Courtesy of TSH Tracy’s Sanctuary House In August 2004, Tracy Rittel was in a fatal car accident near Fargo. While Tracy battled for her life, her family had trouble finding a place to stay near the hospital. From that experience, the Rittels created Tracy’s Sanctuary House in Bismarck for families who find themselves in a

Ever wondered whether convention delegates hold political views that are more extreme than most members of their own parties? You could ask them. CBS has polled delegates to the two major party conventions since 1968. The American Enterprise Institute has put together the numbers regarding delegate opinions about issues of the day. While there aren’t

Enlarge Olivier Lantzendorffer/iStockphoto.com How much longer could Junior really stay in there? Olivier Lantzendorffer/iStockphoto.com How much longer could Junior really stay in there? Babies are lovely but altogether helpless creatures. Wouldn’t it be better if tiny humans were born able to walk, like horses, or generally were readier for the rigors of the world, like,

Enlarge NOAA/GOES Project/AFP/Getty Images This August 27, 2012 GOES-East satellite image released by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Isaac at 11:10 UTC. The storm took aim at Louisiana and other Gulf states Monday, prompting them to declare states of emergency almost seven years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. NOAA/GOES Project/AFP/Getty Images This August 27, 2012

Enlarge Edward Linsmier/Getty Images Donald Trump on Sunday in Sarasota, Fla., where local Republicans named him their Statesman of the Year. Edward Linsmier/Getty Images Donald Trump on Sunday in Sarasota, Fla., where local Republicans named him their Statesman of the Year. The Donald isn’t done yet with the “birther” conspiracy. Developer/reality show star/sort-of politician Donald

In late August of 2008, just as delegates were coming together for their political-party conventions, the U.S. economy was falling apart. Home sales were shutting down, employers were slashing payrolls, and financial institutions were lurching toward chaos. Subsequent weeks saw political leaders and regulators fighting through one gut-wrenching day after another, trying to avert a

Enlarge Daniel Estrin for NPR Most of the year, Israel permits relatively few Palestinians to visit. But over the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, 1.2 million Palestinians were allowed in. Here, a mother and son wait to enter at the Qalandia checkpoint, which separates the West Bank and Jerusalem. Daniel Estrin for NPR Most of

Hide caption Powers walks past a tree chamber. Researchers say drought-stressed trees appear to start consuming their own carbon stores. Last of a five-part series The droughts that have parched big regions of the country are killing forests. In the arid Southwest, the body count is especially high. Besides trying to keep wildfires from burning

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Neil Armstrong testifies before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee about human space flight on Capitol Hill September 22, 2011, in Washington, D.C. Armstrong died on Saturday. He was 82. It was the kind of history that ignites the imagination of humanity. On July 20, 1969, hundreds of millions of people

In what was billed the “patent trial of the century,” Apple emerged victorious in its fight against Samsung. A federal grand jury in San Jose, Calif. quickly worked through a 20-page verdict form, finding that Samsung violated many of Apple’s patents, handing the Cupertino tech behemoth a major victory and a little more than $1

Enlarge Courtesy of Provo City Hall An urban garden at City Hall. Courtesy of Provo City Hall An urban garden at City Hall. For four years now several of our city planners here in Provo City have been growing a garden in their spare time. Did I mention that they’re growing the garden on the

Courtesy of SFTR Teacher Carrie Sanderson in her classroom at El Dorado Elementary school in Visitation Valley, San Francisco. The San Francisco Teacher Residency recruits and prepares teachers who are able to improve equity and achievement — in math, science and bilingual Spanish — for historically under-served students in that city’s highest-needs schools. A cooperative