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Couple Charged With Abuse Back In Escambia County

An Okaloosa County couple working as paramedics are charged with sex offenses against a juvenile, along with a pair of Escambia County deputies, and are…

Sandwich Monday: Bone-In Pork Chop Sandwich

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a Chicago sandwich classic from Jim's Original. They leave the bone in — for flavor, and for danger.

Brandi Carlile's Surging Voice Grounds 'The Firewatcher's Daughter'

Carlile has been releasing albums for the past 10 years, and Fresh Air rock critic Ken Tucker says her new one, called The Firewatcher's Daughter, is her best yet.

Rep. Barney Frank shows emotion at a ceremony in December 2010 when President Obama signed the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation that would allow gays to serve openly in the military. Frank, who retired two years ago, spent his career fighting for gay rights.

Barney Frank's Journey From Closeted To An Openly Gay Member Of Congress

In his new memoir, Frank describes how early in politics he feared people would "draw inferences" if he supported gay rights. But his drive to fight discrimination was stronger.

Nancie Atwell (center) poses with former U.S. President Bill Clinton (left) and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, after she won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize in Dubai on Sunday.

Nancie Atwell Of Maine Wins $1 Million Global Teaching Prize

A teacher who instills a love of books and writing has beaten out 5,000 educators around the world for a global honor.

Robert Durst, filmed on the streets of Manhattan for HBO's <em>The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst</em>.

Does Success Of HBO's 'The Jinx' Herald New Form Of True-Crime TV?

The docu-series ended Sunday with murder suspect Robert Durst seeming to admit guilt. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says that moment may also have created a TV genre with its own set of rules.

Kristen Hannah Perez, a low-income, high-achieving student from Celina, Texas, plans to attend Dartmouth College next fall.

Why Many Smart, Low-Income Students Don't Apply To Elite Schools

A surprising number of gifted seniors are not applying to the Ivy League universities and selective colleges they'd be sure to get into.

A still image from surveillance video that was entered as evidence shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in 2013, in a handout photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston. Tsarnaev, 21, is accused of killing three people and injuring 264 with a pair of homemade bombs at the race's crowded finish, as well as fatally shooting a police officer three days later.

Gunfire, Bombs And An Arrest: Boston Police Detail Tsarnaev's Capture For Court

Police officers on Monday described a fierce gunbattle that included thrown explosives, at the trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

22 Escambia Schools To Share $1.4 Million

Gov. Rick Scott visited Pensacola Monday, to present a check to the Escambia County School District from the Florida Department of Education. The money is…

Female and male Marines prepare for a live-fire exercise at Twentynine Palms, a training camp in the Mojave Desert.

In Intense Desert Training, Marine Women Fight For Place On Front Lines

The Marines are being tested in California's Mojave Desert to see if they have what it takes to serve in ground combat units. Injuries in earlier training kept a dozen women from getting that far.

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