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  • Stocks Slide On Fears About Europe, Other Worries
    Traders reacted to word that Europe's debt crisis may be deepening, China's economy may slow and some U.S. companies' earnings may be disappointing.
  • This photo will not set the tone for <em>The Torch</em>. But if such behavior persists at the Summer Olympics, we'll bring it to your attention.
    Lighting 'The Torch': NPR's Olympics Blog
    The Torch is NPR's new blog about the London 2012 Summer Olympics. For the next three weeks, we'll bring you the big news and interesting stories from London.
  • Starting a bone marrow registry in Nigeria "became an obsession" for Seun Adebiyi. "I thought that even if I couldn't find a match, I wanted to make it easier for other black patients to find a match."
    Olympic Hopeful Works To Improve Bone Marrow Registries
    Lawyer and Winter Olympic hopeful Seun Adebiyi made his battle with leukemia a quest for more donors and better registries in African countries.
  • Salmonella traced to ground beef processed by Cargill is being recalled from Hannaford grocery stores.
    Cargill Warns Of Salmonella-Tainted Ground Beef In Latest Recall
    At least two people have been hospitalized in a Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak tied to ground beef from a Pennsylvania Cargill beef plant. The company is warning consumers to check packages in their freezers before consuming ground beef.
  • Penn State's Wins Since 1998 Vacated, Hit With $60M Fine
    The NCAA today handed down a series of penalties against Penn State University that include a ban from post-season football bowl games for four years, a $60 million fine, the loss of Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, and the loss of football scholarships, over its handling of a sex abuse scandal involving Jerry Sandusky, former assistant football coach. For more on this development, Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Joel Rose.
  • What Makes A Shooter Snap?
    Last week's rampage at a Colorado movie theater has left many looking for answers about how people can commit such deadly acts of violence. Host Michel Martin speaks with Dave Cullen, journalist and author of Columbine, and psychiatrist Dr. Carl Bell about what we conclusions we should be careful not to draw in the aftermath of the Colorado shooting.
  • Britain's Abdul Buhari competes in the discus at the European Athletics Championships last month. With the Olympics coinciding with Ramadan, Buhari and many other Muslim athletes are postponing their fasting until after their events.
    Many Muslim Olympians Get A Break On Ramadan Fasting
    Hundreds of Muslim athletes are participating in the London Olympics, which officially begin Friday. But along with travel and other logistics, they're also adjusting to Ramadan, the holy month that requires them to fast.
  • In Anaheim, Protests Erupt Over Police Shooting Of Unarmed Man
    Protesters set a dumpster on fire as they chanted, "cops, pigs, murderers."
  • 8-year-old killed in fatal crash in New Orleans
    Police say an 8-year-old boy was killed when a sport utility vehicle he was in lost control in a curve in an off ramp of Interstate 10 in eastern New…
  • Idea of creating DWI tracking system revived
    The idea of creating a statewide DWI tracking system is gaining steam again.The Advocate reports that the 2004 death of an ambitious Louisiana project…
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