The professor accused of shooting three University of Alabama colleagues to death during a faculty meeting was a Harvard-educated neurobiologist, inventor and mother whose life had been marred by a violent episode in her distant past.

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Shopping is an activity that still is somewhat unnatural for most males. But increasingly, more men are shopping for everything from food to clothing. Marketing experts say stores could persuade men to stay longer and spend more by putting them at ease with free booze.

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A century after the Weather Bureau began to offer regular forecasts, the government is proposing the creation of a similar service focused on climate change and its effects. NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco discusses the proposed “National Climate Service.”

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Billboards are going up across Atlanta that read: “Black children are an endangered species.” Those who oppose abortion say the campaign is an effort to increase awareness that the abortion rate is higher in minority communities. But abortion rights advocates say the campaign is dehumanizing and does not reflect the tough circumstances facing many minority women when they decide to…

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The former president, 63, was hospitalized Thursday after suffering chest discomfort. Doctors placed two stents in one of his coronary arteries. Clinton had quadruple bypass surgery in 2004 to open four blocked arteries.

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NPR is launching a special investigation into confidential informants. They’re a vital crime fighting tool but what happens if those informants go astray? NPR’s Carrie Kahn has spent the past several months looking into this, and talks to Renee Montagne about her series.

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The second major snowstorm in less than a week roared across the Northeast as the National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings in cities from Washington to New York. Officials in some areas pulled snowplows off the roads because of whiteout conditions and gale-force winds.

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Wild jaguars were thought to have been killed-off in the United States, until an Arizona rancher saw one 14 years ago. The lone jaguar became a symbol of hope. More recently, when it died, it became a symbol of controversy. The Fish and Wildlife Service has been ordered to put together a plan to bring the hemisphere’s largest cat back…

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