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The Justice Department has few options in the investigation of the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. But former prosecutors say one law passed early in the Obama administration might apply: the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.

Thousands of dead fish are washing up on the shores of the San Francisco Bay area. Scientists say the red tide causing the fish kill is likely driven by climate change and human wastewater runoff.

Ashley Hope Pérez published Out of Darkness in 2015 to critical acclaim. The novel re-contextualized contemporary issues of race providing a historical framework in a not-so-post-racial America.

Before Michelle McNamara died in 2016, she was working on a book that aimed to bring a serial rapist and murderer to justice. I'll Be Gone in the Dark has now been published.

In These Silent Days is the singer-songwriter's latest collaboration with twins Phil and Tim Hanseroth. The three have spent the past two decades winding their creative and personal lives together.

The Senate Judiciary Committee opens confirmation hearings Monday on the nomination of judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans privately acknowledge that her nomination could probably only be derailed by a major blunder at this point.

President Obama told Chinese students Monday that open Internet access strengthens a society. Qian Jin, a former news assistant at NPR's Shanghai Bureau who was in the audience, says Internet access in China is improving, and broader now than it was a few years ago.

The latest treatment advances — inhalable insulin, a drug derived from lizard saliva — hold great promise for the 21 million Americans with diabetes. So does the familiar doctor's order: Exercise!

Today, people will begin receiving emails from a Carnegie Mellon University program that trolls the internet for names, dates of birth and social security numbers. If you're contacted, you're a likely victim of identity theft. Don't worry -- Identity Angel will tell you how to fix things.

Democrats in the House of Representatives meet Thursday to elect leaders for the upcoming Congress. California's Nancy Pelosi is set to become speaker of the House. She's endorsed Pennsylvania's John Murtha to be the majority leader. But critics have raised questions about whether Murtha is the best person to end the culture of corruption in Washington.