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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 367 people died from the virus Saturday — less than half of the daily number at the height of the outbreak.

Regardless of the drug-use allegations against Lance Armstrong, those yellow plastic "Livestrong" bracelets have come to represent more than the story of the champion cyclist's personal battle against cancer.

NPR's Scott Simon shares his thoughts on watching the first public hearings of the House committee investigating the January 6th insurrection.

Despite troubles with Myanmar's military rulers, U.N. World Food Program spokesman Paul Riley says the agency has 240 staffers on the ground hurriedly working with government ministries to get aid to survivors of the cyclone. The agency fears running out of time.

The lawmakers' vote on the plan is also a test of Italy's leadership, and whether it's stable enough to deal with its troubled government finances. Meanwhile, major U.S. banks have backed off plans to impose new debit card fees, but thousands of people still shifted their money to smaller institutions.

Paula Poundstone had a great idea: Try fun stuff and get a publishing company to pay for it in the name of science. The result? The Totally Unscientific Study of the Search for Human Happiness.

Despite these deaths, the day was calmer than expected, as Israel and Palestine work to negotiate a deal. "This was not something extraordinary," retired Israeli Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser told NPR.

Arlington National Cemetery is 150 years old this week, but the historic land is constantly running out of plots. Plans to expand can only delay the time when the cemetery will be full.

Tweeting and blogging make it easy to complain in the virtual world. Instead, an outraged Michigan mom took a step to make a difference in real life.

Society has traditionally defined gender as either male or female. These days, more people seem to be breaking free of those gender norms. Now, some…