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The studies in question looked at how the bird flu virus could spread through the air. An expert panel that advises the government on biosafety in research had earlier said the findings should not be published, fearing that the data could fall into the wrong hands.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the Feb.28 primaries in Arizona and Michigan. Ben Adler of The Nation argues that Romney will likely win the Republican nomination, but his party doesn't like him very much.

Pearl was Jewish and was captured and killed by terrorists while reporting in Pakistan in 2002.

He thrilled many a young girl's heart back in the '60s. Among the songs he'll be remembered for: Daydream Believer.

Presidential debates can provide a boost to a candidate, thwart a lead in polls or prompt a decision to leave the race. NPR's Ken Rudin and Alan Schroeder, author of Presidential Debates: 40 Years of High-Risk TV, look at game-changing moments in the 2012 election cycle.

The New Orleans Police Department will conduct a DWI checkpoint in the "Uptown area" Thursday night, from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Friday.Drivers should be…

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, who narrowly won Michigan's Republican primary on Tuesday, traveled south to campaign in Toledo, Ohio on Wednesday. Ohio holds its primary next week on Super Tuesday.

Robert Siegel and Audie Cornish read emails from listeners about a segment on a female boxer in Flint, Michigan.

After sending mixed signals in his customary style, former Bob Kerrey,the former U.S. senator from Nebraska, has decided to run for the Senate again, which some Senate Democrats see as improving their chances to hold onto control of the chamber.

Obama appointees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture say grants and loans supported by its Know Your Farmer initiative are a win-win that create new jobs and more locally produced food. Critics say the program serves the foodie elite and urban locavores at the expense of conventional farmers in rural America.