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Brittany Penn was just 16 years old when Katrina hit. NPR's Michel Martin reports on this young woman's 20-year fight to rebuild her community in New Orleans' Upper Ninth Ward.

Authorities identified a suspect and now they are working to figure out why a 23 year old shot and killed 2 school children and wounded 17 other people at a Catholic school and church in Minneapolis.

Susan Monarez, who has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for under a month, is out of the job, according to the department. Her lawyers say she hasn't been told and she won't resign.

Serial, the hugely popular (and sometimes controversial) podcast spun off from This American Life, wraps up its first season today. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Serial creator Sarah Koenig.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is looking to his career after politics. Commentator Mike Pesca has his take on Christie's turn as a sports radio host.

Writer Henry David Thoreau was born 200 years ago today. He lived quietly by a pond, except when he went to jail. He was arrested for refusing to pay taxes due to his opposition to a war.

Donald Trump Jr. said in an interview with Fox News that "in retrospect," he would have done things differently when meeting with a Russian lawyer last year.

The FDA has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines, but is restricting eligibility to those at risk for serious complications. That includes anyone age 65 and older and younger people with other health issues. The new limitations could make it much harder for many people to get vaccinated.

There is a growing strike by police officers in Egypt. Long accused of brutality before and after the fall of the Mubarak regime, police commanders say they are ill-equipped to handle the ongoing protests, many of them violent, in Port Said and other cities. They are demanding the ouster of the new Interior Minister, appointed by President Mohammed Morsi. The strike comes amid fears of more violence on Saturday when a court in Cairo is scheduled to hand down a second group of verdicts and sentences in connection with a soccer riot that left 70 dead last year.

The Western swing veteran's latest album, El Rancho Azul, is filled with lighthearted drinking ballads and dance-hall toe-tappers.