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Mary Louise Kelly talks to Alison Overholt, the editor-in-chief of espnW and now the new editor-in-chief of ESPN The Magazine, on becoming the first woman to edit a major U.S. sports magazine.

Also: A huge winter storm system sparks southern tornadoes; President Obama will visit Vietnam in May; and Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift are big winners at the Grammys.

J. Marion Sims is remembered as the father of modern gynecology. Forgotten are the mothers—the enslaved women whose bodies were sacrificed for the advancement of his research.

The freeze in oil output is aimed at stopping the dramatic slide in oil prices, but it's not a production cut as some had hoped.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning American musician, teacher and author was 66 years old. He had been diagnosed with cancer in November.

Huntersville town commissioners have voted to drop out of a regional transportation group originally set up to give the Lake Norman area more clout on…

New state laws cover education, identity documents, law enforcement and health. In all, 49 states and Puerto Rico enacted laws and resolutions relating to immigration.

Analysis explores the relationship among college football, binge drinking and sexual violence on campus. It suggests that reports of rape increase 41 percent on college football home games.

Also: Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is denied bail; U.S. military jets fly over South Korea in a warning to North Korea; and a tech at a Colorado hospital is accused of tampering with surgical drugs.

There was a time when heads of corporations made a lot less money. And then suddenly, average CEO pay shot up. Planet Money explores why America's CEOs got a big raise.

Donald and Kiefer Sutherland appear together in a Western with little to offer beyond the usual formulas.

This Colombian nominee for the Oscar for best foreign-language film is loosely based on the journals of two real explorers and creates a story in which they spend decades seeking a sacred plant.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology at Pew Research Center, about the general public's opinion on digital privacy and government surveillance.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Nico Sell, co-founder and co-chairman of Wickr, an encrypted messaging app, about Apple's fight against the FBI's order to unlock an iPhone owned by a terrorist.

Chris Barnicle, a former professional runner who now works as a distributor for medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles, finished the race in 3:45:34.

The Politics Podcast team discusses the upcoming South Carolina primary and Nevada caucuses, as well their own personal political obsessions of the week.

Complaints were up about 30 percent last year over 2014. The most frequent complaints were about flights being delayed or canceled, and luggage that was lost or damaged.

The showdown between the FBI and Apple could result in huge changes for security and privacy, but one thing it may not do is deliver a big break in the San Bernardino case.

Ann Goldstein is the translator for the mysterious novelist's popular Neapolitan series. She says her role is to "enable someone to express him or herself as much as he or she possibly can."

The Florida senator needs a rebound in the state's GOP primary after a disappointing New Hampshire finish. And he's hoping the backing of the state's young, diverse leadership can help him do that.