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THE AMERICA'S CUP TROPHY AND THE CREW OF THE NEW ZEALAND YACHT BLACK MAGIC ARRIVED THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO CELEBRATE, AT THE NEW ZEALAND EMBASSY, THEIR WIN OVER THE UNITED STATES TEAM LAST WEEK.

Fifty years ago this coming week American and Russian troops cut Adolph Hitler's Third Reich in two. So this weeks For The Record features the BBC's Edward Ward reporting in very high spirits from Torgau, Germany the site of the April 25th historic meeting.

ISRAELI SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERING DOGS...STRAYS, HOUSE-PETS AND SHEPARD DOGS, IN THE WEST BANK TOWN OF HEBRON WHERE THE ARMY HAS IMPOSED A CURFEW ON PALESTINIAN RESIDENTS SINCE A DERANGED ISRAELI SETTLER MURDERED 29 WORSHIPPERS IN A MOSQUE IN FEBRUARY OF 1994.

NPR'S ANN COOPER REPORTS FROM JOHANNESBURG THAT PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA HAS, ONCE AGAIN, FIRED HIS CONTROVERSIAL WIFE, WINNIE, FROM HER CABINET POST.

WE HEAR REFECTIONS OF SOLDIERS WHO LIBERATED PRISONERS FROM THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP...AND WE ALSO HEAR SELECTIONS FROM EDWARD R. MURROW'S RADIO BROADCAST THE DAY OF LIBERATION OF BUCHENWALD, 50 YEARS AGO TODAY.

NANCY POSTERO VISITS THE CAPITAL OF THE STATE OF BAHIA (bah-EE-ah) AND PROFILES THE "DR. RUTH" OF BRAZIL, A MAN WHO TALKS OPENLY ABOUT SEX AND CONTRACEPTION IN THAT CATHOLIC COUNTRY.

SIMON/SAILING: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH BUDDY MELGES, A FORMER GOLD MEDAL OLYMPIC SAILOR AND A FORMER AMERICA'S CUP WINNER, ABOUT THE CHEVROLET STADIUM SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS...SAILING RACES HELD IN INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS.

Masks will be required at all Illinois long-term care facilities, day cares and Pre-K-12 schools, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday amid a nationwide surge of COVID-19.

OKLAHOMA: SCOTT SIMON TALKS WITH NPR'S WADE GOODWYN ABOUT THE MOOD IN PERRY, OKLAHOMA, WHERE TIMOTHY JAMES McVEIGH, ONE OF THE MEN ACCUSED OF BOMBING THE FEDERAL OFFICE BUILDING IN OKLAHOMA CITY, WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY.

Jacki speaks with NPR's Tom Goldman about prospects that the major league baseball season will begin on time tomorrow evening. Yesterday, a federal judge issued an injunction against the owners, prompting the players to offer to end their nearly eight-month old strike. Team owners will meet tomorrow to decide whether to go along with the players, or to lock them out.