'We're All One,' Chapel Hill Shooting Victim Said In StoryCorps Talk Plus 14 More Stories

Your NPR stories for February 12, 2015

Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News 'We're All One,' Chapel Hill Shooting Victim Said In StoryCorps Talk "Growing up in America has been such a blessing," Yusor Abu-Salha said in a conversation with her former teacher that was recorded by the StoryCorps oral history project last summer. Read this story Ukraine Cease-Fire Is Reached, Along With $40 Billion Aid Deal A new cease-fire is set to begin on Sunday in eastern Ukraine, in a deal after 16 hours of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. The deal calls for the removal of heavy weapons. Read this story Smoking's Death Toll May Be Higher Than Anyone Knew Tobacco's link to lung cancer, stroke and heart attack is well-known. But smokers are also more likely to die from kidney failure, infections and breast cancer, a revised tally suggests. Read this story Bob Simon, Veteran Of CBS News And '60 Minutes,' Dies In Car Crash Decorated journalist Bob Simon, a correspondent for 60 Minutes known for his insightful reporting from far-flung spots around the world, has died in a car crash in New York City. He was 73. Read this story The Ebola Diaries: Trying To Heal Patients You Can't Touch Starting in October, an American doctor wrote almost every day, for six weeks, while she treated Ebola patients. Her eloquent writings offer a deeper look into a world we've had only glimpses of. Read this story more news stories Most Popular Panel Says Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is A Disease, And Renames It "Systemic exertion intolerance disease" might not fall trippingly off the tongue, but an Institute of Medicine panel says it better matches the symptoms. The disease, it says, is real. Read this story Even 'Proper' Technique Exposes Nurses' Spines To Dangerous Forces What exactly is happening to nurses' backs when they move and lift patients? NPR's Daniel Zwerdling teamed with scientists for a high-tech look inside his own back as he tried the same maneuvers. Read this story 5 Things Jon Stewart Reminded Us About Politics When comedian Jon Stewart announced he was leaving The Daily Show, that sound you heard was 2016's presidential hopefuls breathing a collective sigh of relief. Read this story Brian Williams' Suspension Brings Attention To Tom Brokaw We look at the fraught relationship between NBC's Brian Williams (who has been suspended without pay for six months) and his predecessor, Tom Brokaw. Read this story The Fall And Rise Of U.S. Inequality, In 2 Graphs Since World War II, inequality in the U.S. has gone through two, dramatically different phases. Read this story more most popular stories Music SOAK, 'Sea Creatures' SOAK is an 18 year-old singer from Derry, Ireland with a stark and alluring sound. Read this story The Tiny Desk Concert Contest Winner Is ... Out of thousands of submissions, one soulful musician came out on top. Read this story Centuries-Old Cello Is Awakened; Smells Like The Maestro's Pipe In the second part of a conversation, David Greene talks to Amit Peled about playing the cello of his idol, the late Pablo Casales. Peled performs a recital at Baltimore's Peabody Institute Thursday. Read this story The Many Sides Of David Murray A hugely talented performer who also collaborates and composes at an astonishing rate, the saxophonist returned to New York recently for three different sets with three of his many different bands. Read this story Speedy Ortiz, 'Raising The Skate' Frayed-nerve guitar riffs and knotty melodies fuel a tense song that erupts into noisy diversions. Read this story more music stories