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NPR has analyzed FAA data to determine the airports most likely to be at risk of having planes hit birds, based on amount of airport traffic. Biggest trouble spots include airports in Sacramento, Fort Myers, Kansas City and Orlando, as well as New York's Kennedy.

Eleven climbers are confirmed dead on K2. American Dr. Eric Meyer, who treated several of the climbers who managed to escape, says there were too many people in too small an area moving slowly in extremely hazardous conditions.

Sen. Barack Obama took a decisive victory in North Carolina's Democratic primary Tuesday. In Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton won with a narrow lead. With a total of 187 delegates, the two states were the biggest prizes left in the nomination fight.

Top stories in the news this week included the conviction on terror conspiracy charges of Jose Padilla in federal court, turmoil in the world's financial markets, staff changes at the White House and more trouble for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

Independent producer John McDonough talks about a phrase born in Chicago 75 years ago, when Franklin Roosevelt accepted the Democratic nomination for president of the United States and promised America a "new deal."

An internal Pentagon report is raising concerns about the Army's deteriorating ability to fight conventional battles. It's the latest twist in an ongoing debate within the Army over whether it is now too focused on what's called counterinsurgency training.

Shug McGaughey is the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Orb, who runs Saturday in the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown. Despite his long record of success, no one seems as surprised as the 62-year-old McGaughey to be pursuing one of the sport's top honors.

Having learned to operate without Osama bin Laden's regular leadership, al-Qaida and its affiliates will continue to launch attacks, analysts say. But some say the group's ambitions and its ability to recruit may be diminished by his death.

After the shooting death of one of his students, Jonathan Johnson was inspired to create a school that gives low-income students practical skills to compete in high-tech fields.

The original reports were about the FBI sending a confidential human source to interview Trump campaign aides about their foreign contacts — which President Trump turned into "SPYGATE."