ISIS Extremist Who Beheaded Prisoners Is Identified As Man From London Plus 19 More Stories

Your NPR stories for February 26, 2015

Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News ISIS Extremist Who Beheaded Prisoners Is Identified As Man From London Intelligence sources say the militant known as 'Jihadi John' has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi and that he is a college-educated, British citizen of Kuwaiti descent. Read this story Gov. Scott Walker Goes Head-To-Head With Labor Over Right-To-Work Wisconsin Republicans are fast-tracking a "right-to-work" bill to Gov. Scott Walker. The law aims to weaken private sector unions by letting employees opt out of paying dues. Read this story Ukraine Starts Withdrawing Heavy Weapons From Front Lines Ukraine's military says the withdrawal of 100-millimeter guns "is the first step" in a process that will be monitored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation. Read this story Farmers Fear Legal Status For Workers Would Lead Them Off The Farm Produce growers often rely on workers who are in the U.S. illegally. Some farmers worry that if those workers gain legal status, they will leave agriculture. But some workers say they would stay. Read this story Obama: "I Am Absolutely Confident ... We're Doing Right Thing' On Immigration Speaking in Miami, Obama said his executive actions on immigration will ultimately be upheld by the court system. Still, Obama said, the only way to solve this permanently is through legislation. Read this story more news stories Most Popular Toronto Police Try To Uncover Riddle Of Mystery Tunnel Police are asking for the public's help to discover who built a large tunnel in north Toronto. The discovery, ahead of this summer's Pan American and Parapan Am Games, is fueling security concerns. Read this story African Emoji CEO: Apple 'Missed The Whole Point' With Its Diverse Emojis Alpesh Patel released the first-ever set of black emoticons last year. He says Apple still has a long way to go. Read this story Jimmy Page Reflects On 40 Years Of Led Zeppelin's 'Physical Graffiti' The guitarist shares memories of making Led Zeppelin's monumental double album and talks about some of the artists who have changed his life over the years. Read this story At VA Hospitals, Training And Technology Reduce Nurses' Injuries The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking a lead among other hospital systems in the country to keep nurses and other staff from getting injured when they move and lift patients. Read this story As Washington Prepares To Legalize Pot, Congressman Threatens To Arrest Mayor Mayor Muriel Bowser said the city would continue with its plans to legalize pot at midnight. Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah said the District would be in "willful violation of the law." Read this story more most popular stories Arts & Life Just Because What famous spy likes his martinis shaken, not stirred? Every answer for this final round is the name of a person or fictional character with the initials JB. Read this story That's Not What This Is About In this game, contestants must guess the names of films from inaccurate plot descriptions based on their titles. Read this story Bring Your 'Eh' Game What sound does a frog make when it plays this popular lawn game in Canada? Croak-eh? All the answers in this game are words that become other words when pronounced with a Canadian accent. Read this story Chore Song This game makes chores sound almost fun. Can you guess the household chore being described in this rewrite to the classic Elton John hit, "Your Song"? Guest musician Julian Velard is on the keys. Read this story The World Makes Money Go Round What Swiss currency buys you exactly one hot dog? A Frank! Play this game for more international currency puns. Read this story more arts & life stories Music Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing February's sampler includes new music from Courtney Barnett, MDNGHT, Matthew E. White and more. Read this story Introducing Marcus Roberts And The Modern Jazz Generation At Jazz at Lincoln Center, where he was once a rising star, the pianist returns with a new 11-piece band which combines his trio with many of the younger musicians he has mentored. Read this story Anat Cohen & Choro Aventuroso At Jazz At Lincoln Center She comes from Israel, lives in the U.S. and has a deep affinity for Brazilian music — especially the improvisatory instrumental music known as choro. The clarinetist leads a new quartet in concert. Read this story KCRW Presents: Wolf Alice Watch the North London four-piece showcase their tougher, grittier rock sound. Read this story Dwight Yoakam And Lenny Waronker On World Cafe The prolific country singer joins forces with the former president of Warner Brothers. Read this story more music stories