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NPR's Joseph Shapiro knew he had signed up to be an organ donor, but he didn't realize the red heart on his driver's license signifies that he also agreed to donate his tendons, bones, veins and other tissue.

As the Supreme Court hears a new case involving affirmative action at the University of Texas, some remember a legal battle from 62 years ago that paved the way for Brown v. Board of Education.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Eric Liu, founder of Citizen University and director of the Aspen Institute's Citizenship and American Identity Program, about citizenship and civic responsibility.

By Howard Fischer http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/knau/local-knau-877732.mp3Phoenix, AZ – State health officials annually compile the…

The oldest living former major league baseball player lives in Cuba. Conrado "Connie" Marrero pitched for the Washington Senators in the 1950s. Now blind and unable to walk, Marrero still remembers striking out Joe DiMaggio. And the former pitcher is finally getting a pension.

The eight-time All-Star, who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA's top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. Lanier had worked for the league as a global ambassador.

Retailers are racing to get merchandise onto store shelves in time for the busy holiday shopping season. But with ports and warehouses overflowing, many orders are tied up in traffic.

The latest price cap — the maximum amount that gas suppliers can charge customers — will take effect Oct. 1, just as the cold months set in. And bills are expected to rise again in January.

Ferocious wildfires are burning in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters. Officials and scientists cited climate change as a factor.

"I think it's the Devil's armpits outside already," a Manchester resident reported around 1 p.m. local time on Monday. The heat wave in Europe that has resulted in deaths and fueled massive wildfires.