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A neighborhood watch volunteer's fatal shooting of a Florida teenager raises questions about the risks involved when a community takes greater control over its own safety.

Muamba, who plays for Bolton in the English Premier League, was "in effect, dead" for 78 minutes after suffering a heart attack, his doctor says. But doctors kept working. Multiple defibrillator shocks got his heart beating on its own again.

For more than a year, NPR's Michele Norris has run the Race Card Project, in which she asks people to express their thoughts on race in six words or fewer. Many have written to her with thoughts on the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, which prompted a nationwide movement calling for justice.

When Colorado Rockies catcher Ben Petrick was 22, his doctors told him he had early-onset Parkinson's. He struggled to hide the symptoms, but, frustrated by his shaking and growing lack of mobility, he retired in 2004. Petrick has since focused on coaching, parenting and giving motivational speeches.

Most gynecologists don't ask patients about their sexual orientation or if they're having sexual problems, a new study finds. That makes it hard for women to get appropriate medical care, the researchers say.

A NATO ally with close ties to the West, Turkey's economy has grown significantly, and the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken active roles in several international crises. But reporter Dexter Filkins paints a complicated picture of Erdogan under threats of coup and paranoia.

After 2,466 nights on the run, accused murderer Malcolm Naden was apprehended at a remote cabin. A police dog named Chuck put the bite on him at the end.

The Senate passed a bill Thursday to explicitly ban insider trading by members of Congress and the executive branch. But the legislation, known as the STOCK Act, is quite a bit weaker than earlier versions.

The Senate again tried to add some investor protections to the JOBS bill, which otherwise would remove SEC oversight from companies with as big as $1 billion in sales that are going public.

The Food52 Hotline, a new service on Twitter, promises 24-hour cooking advice, and it delivers. But don't expect an instant answer in the middle of the night.