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In Africa, world health officials roll out first routine malaria vaccine

Cameroon has officially rolled out the first malaria vaccine approved for routine vaccination, targeting children 6 months and older. It reduces severe disease by 30% among young kids.

For sixth straight year, Washington named most bike-friendly state

Here’s some good news on the first day of National Bike Month: Washington leads the nation as the most bike-friendly state!This is the sixth straight year…

Yemeni Al-Qaida Leader Claims Responsibility For Paris Attack

Nasr al-Ansi, a top commander of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, appeared in an 11-minute Internet video posted Wednesday, saying the massacre at Charlie Hebdo was in "vengeance for the prophet."

Madonna: Pop Icon, Children's Writer

After a chart-topping and occasionally controversial music career, she s now turning out children s books publishing four in just over a year. The newest is The Adventures of Abdi. The others are The English Roses, Mr. Peabody's Apples and Yakov and the Seven Thieves. Her fifth, Lotsa de Casha, is due out in April 2005.

Graphic Novelist with a Comic Sensibility

Derek Kirk Kim's debut graphic novel Same Difference and Other Stories has won the top three awards of the comic world. He talks with NPR's Jacki Lyden.

Players for the Canton Charge end a break in their game against the Idaho Stampede by bumping fists, during the NBA D-League Showcase at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Jan. 6. Players in the D-League, professional basketball's minor league, often forgo more lucrative careers playing overseas to toil in obscurity for a shot at the NBA.

Playing For A Chance: The Promise And Pain Of The NBA's Minor League

Everyone knows about the multimillion-dollar salaries and celebrity status of NBA players. But in the shadows of the NBA, men toil in the relative obscurity of the D-League to keep their dream alive.

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