Latino Voters: Seen, But Will They Be Heard, In 2012?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife, Mary Kennedy, who had fought drug and alcohol problems, was found dead in her home Wednesday.

The blizzard of health care terminology out there can be perplexing, so we invited stand-up comedian Steve Macone to our studios to help make sense of the jargon.

Former Sox pitcher Curt Schilling asked the state for additional help to save his company Wednesday, prompting state leaders to consider whether the firm is viable enough to justify further investment.

• Earlier: R.I. officials studying finances of Schilling company

Rock station WFNX may soon have a new owner. Multiple reports say there have been layoffs, too.

Budget-writers in the state Senate are proposing to spend more on local aid than the funding level approved by the House in April.

• House budget roundup: some key provisions

What do French philosophy, Keith Richards' guitar, and science have to do with how we eat? Quite a bit, according to New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik.

Democrats charge Republicans with being prisoners of special interests. A young conservative turns that charge around.

Charged with 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, he remains defiant.

The man who shot and killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has argued he acted in self defense. Evidence of his injuries may support his case.

Sudan and South Sudan are still threatening one another along their borders. The U.N. is warning both Sudans that they could face sanctions if they can't reverse their escalating feud.

A new briefing paper discusses way to get Massachusetts children, including the nation's most inactive high-schoolers, moving more.

As an elevator's doors closed, former President George W. Bush confirmed the obvious. But Romney's campaign doesn't see Bush playing an important role in the 2012 campaign.

• Ron Paul "unlikely" to ever endorse Romney

Is fracking making people sick? The question has ignited a national debate. A proposed study in northern Pennsylvania could help resolve the issue.

Federal law bans payments for organs. But about 60 percent of Americans support health care credits as compensation for organ donors, the NPR-Thomson Reuters Health Poll finds.