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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to University of Texas law professor Steven Vladeck about the cases former President Trump has before the U.S. Supreme Court and the ethics questions raised over them.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Congressman Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about President Trump's settlement with the IRS.

The Great Backyard Bird Count helps scientists around the world better understand and protect birds. Citizen scientists have observed snow geese uncommon in Missouri and an eagle from Ireland in Maine. The global event kicks off on Friday and Penn State Extension is encouraging local residents to get involved.

Vatican Radio says it will start running commercials for the first time in its history. Vatican officials say an Italian communications firm specializing in publicity for Catholic media will screen potential clients for quality and ethical content. The first ads — for an Italian energy company — will start running July 6.

The National Museum of the American Latino in Washington won't be finished for a decade. For now, a pop-up exhibit at the National Mall highlights Latino history. (Story aired on WeSAT on 6/18/22.)

Any fan of '80s music knows this telephone number: 867-5309. It was immortalized in the 1982 hit "867-5309/Jenny" by the band Tommy Tutone. For Spencer Potter, it is more than a tune: It's his phone number. Now the 28-year-old disc jockey is moving to New York, selling his disc jockey business and that phone number on eBay.

Rod Lurie's back-from-adversity movie centers on fathers and sons, losers and winners. Samuel L. Jackson is a broken-down former prizefighter, Josh Hartnett the sportswriter who finds him homeless and senses a scoop.

Brian Dunworth plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Host Bob Edwards talks to Edward Goldberg, Director of the Medici Archive Project, about his work with the Medici family archive in Florence, Italy. The archive is a collection of virtually every letter sent or received by the Medici court during its rule from the mid-1500s to the mid-1700s. The correspondence reveals a great deal about Italian art and early modern European history. Goldberg and his colleagues are documenting and digitizing each letter, and hope to have the project complete by 2012. (6:28) For more on the project, check out our Medici Archive Web page.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 204,000 of the children's weighted blankets, which were being exclusively sold at Target.