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More details are emerging about the shooter and his victims in the worst act of deadly violence at an elementary school in U.S. history.

Science offers us Nothing But and we like it. Why? Why do we like to be told that we are nothing but our brains, when, after all, this is patently untrue? Alva Noë presses the question.

At 67, the Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is finally tackling two rock-star milestones: a memoir and a Christmas album.

Moments after a brutal attack began at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., Friday, Newtown Beeassociate editorShannon Hicks sped to the scene. Before the day was over, she would act in two capacities: as a journalist, and as a volunteer firefighter.

The shooting in Newtown, Conn., is likely to have an impact on many children, even those nowhere near the state. Host Guy Raz is joined by NPR's Jon Hamilton to talk about how parents, teachers and others who spend time with kids should prepare to discuss the event.

Police investigating the Sandy Hook shootings say they have weeks of work ahead of them. Dozens of interviews, including of traumatized school kids, remain. Host Guy Raz gets the latest in the investigation from NPR's Carrie Johnson.

Ross Gonzales has been appointed director of finance for St. Bernard Parish.Gonzales, a certified public accountant, is a University of New Orleans…

Police are searching for two men who dug through a cinderblock wall to burglarize a convenience store in New Orleans East.The Times-Picayune reports that…

State highway officials say they'll start a six-month study early next year into the feasibility of an alternative route around an eight-acre sinkhole in…

The Saints dismantled the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 41-0 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Sunday afternoon.Both teams entered Sunday’s matchup hoping to build…