More Arrests In Killing Of Russian Opposition Leader Plus 16 More Stories

Your NPR stories for March 8, 2015

Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News More Arrests In Killing Of Russian Opposition Leader A total of five individuals are being arraigned in a court in Moscow for last week's murder of Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin. Read this story Clintons Face Scrutiny Ahead Of Hillary's Campaign Announcement As the country awaits a decision on a possible 2016 presidential run, Hilary and former president Bill Clinton are forced to defend decisions involving donations and Hillary's email practices. Read this story MH370 Had Expired Battery On Black Box 'Pinger,' Report Says It said the battery had expired 15 months prior to the Malaysia airliner's disappearance. The report also said there was no evidence the plane's crew acted abnormally ahead of the flight. Read this story Obama: 50 Years After 'Bloody Sunday,' March Is Not Yet Over The president, speaking at an event in Selma, Ala., to commemorate the march, said "our union is not yet perfect. But we are getting closer." Read this story Boko Haram Reportedly Swears Allegiance To The Islamic State The message purporting to be from the Nigerian extremist group was posted to Twitter pledging to follow the Caliph and to obey ISIS "in times of difficulty and prosperity." Read this story more news stories Most Popular Supporting A Spouse With Alzheimer's: 'I Don't Get Angry Anymore' Mary Catherine O'Brien says when she first married her husband Greg in 1977, he was funny and outgoing. Alzheimer's disease has stolen much of that, she says, but the two are closer than ever. Read this story 'Kimmy Schmidt' Finds Optimism (And Jokes) In Dark Premise The new Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, co-created by Tina Fey and starring Ellie Kemper, offers a harrowing twist on the "small-town woman moves to the big city" story. Read this story Grace Hopper, 'The Queen Of Code,' Would Have Hated That Title Gillian Jacobs, known for her role as Britta Perry on Community, directed a short documentary on the computer programming pioneer. She says Hopper wasn't fond of the hype over her accomplishments. Read this story Learning The Hard Truth About Lying Marilee Jones, the former dean of admissions at MIT, inflated her resume and resigned from her position in 2007. Coming back from that kind of mistake can be harrowing — and life-changing. Read this story Helen Mirren Extends Her Elizabethan Reign In 'The Audience' Playwright Peter Morgan eavesdrops on more than 60 years of private conversations between Queen Elizabeth II, played by Mirren, and her prime ministers in The Audience. Read this story more most popular stories Arts & Life Seniors Speed-Date In 'Age Of Love' In his new documentary, The Age of Love, filmmaker Steven Loring profiled several people between 70 and 90 at a speed dating event in Rochester, N.Y. Read this story Broken Family Needs To Have A 'Man At The Helm' In Nina Stibbe's new novel, Man at the Helm, Lizzie, 9, wants to find a man for her newly divorced mother. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Stibbe about the freedom of writing in a child's voice. Read this story The Seratones Rock The Tiny Desk With A Jungle Beat NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to AJ Harvey and Adam Davis of the Louisiana rock band Seratones. The group had a entry to the recent NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, though they didn't win the final prize. Read this story City And Stating The Obvious Letters that start the name of a city are combined with letters that start the name of its state to spell a word. What are the city and state? For the word "latex," the answer would be Laredo, Texas. Read this story Reading On The Roof? Now That's Punk Rock In The Savage Detectives, Roberto Bolaño invented the "visceral realists," a group of wild writers who read anywhere and everywhere — causing critic Juan Vidal to ponder the weird places we read. Read this story more arts & life stories Music The Seratones Rock The Tiny Desk With A Jungle Beat NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to AJ Harvey and Adam Davis of the Louisiana rock band Seratones. The group had a entry to the recent NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert, though they didn't win the final prize. Read this story Making Records Is 'Not A Race' For Modest Mouse Singer and guitarist Isaac Brock speaks with Arun Rath about Strangers to Ourselves, the group's first album in eight years — and what he's learned in the meantime about being in bands. Read this story more music stories