Audrey Fannin

Update:  NPR is reporting that FBI sources say no arrest has been made in the case.  Federal, state and local authorities will hold a press conference in Boston at 5 p.m. 

NPR has announced plans to broadcast this event live during All Things Considered.

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CNN is reporting that a suspect has been arrested in the Boston Marathon bombing case. NPR is continuing to gather information and will have in-depth coverage during its news programs.

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  One sign of the improving economy is squeezing  local airports.  Business Journal contributing writer, Justin Catanoso, joins WFDD's Audrey Fannin to discuss one side effect of the aviation industry's expansion in the Triad. Catanoso is the director of Wake Forest University's Journalism Program.

Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, the only woman to hold that job, died Monday at the age of 87.  Queen Elizabeth has authorized a ceremonial funeral, one step short of a state funeral, for Thatcher, who was revered by some and reviled by others. David Coates, Worrell Professor of Ango-American Studies at Wake Forest University's department of politics and international studies, was born in the United Kingdom and has written extensively on UK labor politics. In this interview with WFDD's Audrey Fannin, Coates shares his thoughts on Thatcher's passing.

All lanes of U.S. 52 North will be closed overnight from Business 40 to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Winston-Salem this week for paving work.  The NC Department of Transportation says the closure will begin Monday at 8 p.m. and remain in place until Tuesday morning at 6 a.m.  Crews will reinstall the closure Tuesday night at 8 and remove it on Wednesday at 6 a.m.  The detour route will be marked.  The work is part of the U.S. 52 Improvement Project.