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A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.

Some 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the United States, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a survey of Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and San Francisco in the past year, 46 percent of the black men surveyed at local bars and dance clubs were HIV positive.

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an Arizona law that would allow the state to penalize businesses that hire illegal immigrants. NPR's Nina Totenberg tells Robert Siegel about the opinion.

University of Colorado-Boulder, the University of Denver, and Colorado State University rank among the top volunteer-producing schools for the Peace Corps…

The Congressional hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection are being staged for TV consumption very differently than in the past — and most networks are taking them live. Fox News is the exception.

Pentagon officials confirm that Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, will give up his command this summer. But officials deny the move is linked to allegations that Sanchez knew about abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison. Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the Army's second-ranking general, will replace Sanchez. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Michele Kelemen.

Also: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders runs for President; the European Union is to announce its plan to address the migrant crisis; and China arrests thieves who stole from an archeological site.

Also: Japan commemorates the WW2 Battle of Okinawa; a short radar failure briefly grounds all flights in New Zealand; and a solar storm could mean dramatic skies at sunset tonight.

Also: The world climate summit is extended by another day; the House will vote on a short term funding bill for the federal government; and New Zealand is picking a new national flag.

Top stories include a U.N. report that finds Syrian children are targeted in the growing violence - they're tortured and murdered; six U.S. states are holding primary or special elections today.