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SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH CHIP BERLET, Ber-LAY) AN EXPERT ON MILITIAS AT THE POLITICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, ABOUT WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HATE SO FIERCELY. SCOTT ALSO TALKS WITH FRANK JORDAN, MAYOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT HAPPENED IN OKLAHOMA CITY DOESN'T HAPPEN IN HIS. KATIE WORSHAM OF H.U.D., WHO ONCE WORKED IN THE BOMBED MURRAH BUILDING, RETURNED THIS WEEK AS ACTING STATE DIRECTOR BECAUSE THE FORMER DIRECTOR WAS KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION. SCOTT SPEAKS WITH HER ABOUT HER FORMER COWORKERS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF THE BLAST. AND, SCOTT ALSO SPEAKS WITH JIM McNABB, PASTOR OF THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, ABOUT A FELLOW PASTOR WHO WAS KILLED WHILE IN THE BUILDING.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including United Nations official Alan Roberts commenting on the scalating situation in Croatia; a Hiroshima bombing survivor remembering the vents 50 years ago; Deputy Attorney General Phillip Heyman on the investigation nto the Clinton administration's involvement in the Whitewater affair; Thomas urphy, the CEO for Captial Cities, speaking about the acquisition of Captial ities/ABC last week by the Walt Disney Company; Michael Jordon, Chairman of the estinghouse Corporation, commenting on the merger of Westinghouse and CBS; epresentative Jack Fields (R-TX) and Representative John Conyers (D-MI) ommenting on telecommunications legislation; Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich R-GA) on campaign reform; and President Bill Clinton commenting on Newt ingrich's failure to follow through on promises made when the two shook hands n New Hampshire last month.

Bloomington-Normal has the lowest unemployment rate in the state, but hiring has stalled in recent months. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, the Twin City area has added 800 jobs over the last year, but the area workforce has dropped in each of the last four months.

A new art installation will be unveiled this month in Detroit in remembrance of those lost to or impacted by COVID-19. Artist Sonya Clark explains the meaning of The Healing Memorial.

Sam Hass plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Like many other cities, Philadelphia is dealing with a massive police corruption case. Six officers have already been convicted, but the most serious result of the case is the possibility that dozens of drug convictions could be overturned if the officers involved are convicted. NPR's Eric Westervelt, of member station WHYY, reports. CUTAWAY 1C 0:59 1D 8. TORNADOES -- Noah talks with Officer Richard Hardin of the Hillview Police Department in Hillview, Kentucky, where severe weather injured eight people and destroyed hundreds of homes outside Louisville. Officer Hardin was chased by a tornado yesterday, and tells about his experiences...and the damage left in the wake of the storms.

A group of cannabis industry professionals wants to build a marijuana retail store in Bloomington.

At the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, some of the most popular displayed tribal peoples in re-creations of their native villages. As the city commemorates the fair's centennial, descendants of some of those villagers are returning to St. Louis to remember an event that celebrated America's progress but also exploited their ancestors. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

The tuxedo jacket features iconic features of New York, including the Brooklyn Bridge. It also displays a large handgun with a red slash through it.

California is fighting a costly battle against an industrial chemical that has leaked into the state's groundwater. The state suggests even tiny amounts of perchlorate are worrisome, but other say there's little evidence of illness. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports in the first of a two-part series.