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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the Netflix show "City of Ghosts," an iconic Twitter account and more.

The U.S. military confirms it is investigating a report that American troops killed Iraqi civilians in a Sunni village northwest of Baghdad. The news comes amid allegations that American Marines killed 24 unarmed civilians at Haditha.

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki planned to announce the last two Cabinet posts Sunday (Interior and Defense), but negotiations have stalled. The violence continues as well. Nineteen people, mostly high school students, were killed this morning when they were dragged from a bus and shot.

The federal complaint gives a new account of Payton Gendron's movements in the store. It also alleges that he said "Sorry" to at least one of his white victims.

Black motorist Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times last week by police in Akron, Ohio. Outrage has roiled the city, as protesters call for police officers to be held accountable.

In his day, J. Paul Getty was known as "the richest man in America." James Reginato's biography, Growing Up Getty, is an exhaustive account of how the rich are different from most people.

Commentator Peter Sagal mourns the loss of science fiction author Philip Jose Farmer. He says Farmer provided him with an important commodity when he was growing up: imaginary people. You can spend your whole life talking and playing with and beating up imaginary people. And from all accounts, many do. But Sagal also wonders if, like him, when they grow up and have to say farewell to childish things, they'll have nothing real to let go of.

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney took to the TV networks Friday to rebut news accounts that have questioned his departure date from Bain Capital. Brian Naylor talks to Melissa Block about the unusual round of one-on-one interviews.

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have asked the Justice Department and FBI for documents ahead of what they said will be a series of investigations if Republicans retake the House.

The U.S. territory sought to hold the late financier accountable after he was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls and of causing environmental damage on the two tiny islands he owned.