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The cruiser was returning from a secret mission to deliver atomic bomb components when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine. The ensuing loss of life is the largest at sea in U.S. Navy history.

The bloody attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad earlier this month left the Pakistani capital with a sense of foreboding. But for many Pakistanis, the anti-terror alliance with the United States can only do more harm to the country.

We'll ask the governor three questions about exciting things scheduled for the year 2020, that definitely aren't the next U.S. presidential election. Originally broadcast April 8, 2017.

"Through their swift and in many cases heroic actions, members of the crew saved lives," the Navy said. It also blamed an avoidable crash on inadequate leadership and flawed teamwork.

Miami Vice, the '80s TV sensation starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two vice squad detectives, has been given a makeover by its former executive producer. Michael Mann directs an updated version for the screen, starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx. Our film critic has a review.

Police raids in the Philippines over a three-day span killed dozens of people suspected of selling or using drugs. They're the bloodiest known days in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs.

Impostors can be scheming, even villainous, but their stories tempt us with an attractive possibility — the chance to wear a mask. Writer David Anthony suggests three tales about nefarious characters that let us indulge in our fascination with the art of manipulating outward appearances.

A government advisory committee has reconsidered its advice to keep certain details of bird flu experiments secret. Revised versions of manuscripts that describe two recent studies can be openly published, the committee now says. The decision could help end a debate that has raged within the scientific community for months.

President Obama's reversal of a ban on drilling off most U.S. shores could put new oil and natural gas platforms in waters along the southern Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and part of Alaska. Ben Cahill, a manager at PFC Energy, offers his insight on how much oil or natural gas is actually out there.

Detroit's emergency fiscal manager is tasked with turning around the city's troubled finances. But some residents say they've been robbed of the right to pick their own leaders. Host Michel Martin speaks with Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley, about future of the Motor City.