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NPR's Noah Adams speaks with Paul Hendrickson, a feature writer for The Washington Post and author of the book The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War. Robert McNamara was a believer in control accounting... a mathematical way to analyze and evaluate systems...and was plucked from success at the Ford Motor Company to become President John Kennedy's Secretary of Defense. His unique approach to management guided the U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

A new analysis by the Sunlight Foundation examines corporations that expend the most money in Washington on campaign contributions and lobbying. Defense contractors and finance giants lead the pack.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

New York state apple growers are fighting to make local school boards more picky about the apples they serve to students. The quality, they say, is fine, but the apples are being imported most likely from Washington state. Local growers would like to see New York products served to New York children. Brenda Tremblay of member station WXXI reports.

The stay temporarily halts an import ban on some watches as Apple appeals a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling that it infringed on the patents of medical technology company Masimo.

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The New York Police Department is one of the most sophisticated in the world, with advanced systems for fighting crime. But it's not so good at policing its own officers, criminal justice experts say.

Apps working with a new Twitter service would simply ask for your phone number instead of a password. In exchange, the company would get some of the most valuable information about you.

Sulhee Jessica Woo, author of a new cookbook, "Let's Make Some Lunch," shares healthy and fun meals that can be prepared in 30 minutes or less.