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NPR's A Martinez talks with longtime Illinois Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush about his decision to leave Congress, and his expectations for the Democratic party and democracy.

The gun control debate continued to dominate the news this week with President Obama coming out strongly in support of reforming the current gun control laws alongside the Newtown families. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic, about that story along with the bird flu in China, North Korea and the Postal Service.

Our favorite 2016 news and stories curated from NPR and 'round the Web. Today, a last ditch effort from the anti-Trump camp and Clinton campaign's use of Pokemon Go.

Steely Dan, Michael McDonald, Sade: Are these classic artists "Yacht" or "Nyacht"? JD Ryznar and David B. Lyons, co-creators of the Yacht Rock web series, weigh in.

Colleen LaRose dubbed herself "Jihad Jane" as she used the Web to recruit others for violent attacks. She was found guilty of being part of a failed plan to murder a Swedish artist. Because she cooperated with investigators, LaRose got less than the potential life sentence she faced.

As was widely predicted, more photos of Iraq prison abuse are being leaked to the press. On Friday, The Washington Post published pictures and posted a video on its Web site of Iraqi detainees being humiliated and hit by American troops at Abu Ghraib. Despite this leak -- and warnings that future leaks will only prolong and intensify the abuse scandal -- the Pentagon still refuses to release all the photos in its possession. To do so, U.S. officials say, would jeopardize the prosecution of the soldiers involved. Critics argue that it's more important to get beyond this crisis by full disclosure than to successfully prosecute low-ranking soldiers. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

Linda checks back in with two entrepreneurs who launched web businesses in 1999. When we heard from them last December, both were eager about their prospects on-line. First, Linda talks with Becky Herberger who, along with her sister, owns LAFunk.com. The site caters to teenage girls who are looking for hair accessories, bags, and cosmetics. It was a tough year for the sisters, but the site remains on-line and is turning a bit of a profit. Meanwhile, the other entrepreneur -- Dave Saltman had to sell his venture BengalBay-dot-com in October. Saltman had hoped that his site, which sells tea and tea accessories, would attract enough consumers. He says he was lucky to find a buyer for his company so that his site could stay alive. (8:00) See http://www.lafunk.com and http://www.bengalbay.com for more info.

Studying Charles Darwin's documents has evolved from visiting the library at Cambridge University to visiting a Web site. The British university has just made a trove of about 20,000 papers from Darwin's life and studies accessible online.

Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson and others are being grilled under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for spreading lies about a voting tech company's role in the 2020 elections.

The company hasn't provided details about what went wrong; some features such as search and direct messaging were still presenting problems Tuesday morning.