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Bruce Gordon, a retired telecommunications executive, is the new president and CEO of the NAACP. Gordon, 59, was the only candidate presented to the 64-person board of directors of the nation's largest civil rights organization. He has relatively little civil rights experience.

- NPR's Tovia Smith reports on the latest in the investigation into the explosion which destroyed TWA Flight 800 last week off the coast of New York. Investigators still have not determined what caused the explosion which killed more than 200 people on board.

NPR's Debbie Elliott reports that officials in New Orleans are increasingly confident that no one has died in the collision of a freighter with a shopping and mall complex this weekend. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

Noah talks with Dr. Vernon Grose (GROHSS), a former member of the National Transportation Safety Board. New discoveries at the site of the TWA 800 crash suggest that a fuel tank explosion...NOT a bomb...might have downed the plane.

Steve is joined by our resident ethicist Randy Cohen to discuss the proper way to run a co-op board election... and how to deal with your kooky relatives. Cohen writes "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times Magazine . (7:23)

The FCC has approved the sale of Tegna television stations to rival Nexstar Media Group Thursday. The deal would create a company that owns 259 television stations in 44 states.

After years of resistance, the Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a Bitcoin exchange traded fund which will track the price of the cryptocurrency.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Robin Toma, executive director of the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, about a 71% increase in reported hate crimes in Los Angeles last year.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lee Saunders — president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — about how federal workers are handling the latest round of layoffs.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Lee Saunders — president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — about how federal workers are handling the latest round of layoffs.