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A U.S. parachute team dropped into a POW camp in China to liberate the captives after Japan surrendered in 1945. Tad Nagaki was with that team. Prior to the assignment, Nagaki had spent two years requesting combat duty, only to be denied repeatedly because of his Japanese-American ethnicity.

Federal prosecutors in New York say they have arrested five men associated with a digital currency company called Liberty Reserve. The men are accused of running a $6 billion money laundering scheme that prosecutors say was a "bank of choice for the criminal underworld."

In Sanford, Fla., a state judge ruled that George Zimmerman — the Neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed teenager Trayvon Martin — will go to trial as scheduled on June 10. Zimmerman's defense asked the judge for more time and accused prosecutors of withholding important information. But on that — and many other motions — the judge ruled against Zimmerman and in favor of the state.

Detroit's emergency financial manager is considering selling artwork from The Detroit Institute of Arts to help raise money for the city's debt. Robert Siegel talks to John Gallagher of the Detroit Free Press for more.

A hotline that monitors anti-Muslim violence says the number of incidents has shot up since last week's killing of Lee Rigby by two men who claimed their attack in the name of Islam.

The British government is setting up a new terrorism task force following last week's brutal killing of a soldier by men wielding cleavers and knives. The task force will look at whether new laws are needed to clamp down on those who promote religious extremism.

Robert Siegel speaks with John Fisher Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, about how London is reacting to the religious and political extremism expressed by a man who murdered a soldier on a London street.

Seven months ago, President Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surveyed the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy. On Tuesday, the two reunited for a tour of the Jersey Shore to see how it has recovered.

In Honduras, the Roman Catholic Church has arranged a cease-fire between the country's two most violent gangs. The government hopes Tuesday's signing will lower violence in a country that is home to the world's deadliest city.

In Myanmar — a country that's been cut off from the world for decades — it's still a surprise when money pops out of the ATM. That may soon change.