The Jonas Brothers’ “Sucker” has been rocking the airwaves as their first-ever #1 hit. But the brothers – Nick, Kevin and Joe – have traveled long paths, both together and solo, since coming onto the scene as teens nearly 15 years ago. Tracy Smith talks with the Jonas Brothers, each now married, about family ties and their decision to regroup, produce a new album (“Happiness Begins”), and head out on tour. Source

When she was a little kid, Mindy Kaling didn’t see anyone on TV who looked like her, and yet she’s built a career as a writer and actress who is remarkably relatable, whether it’s her characters in the sitcoms “The Office” and “The Mindy Project,” her bestselling books, or her new film “Late Night,” which she wrote and stars in alongside Emma Thompson. Luke Burbank reports. Source

Reunited, Nick, Joe and Kevin have their first-ever #1 hit, a new album, and a new documentary that explores their family ties that, for a time, were frayed Source

It’s estimated that at least 60% of Americans in jail today – nearly a half-million – haven’t been convicted of anything but are merely being held in pre-trial detention because they can’t afford to make bail. What’s worse, even people who are acquitted of charges may face years paying back their bail bond fees. Now, some states, like California, are moving to end their cash bail systems. Lee Cowan looks at the $2 billion-a-year private bail bond industry, and talks with the founder of the Bail Project, a non-profit that gives those in need bail without added fees, as well as the executive director of Equal Justice Under Law, dedicated to scrapping the cash bail system entirely. Source

The columnist and commentator, a staunch and unshakable advocate of conservative policies for more than four decades, talks about the state of politics today, as well as the hot-button topic of baseball Source

It happened this past week – word of the passing of two men as different as different can be Source

The delicate and expressive wood carvings of sculptor David Esterly may take months, even years, to create, conjured from the subtle neurological connections between the artist’s brain and the hand. Faith Salie talks with Esterly, whose craft has placed him among the greatest wood workers, and who, at 75, is now facing the symptoms of ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Source

A World War II-era Douglas C-47 military transport plane dubbed “Miss Montana” had been parked in a museum for nearly two decades after a career transporting firefighters in Montana. Now, with its engines rebuilt and the fuselage restored to its early glory, it is joining other veteran airplanes that saw service on D-Day 75 years ago for a trip across the Atlantic, for an anniversary flight over the beaches of Normandy. Richard Schlesinger talks with those who got Miss Montana back in the air. Source

It’s estimated that nearly half a million Americans in jail haven’t been convicted of anything, but are being held simply because they can’t afford bail; now there are efforts in nearly a dozen states to eliminate cash-bail systems that put a price tag on freedom Source

The sculptor’s finely-detailed, expressive works are conjured from the subtle neurological connections between the artist’s brain and hands, now afflicted with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease Source