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Mourners turned out in Montgomery, Ala., to remember civil rights pioneer Julian Bond, who died Aug. 15. In 1971, he became the first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, based in Montgomery.

Officials in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday said that four more bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the Champlain Towers South building. Some 31 people remain listed as missing.

Officials say the unstable building poses a threat to the people involved in ongoing search operations. A storm expected to hit parts of Florida has exacerbated concerns.

"Your Pets Secret Lives: The Truth Behind Your Pets' Wildest Behaviors" is a hilarious guide to their secret lives, complete with interviews with the scientists who research them. Eleanor Spicer Rice is an entomologist and the author of many nonfiction books, including "Your Hidden Life: Unseen Jungle" and "Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Spiders."

Tim Weiner's new book “The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century” is already being called “the masterpiece of reporting” based on the record interviews with six former CIA directors and scores of spies, station chiefs, and top operations officers.

Roxana Robinson is the award-winning author of seven novels, three short story collections, and a biography of Georgia O’Keeffe. Her latest is the novel, "Leaving." Northshire Bookstore co-owner Nicole Ihasz will interview Robinson about "Leaving" at the Manchester Center, Vermont location on 3/14.

Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died at his home in Henderson, Nevada at age 82 after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. A former boxer-turned-lawyer, the Democrat was widely acknowledged as one of toughest dealmakers in Congress. The Democrat spoke with WAMC in May 2008 to promote his book, “The Good Fight.” We air that interview today in memoriam.

Democrats have the Senate and Republicans will soon have the House. In today’s Congressional Corner, Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern, a Democrat from the second district, continues his interview with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

The lower Hudson Valley has new representation in Washington. In today’s Congressional Corner, Republican Mike Lawler from New York’s 17th district speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This interview was recorded January 23.

In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray, a Democratic candidate for U.S. House, continues her conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This interview was recorded April 20th.