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It may be Super Tuesday elsewhere, but in New Orleans, it's Fat Tuesday — Mardi Gras — the third since Hurricane Katrina. And with 12 days of parades and parties, the Gulf region is almost as festive as before the storm.

Underground efforts to rescue six miners are temporarily called off after three rescue workers are killed and at least six others injured in a second cave-in. Above ground effots to rescue the men will continue.

The mine where three rescuers died trying to rescue six trapped miners will be closed, co-owner Bob Murray tells NPR. He also says that a sixth hole may be drilled in an attempt to find the trapped miners.

SEALs were among the 30 Americans killed Saturday when their helicopter came under fire during an operation in eastern Afghanistan. Most of the dead were part of the same commando unit that killed Osama bin Laden back in May, though officials said none of the SEALs killed in the crash took part in the bin Laden raid.

By the time she was 18, Wang had carved out a niche as a performer to call when older big-name pianists couldn't make it to their engagements. But now, at 22, she's headlining a project of her own: Her debut CD, Sonatas and Etudes, has been nominated for a Grammy.

An update to the story on Facebook quietly changing its terms of service to indicate that it can retain users' content even after they deleted their accounts. Also, listeners respond to the interview with writer Daniel Bergner, and to the profile of jeweler Lorraine Schwartz.

Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney for releasing Black Widow on streaming and in theaters at the same time, saying the simultaneous release breached her contract.

The size of military planes used to fly Pelosi, Capitol Police officers and her aides back to California has blossomed into controversy. Pelosi sought to use large enough planes to avoid refueling; critics accused her of trying to create another Air Force One — "Air Pelosi."

The additional aid includes $50 million in emergency refugee and migration funds and $50 million in humanitarian assistance, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

To celebrate its 125th anniversary, librarians at the Brooklyn Public Library counted down the 125 most borrowed books in the library's history.