Trump loves the idea; this Republican is pushing back

As multiple US states consider redrawing congressional maps -- Rep. Kevin Kiley tells us why he wants to put a stop to the upheaval -- and ban mid-decade gerrymandering. 

Frustrated by the city's response, a group of pedestrians marched into action -- then used their own hands to paint D-I-Y crosswalks on L.A. streets. One tells us it's taken hundreds of dollars in fines... but they've finally managed to pressure the City into action.

We hear from the caregiver of a rare, 400-year-old bonsai that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima -- about the tree's remarkable history and why its preservation is more important now than ever

Italians are outraged when a UK food website suggests including butter in cacio e pepe. That prompts us to revisit our interview about another controversial cacio e pepe ingredient - cornstarch.

A rare book specialist tells us about discovering a first edition print of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit -- something she calls one of the holy grails of book collecting -- and which just sold for 79-thousand dollars.

A Toronto man is racing every streetcar route in the city on foot. He says his undefeated record proves the notoriously slow method of transit isn't worth anyone's time. 

As It Happens, the Thursday edition. Radio that presumes he’s all over the map.