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Two new surveys try to quantify the number of standardized tests students take in school — an estimated 113 by graduation.

The call for Catalan independence was long led by those who suffered under Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. Younger Catalans are now championing the cause.

Audie Cornish speaks with reporter Mike Riley, who covers cybersecurity for Bloomberg Businessweek, about how hackers have infiltrated over 100 banks worldwide over the past two years.

David Greene talks to Suzanne DiMaggio, a senior fellow at the think tank New America, about North Korea. In May, she facilitated informal talks, known as Track II diplomacy, with North Korea.

It's not just a developed world problem. One of the authors of Food Foolish talks about the problem in low-income countries, where food often decays in the fields or spoils on the way to market.

Kathryn Bigelow recreates a true, largely forgotten incident of brutality in her latest film. Critic David Edelstein says Detroit triggers a sense of powerlessness that is visceral.

"This is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump," said one email.

President Trump's proposed increase in defense spending could help the Defense Department plug current holes in the force, but it wouldn't cover the major expansion he supports.

Despite his re-election and bolstered Democratic numbers in Congress, President Obama has far from a free hand to make a comprehensive deal with House Speaker John Boehner that would include cuts to entitlement programs. Strong resistance to that notion is coming from the political left — and with a warning.

B. Todd Jones is in charge of a bureau whose relevance and performance are being questioned and whose resource problems appear to be growing larger. He's trying to put the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives back on solid footing after years of controversy and criticism.