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One of the state's biggest public universities is expanding — and so is its demand for water. In a region where water resources are already strained by development and changing weather, the University of Connecticut's plans have sparked controversy and calls for a comprehensive water plan.

Guns are now a key issue in the race to replace former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.). Gun violence plagues some of the Chicago neighborhoods that are part of the district, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's anti-gun political action committee is targeting one of the contenders for the seat.

People in the Northeast were stocking up and hunkering down in anticipation of Friday's major snowstorm. The Boston area is expected to be buried under more than 28 inches of snow and some areas may experience winds as high as 70 miles per hour before the storm blows out this weekend.

Envelopes filled with money are traditionally given to children for the Lunar New Year in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and other Asian immigrant families. The married adults who usually give them out face a perennial question: How much money should I give?

Four short stories about how we deal with the threat of danger, death, and crime.

We had a special visit this afternoon from Butler University Mascots, Blue II & III (Trip), who came to Washington, D.C., itching to show their NPR love (so excited, in fact, that they could barely sit still).

For the fifth straight year, whether marveling at Taylor Swift's capacity for surprise or trying to figure out what to type during the combined 37 minutes of Bruno Mars performances, Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson live-blogged the ceremony in an effort to serve your reading-along needs.

Drop a cat from a bed, a chair or a tree, and it will do its wriggly thing and land on all four feet. Cats are famous for this. But we've discovered an animal that does it better. Meet the new champ.

The U.S. Postal Service's decision to end Saturday delivery comes on the heels of a plan to reduce hours at many rural post offices. In Vermont, residents of small towns are worried the change is another step toward the eventual demise of their local post offices.

This week, the French National Assembly has been debating a bill on same-sex marriage and gay adoption. But a small scandal erupted after several lawmakers, who support gay marriage, were spotted playing Scrabble on their iPads during the parliamentary debate.