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In her new book, By Hands Now Known, Margaret Burnham reports on little-known cases of racial violence in the Jim Crow era, including crimes that went unreported and murderers who were never punished.

With just a day to go before the New Hampshire primary, Michele Norris checks in with former North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on his campaign bus. Given the recent polls and his rival's financing, Edwards admits he has a tough hill to climb.

The goal is to allow people with transportation issues to cast their votes

The Senate has delayed confirming Holder's successor, Loretta Lynch. Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin says Lynch has been "asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar."

Ken Wilcox's life felt hopeless, like there was nowhere left to turn. Then a simple act from a stranger on the street changed his perspective and his life.

London police are saying that three of Thursday's four bombings occurred nearly simultaneously. This suggests timers, rather than suicide bombers, detonated the explosions on the London subway. Earlier, authorities thought the bombs came within a half-hour period.

Late Saturday, police released two additional photos of the suspected shooter that appeared to be from a camera mounted inside a taxi.

Children in Baton Rouge, La., are back in class after a three-week interruption. But life is still upended: Many students are displaced and still living in shelters, and don't know where they'll go.

The QLine opened to the public on Friday morning, after 10 years of planning and political wrangling. Its backers say the project should be seen primarily as economic development, not transit.

Turkish author Orhan Pamuk's Snow is an admittedly political novel. But while its subject matter touches upon everything from the European Union to Islamic fundamentalism, Snow has been praised for its indelible characters, its insistence on a basic humanity. NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke with Pamuk about his latest novel.