News

Maternity And Paternity Leave By Country

New Dads In Togo Are Guaranteed Something That U.S. Dads Aren't

11:24am March 31, 2015

by Diane Cole

It's paid paternity leave, which is the law in an increasing number of low- and middle-income countries, but not in the U.S. Research shows that time off for pops can provide lasting benefits.

Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross pulls on compression sleeves before a 400-meter race at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul in 2012.

Health & Safety

Compression Clothing: Not The Magic Bullet For Performance

10:30am March 31, 2015

by Lauren Silverman

Tight elasticized socks, sleeves and T-shirts supposedly make you a better athlete. But alas, science is pouring some cold water on those alluring claims.

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After Snowden, The NSA Faces Recruitment Challenge

10:16am March 31, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

To keep its code-breaking prowess, the National Security Agency must recruit scores of the brightest students in math and computer science each year. The Snowden revelations are hurting those efforts.

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At Nashville's Bailey Middle Prep, Whitney Bradley teaches her 8th-graders how to organize an essay in preparation for the writing section of Tennessee's standardized test. Most in her class trail their peers in literacy.

Stretching One Great Teacher Across Many Classrooms

11:55pm March 30, 2015

by Blake Farmer

A Nashville middle school is test-driving a big idea: To put a great teacher in charge of multiple classrooms.

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Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long (left) and House Speaker Brian C. Bosma, both Republicans, discuss their plans for clarifying the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act during a news conference today at the Statehouse in Indianapolis.

Indiana GOP To Revisit Law; Paper Weighs In With Full Page Editorial

11:19pm March 30, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act stoked controversy almost from the moment it was passed by the state's GOP-dominated Legislature and signed by Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday.

Detective Mark Williams (right) speaks with an officer in Richmond, Va. A decade ago, amid a surge in violent crime, Richmond police were identifying relatively few murder suspects. So the police department refocused its efforts to bring up its "clearance

National

Open Cases: Why One-Third Of Murders In America Go Unresolved

10:22pm March 30, 2015

by Martin Kaste

Police today are identifying fewer murder suspects than they did a generation ago. One criminologist says that may be because departments are more focused on preventing crimes than on making arrests.

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Cholita, an Andean bear, was abused in a circus in Peru and is now in a small zoo. An animal welfare group has now received permission to take Cholita to a wildlife sanctuary in Colorado, along with more than 30 former circus lions.

World News

Cholita, An Abused Bear In Peru, Gets A New Home In Colorado

8:48pm March 30, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

An animal welfare group says it now has permission to bring the Andean bear to a sanctuary in Colorado along with more than 30 lions that have been removed from circuses.

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Trevor Noah, 31, will become the new host of The Daily Show later this year.

Arts

Trevor Noah Will Replace Jon Stewart As Host Of 'The Daily Show'

8:26pm March 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Comedy Central President Michele Ganeless says that Trevor Noah "has a huge international following and is poised to explode here in America."

Oklahoma's Buddy Hield (right) and Denzel Valentine of Michigan State played in Friday's East Regional Semifinal of the 2015 NCAA tournament in Syracuse. If you've got money riding on this year's NCAA tournament, you might want to hear about what happened

Sports

The Cautionary Tale Of A Big-Time Bracket Bust

8:22pm March 30, 2015

by NPR Staff

In 2010, police arrested a New Jersey man running a football pool — with a payout totaling nearly $900,000. If you're the one holding money in your office's college basketball pool, take heed.

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County officials are foreclosing on tens of thousands of homes in Detroit along streets like this, on the city's west side.

Mass Tax Foreclosure Threatens Detroit Homeowners

8:15pm March 30, 2015

by Quinn Klinefelter

Tuesday is the deadline to begin what many call the largest U.S. mass tax foreclosure. With the city counting on tax revenue, the owners behind on payments may be forced out of their homes.

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