A rundown of the week's headlines with our region's leading journalists.

This week on the Fishing News, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On the Water magazine about the lack of albies in local waters. September is usually prime time for anglers to pursue false albacore, but this year, many have found the fish have other ideas.

An interview with E. J. Dolan about his book Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America’s Most Notorious Pirates

What to do when you get too many figs at once.

The owner of the closed Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth has lost an appeal seeking to release radioactive wastewater into Cape Cod Bay as part of the plant decommissioning.

Diesel prices soared to another record high today, averaging $6.44 a gallon. Trucking, farming, and flying is getting more expensive. But so far it hasn't crimped most Americans' spending.

President Trump threatens to ban three major news organizations from the White House. It's his latest salvo in an ongoing war on the media.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations' president emeritus, about the Polish prime minister's warning that Russia may be planning attacks on NATO countries.