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Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, who says the U.S. needs to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for the facts in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Kaprun, Austria where a ski lift passenger cable car fire killed at least 170 people yesterday.

The U.S. Senate approves legislation creating a new Department of Homeland Security, a new Cabinet agency consolidating 22 agencies and more than 170,000 federal employees. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

Scott talks with Lucinda Williams about her new CD, Essence (Lost Highway, 088 170 197-2). This is Ms. Williams' sixth major label recording. Her last release, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, won a Grammy in 1998 for Best Folk Album.

NPR's Alex Chadwick speaks with Harvey Mansfield, the editor and translator of the newest edition of, Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville. De Tocqueville's visit to the fledgling United States 170 years ago led to an analysis of our political and social systems that are surprisingly relevant today.

An experimental drug rescued three out of seven monkeys from lethal doses of Ebola. The study marks the first time researchers have shown that a drug can successfully treat Ebola in animals even after the infection is well underway.

This summer, millions of Americans are packing up their cars and heading out on road trips to visit national parks and monuments. Michael Brune is one of…

Robert speaks with Oliver Wright, a reporter with The Times of London, about the scene at the public autopsy that took place in an art gallery in East London. More than 300 people showed up to see Professor Gunther von Hagens cut apart the body of a 72-year-old man. This was the first public autopsy performed in Britain in more than 170 years. The practice is illegal.

President Bush today signed the law creating a vast new federal department to oversee security efforts within the 50 states. The new entity will include nearly two dozen agencies and more than 170,000 employees -- and it will take time to achieve the information sharing and coordination that are its main goals. NPR's Pam Fessler reports from the White House.

Liane talks to Sheila Coghill and Thom Tammaro, editors of Visiting Emily: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Emily Dickinson. The profound and reclusive poet was born 170 years ago today in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her work continues to inspire both readers and poets today. (10:00) Visiting Emily: Poems Inspired by the Life and Work of Emily Dickenson is published by the University of Iowa Press.