What Causes Breast Cancer? These Families Want To Help Find Out Plus 9 More Stories

Your NPR stories for February 11, 2015

Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News What Causes Breast Cancer? These Families Want To Help Find Out Many things raise the risk for cancer, including exposure to various toxins and radiation. But our knowledge about the range of chemicals and compounds that can trigger cancer is limited. Read this story White House Asks Congress For War Powers To Fight ISIS The new Authorization for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF as it's known, bans the use of U.S. forces "in enduring offensive ground combat operations." Read this story Watch Jon Stewart Break The News Of His Departure To An Audience Taping last night's show before the news became public, the Daily Show host faced an awkward task: telling a studio audience that he's leaving the show. Read this story Jon Stewart Will Leave 'The Daily Show' This Year Stewart let the news slip during a taping of his show today. Comedy Central said Stewart would remain at the helm of the influential satire show until "later this year." Read this story Little League Strips Chicago's Jackie Robinson West Of U.S. Title Little League International said the team violated residency rules. The U.S. championship has been awarded to Mountain Ridge Little League from Las Vegas. Read this story more news stories Most Popular Jon Stewart Will Leave 'The Daily Show' This Year Stewart let the news slip during a taping of his show today. Comedy Central said Stewart would remain at the helm of the influential satire show until "later this year." Read this story Pregnant With Cancer: One Woman's Journey Mary Harris found out she was pregnant the day before she had scheduled surgery for breast cancer. It turns out there is limited data on how chemotherapy during pregnancy affects a baby. Read this story Love Songs You Love To Love In honor of Valentine's Day, we asked for your ideal romantic songs. On this week's All Songs Considered, we count down the 10 most popular tunes that make you swoon. Read this story NBC Suspends Brian Williams For 6 Months Without Pay The evening news anchor had stepped down voluntarily after he said on air that a helicopter he was on had been hit by fire over Iraq. He later admitted he had "misremembered" the episode. Read this story Taking Stock Of Bone Broth: Sorry, No Cure-All Here There's an outbreak of bone broth fever in the U.S., with proponents raving about its nourishing and healing properties. But there isn't much in the way of science to back up some of the claims. Read this story more most popular stories