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A little more than a decade ago, Detroit had a celebrated mayor and was viewed as a great urban comeback story. But things went downhill rapidly after Dennis Archer left office.

A new video essay compares two 1952 films that resulted from the collaboration of two renowned filmmakers, Vittorio De Sica, a master of Italian neorealism, and David O. Selznick, a Hollywood producer most famous for Gone With The Wind. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with filmmaker Ernie Park, who uses a pseudonym, Kogonada.

The move appears to be the beginnings of revived peace talks. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Friday that there is enough agreement to begin initial talks as early as next week.

A Spaniard born to privilege, Alejandro Cao de Benos is now a staunch defender of North Korea, where he lives half the year and works to promote its ideology.

China's state media says the alleged bomber was the only person wounded in the the incident at the airport terminal.

Movie star Ava Gardner agreed to write her memoirs with British journalist Peter Evans in 1988. Now, after the deaths of both Gardner and Evans, the results of their abortive collaboration are being published. Reviewer Bob Mondello says the book is dead on arrival.

The 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry fought a historic battle Civil War battle 150 years ago, historic in part because it was the first all-black regiment from the North to do battle in the war to end slavery. Host Jacki Lyden discusses the assault on Fort Wagner with historian Steven Hill.

The Arlington County Fire Department in Virginia was the first in the nation to hire a woman into a full-time position to fight fires. But women in that career remain under-represented, and the county is promoting the fire service to teenage girls, hoping they'll follow in Judy Brewer's footsteps.

A South Carolina woman, new to the Catholic Church, is on her way to Brazil to see the pope. She tells host Rachel Martin that she feels Pope Francis is a role model for young Catholics.

Pope Francis travels to Rio de Janeiro on Monday for Catholic World Youth Day. Host Rachel Martin talks about the trip with Rocco Palmo, who writes the Catholic blog, Whispers in the Loggia.