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"Iran is so strong," Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee tells NPR, and "the consequences would be devastating for [Israel] and maybe for whoever helped them. ... There are wise enough people around the world to tell them not to do such a crazy thing."

In the semi-final games on Monday, the Michigan Wolverines defeated Alabama's Crimson Tide in overtime, and the Washington Huskies beat the Texas Longhorns. Michigan and Washington are undefeated.

Sixty-one years ago Dwight was an astronaut candidate. Sunday, along with five others, he made the trip on a rocket owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — making him the oldest person to go to space.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78.

The crust of this year's prize winning buttermilk pie may have been store bought. Fair officials are investigating.

Former Senate Majority Leader and White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker died on Thursday at age 88. Baker was one of the key players in Ronald Reagan's historic tax and spending cuts.

China has 199 journalists in prison and it could be in part because of the country's slowing economy. A number of journalists who were jailed in the last year were business reporters.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on a poll that asks Americans to rate public figures, both at home and abroad.

The former president is in Egypt to observe its first free presidential election, which begins on Wednesday.

Buckley says she for the "shadowy bits" of her characters. John Powers reviews the Japanese film Kokuho. Documentarian Morgan Neville chronicles Paul McCartney's transformation in Man on the Run.