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The Florida judge has been on the federal bench for just about a year. She became controversial for not recusing herself from a felon voting rights case.

Also: The international Nuclear Summit opens in Washington today; tornadoes strike Oklahoma; and Nobel Prize winning Hungarian author Imre Kertész dies, who'd written about the Holocaust.

Also: California bans so-called gay-repair therapy for minors; Supreme Court begins a new term; European team retains golf's Ryder Cup after dramatic comeback; Russian court adjourns hearing on appeal from Pussy Riot members.

Also: Vice President Biden to meet victims and gun rights groups; suspicion that Iran carried out cyber-attacks against U.S. banks; voting results today for baseball's newest Hall of Fame class; Twilight film has most Razzie nominations for worst films of 2012.

Also: Vice President Biden welcomes the NRA to the White House to discuss gun violence; Syria fires a new ballistic missile at northern rebels; Indian defense lawyer blames victim for her brutal rape and murder; a pod of killer whales is trapped by arctic ice in far northern Canada.

Also: Syrian peace talks resume but in separate rooms; Britain suffers flooding after the wettest January ever; North Korea rescinds its invitation to a U.S. diplomat to visit and discuss imprisoned American Kenneth Bae; and a game developer withdraws "Flappy Bird" app, claiming it ruined his life.

Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Radio Milwaukee's Tarik Moody watched their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discussed what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

North Carolina Senate leaders have unveiled their new plan to overhaul how the state distributes sales taxes and provides tax incentives to businesses. It…

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Tom Grossi about his "If the NFL Was Scripted" series and the characters and storylines viewers should be watching for in the NFL playoffs.

John B. Chambers led the team at ratings agency S&p that decided to downgrade the country's AAA rating in 2011. It was a big decision, and it took a personal toll — but he has no regrets.

NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.

It's no mystery that the Swedes know how to write really good ones. But among the authors with the gift to spin out superior thrillers is a trio of American women and, oddly, the guy who gave us Mr. Magoo. Now, the suspense is over: Mystery fiction aficionado Maureen Corrigan relishes the best of the whodunits.

A Republican-led congressional subcommittee is leading a new investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Do their claims add up?

The Republican National Committee censured Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and in the censure document labeled the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol "legitimate political discourse."

Rep. Raskin is one of the people Biden pardoned before he left office. Raskin says it's strange to be pardoned for doing his job.

An 8th grader at Randolph Middle School made it into the top 25 spellers at the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Akshra Paimagam, 14, finished 23rd in…

Also: Syrian official says regime won't use chemical weapons; rains in Beijing lead to 37 deaths; Bulgarian police widen their investigation into suicide bombing that killed Israelis.

The annual Iditarod sled dog race came to a historic finish in Nome, Alaska, on Tuesday. For the first time all top-three finishers claim Alaska Native heritage.

We asked visual search scientists, a metal-detecting enthusiast and a detective to share the most effective strategies to find missing objects.

For years, the myth about Asian Americans and their perceived collective success has been used as a racial wedge. Here's a look at some common misconceptions driven by the "model minority" myth.