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Top journalists open their notebooks and look ahead to the week’s news at home and abroad.

In his essay this week, NPR's Scott Simon remembers William T. Shearer, who died this week at the age of 81. He was the doctor of "The Boy In The Bubble."

After six days out of the classroom, union members voted yes on a proposed contract. Teachers were back in schools Wednesday.

The last five years are also the five hottest years on record for average global temperature, according to scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The former New York Timesexecutive editor finds herself embroiled in controversy after passages in her new book Merchants of Truthwere found to echo work written by others.

Over the weekend, the Puget Sound region was blanketed in snow and hit with frigid temperatures. Residents are busy digging out after the storm. Hardware stores have sold out of rock salt and deicer.

The video shows a man punching a woman in front of a Paris cafe. French media report the assailant was taken into police custody after leaving a hospital where he was receiving unrelated treatment.

Each member nation would be able to decide "whether to go for permanent summer or wintertime."

If the celebrated cellist could soundtrack his life, the music would be J.S. Bach's six Cello Suites. Yo-Yo Ma explains why they mean the world to him while he played the music at the NPR offices.

"It will be a very cold day in hell before an offensive statue will be forced upon us to be permanently erected on the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol," Republican State Sen. Jason Rapert said.