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  • Mexican authorities arrested the chief of police in Cancun in connection with the brutal kidnapping, torture and murder of retired army Brig. Gen. Enrique Tello. Tello is one of the highest ranking officials to be murdered in the ongoing drug violence. Journalist Jesus Esquivel talks about the case with Michel Martin.
  • Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / On Demand. Find out what really went on behind the stately walls of the British manor house a century ago.
  • Italy's government has passed a law that would grant work and residence permits to illegal migrants who report exploitive employers. But the economic crisis means the law is unlikely to be effective, as desperate migrants compete for limited work and the illegal economy grows.
  • Could the pension reform initiative be kept off the ballot? Will San Diego County ever enroll all those who need food stamps? How do homeless students manage to get an education?
  • It's not just Louis C.K. and Stephen Colbert who are confused about the Common Core. Get the facts here.
  • Host Scott Simon speaks with James Cunningham, who was sworn in as the new U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan earlier this month.
  • A new Gallup poll finds Americans trust the U.S. military more than any other American institution – namely Congress. According to the survey, 78 percent of those polled say they have a great deal of confidence in the U.S. military.
  • José Francisco Blake Mora started his political career in the border state of Baja California before rising to the No. 2 position in Mexico's government.
  • In his new memoir, David McGlynn describes how his teenage years were disrupted by violence. McGlynn was a swimmer who turned to evangelical Christianity in college. A Door in the Ocean is a compelling coming-of-age story marked by random tragedy and biblical tracts, church coffee and chlorine.
  • About 90 of the athletes headed to London for the summer Olympics got their training in San Diego.
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