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The Obama administration has launched an aggressive PR campaign to challenge the notion that it's soft on terrorism. In TV interviews and op-ed columns, administration officials are fighting back against a familiar line of Republican attack that has taken on new strength in recent weeks.

Many questions are still unanswered about the murder-suicide in Skyline that dominated local headlines last week. We may never know why Alfredo Pimienta and his wife Georgina would kill their two daughters and themselves. According to multiple reports, the couple was dealing with financial problems. Family Psychotherapist Dr. David Peters joins us to talk about where families can go for help if they are facing financial difficulties, and to offer advice for people who may be feeling overwhelmed by their own life challenges.

Tires imported from China have been deemed defective, joining the list of pet food, toothpaste, and toys coated with lead paint. Federal officials have told a New Jersey importer to recall 450,000 radial tires for pickup trucks, SUVs and vans. Foreign Tire Sales disclosed that its Chinese manufacturer had stopped including a feature to prevent tires from separating.

It was 47 years ago this week that four black girls died in the bombing at a Baptist church in Alabama. But there was another killing that day. A 16-year-old black boy was shot in the back by a white police officer. His story's now being told.

More than 3 1/2 years after Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on the drug cartels, violence in Mexico continues to escalate, with 2010 on track to be the deadliest year so far. And there is no end in sight to the attacks that reach all levels of Mexican society.

President Obama has hit a rough patch, squeezed between a lingering recession and rising questions about his health care overhaul, the latest NPR poll finds. A plurality of voters polled opposed the health care plan now moving through Congress.

A second major snow storm in less than a week was blowing Tuesday toward the Mid-Atlantic region, where plows still hadn't touched some roads, utility workers were struggling to restore power and shovels were in short supply.

Our legal update with Dan Eaton looks at a recent California Supreme Court ruling that involves internet pornography at work.

A Senate committee looking into the firing of former San Diego U.S. Attorney Carol Lam and seven other federal prosecutors is asking the U.S. attorney general to make several Justice Department offici

A White House-backed bill to revamp Wall Street regulations is making its way through Congress. Polls show the public supports such an overhaul, but Republicans opposed to the measure say it would "guarantee perpetual taxpayer bailouts." Is there a legitimate context behind that characterization? Economic experts weigh in.