain that laid claim to celebrations across America is now sweeping up the confetti and turning off the lights. Two bankruptcies failed to get its debt in order.

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez does an interview following his final baseball game as a Yankee player, against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York, Friday.

Alex Rodriguez Ends Yankees Career After 6-3 Victory Over Rays

"A-Rod" played third base one last time on Yankees turf on Friday. After a controversial career, including admitted steroid use, a sellout crowd bid the 41-year-old designated hitter a warm farewell.

Repeat Violators Of Health Privacy Laws Often Go Unpunished

Regulators have logged dozens, even hundreds of complaints against some health providers for violating federal patient privacy law. Warnings are doled out privately, and sanctions are rarely imposed.

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