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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ken Armstrong.

For the past 18 years, the Bad Plus, has been playing catchy, high energy music and redefining what a jazz trio can be. This year pianist Ethan Iverson announced he is leaving the trio. But contrary to popular belief, Bad Plus found a new pianist and released a new album.

The president has directed the Pentagon to look into a parade, possibly to take place on Veterans Day. He was apparently inspired by the Bastille Day parade he saw last summer during a trip to Paris.

In a tweet, the president called the death of Indianapolis Colt linebacker Edwin Jackson, caused by a suspected drunken driver who is in the U.S. illegally, a "preventable" tragedy.

Critics say Feinstein — the oldest member of the U.S. Senate at 84 — should not run for another six-year term. But an expert says chronological age doesn't tell you much about ability.

Also: Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. is ready to impose tough new North Korea sanctions; Germany may be closer to forming a coalition government; and Olympic workers fall ill with norovirus.

The chancellor's coalition, headed by her center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has been in limbo since inconclusive September elections.

If lawmakers fail to reach a deal, that would mean the second shutdown in less than a month. And there are still a lot of big issues to work through — including immigration.

The parent company of the Los Angeles Times has announced that it has sold the paper. The new owner is Patrick Soon-Shiong, a doctor, and the change comes after months of tumult at the paper.

The stamp will be dedicated in a first-day-of-issue ceremony held in WQED's Fred Rogers Studio in Pittsburgh, where Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was filmed.