Iraq Launches Effort To Retake Tikrit From ISIS Fighters Plus 9 More Stories

Your NPR stories for March 2, 2015

Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Iraq Launches Effort To Retake Tikrit From ISIS Fighters An Iraqi force has begun a large-scale operation to recapture Tikrit, according to state TV. Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein, lies between Baghdad and Mosul. Read this story College: I'll Only Go If I Know (That I Can Afford It) New research shows if students don't think they can afford college, they may not even apply. Read this story Nurse Treated For Ebola To Sue Texas Hospital Nina Pham, 26, who contracted Ebola after caring for a patient, tells theDallas Morning News that she will file a lawsuit Monday charging the hospital in Dallas lacked proper training and equipment. Read this story Liberia's President: Ebola Re-Energized Her Downtrodden Country In an exclusive interview, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf remembers how Liberia was "the poster child of everything that could go wrong." But people lived up to the local proverb: "Go fix it." Read this story The Brother Went To Fight Ebola. So Did His Sister. Mom Was 'A Wreck' He's an epidemiologist. She's a nurse. And both of them felt compelled to head off to West Africa to battle the virus. Read this story more news stories Most Popular Young Louisville Percussionists Love Led Zeppelin — And Jimmy Page Loves Them Diane Downs teaches music to the Louisville Leopard Percussionists in Kentucky. She says she hopes the kids feel like rock stars now that a video of their Led Zeppelin medley went viral on YouTube. Read this story 6 In 10 Young Republicans Favor Legal Marijuana, Survey Says A Pew Research Center survey shows that 63 percent of Republicans under the age of 34 favor legalization. Read this story Avalanches Kill Nearly 250 In Afghanistan The latest avalanches, in the Panjshir Valley north of the capital, Kabul, have cut off villages in the area for almost a week. Read this story A Standout Student, A Star At Goldman Sachs — And Undocumented Julissa Arce was a stellar student and an even better financial analyst, but she was scared to go to work every day. "Maybe today's the day someone's going to find out," she feared. Read this story Nurse Treated For Ebola To Sue Texas Hospital Nina Pham, 26, who contracted Ebola after caring for a patient, tells theDallas Morning News that she will file a lawsuit Monday charging the hospital in Dallas lacked proper training and equipment. Read this story more most popular stories