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  • Health care workers in South Africa speak to residents during a door-to-door AIDS awareness campaign, part of a series of prevention efforts that has helped lower the country's HIV infection rate.
    Prevention Programs Curb New HIV Infections In South Africa
    More than half a million South Africans were infected with HIV in 2000. Efforts to stem the virus since then have produced marked results in the number of new infections. But the total number of people with HIV in South Africa still isn't going down.
  • Trails at Abraham Lincoln Park in Hodgenville Closed for Tree Removal
    The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park is temporarily closing some trails so that hazardous trees can be removed. A statement says trails…
  • Some of Kentucky's Famous Figures to be Part of Chautauqua Celebration
    The Kentucky Humanities Council is planning a 20th anniversary of its Kentucky Chautauqua program. The program has helped tell Kentucky's story through…
  • Kentucky Improves in Some Categories, Still Falls Short in Latest Kids Count Survey
    A new report shows one in four Kentucky children lives in poverty, with their numbers growing since 2005. The latest Kids Count report by the Annie E.…
  • The London Games, Seen Through A (Very) Critical Eye
    Just as every Olympic athlete trains their heart out, every Olympic expert seems to wear themselves out describing what an unmitigated sham is being perpetrated on the host city. Many of those criticisms are valid, of course — especially concerns about overbuilding facilities.
  • Should Sally Ride Have Come Out?
    The Beauty Shop ladies weigh in on the passing of astronaut Sally Ride and why her death has become a political issue. They also discuss the shootings in Aurora, Colorado. Host Michel Martin checks in with blogger Viviana Hurtado, editors Bridget Johnson and Danielle Belton and Deepa Iyer of South Asian Americans Leading Together.
  • Meb Keflezighi and Galen Rupp lead the race during the U.S Olympic Marathon Team Trials in February in Los Angeles.
    How Many Calories Do Olympic Athletes Need?
    To Olympians, food is fuel, and mileage may vary. Depending on their sport, contenders need to consume anywhere between 1,200 to 8,000 calories before competing.
  • Leonard Blair of Toledo, Ohio is the bishop who assessed the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. You can hear Blair discuss the nuns' organization <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyCkaLT6J4Q">here</a>.
    Bishop Explains Vatican's Criticism Of U.S. Nuns
    Bishop Leonard Blair talks about his Vatican-ordered assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an organization that represents 80 percent of Catholic sisters in America. He says the LCWR is promoting a "new kind of theology that is not in accordance with the faith of the church."
  • The Tea Party's Texas Strategy For 2012
    After their victories in 2010, the prominence and influence of the Tea Party waned, and the future of the movement remains unclear. NPR's Political Junkie columnist Ken Rudin and Bruce Buchanan, professor at the University of Texas at Austin, talk about the influence of the Tea Party in Texas.
  • Feds Break Up Kentucky Sex Ring Targeting Hispanic Women
    The U.S. attorney's office says the leader of a sex trafficking conspiracy in Kentucky has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. A statement says…
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