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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The death toll for the Texas floods tops 100 as the search and rescue efforts continue for over 160 missing people. And, the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now.

It's that time of year when best-of lists abound, and Fresh Air's critics get in on the game: David Bianculli chooses his top television shows, David Edelstein names his favorite films, Maureen Corrigan weighs in with notable books and Ken Tucker tunes into to some of the best albums of 2012.

Boston's Berklee College of Music, just up the road from Newport, has produced top jazz musicians for decades. It sends top students from its international initiative to Newport for a concert.

Israel says it killed two of Iran’s top security figures in a strike in Tehran, a major escalation that hits the country’s inner circle.