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Did a state Supreme Court justice violate the U.S. Constitution when he ruled in a death penalty case he'd been involved with as a prosecutor? That's the case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Germany is straining to cope with the large number of asylum-seekers and is encouraging some of them to return home. Germany's Parliament has also passed new laws making deportation easier.

Steve Inskeep talks to Thomas Erdbrink, Teharan correspondent for The New York Times, about what the results in Iran's elections signify, and what it could mean for its relationship with the West.

Presidential candidates aren't the only ones on the ballot on Super Tuesday. In Alabama, long-serving GOP Sen. Richard Shelby, who is 81 years old, is facing a tougher than expected primary election.

Several recent integration efforts focus more on family income diversity as the driver of integration. The potential benefits of a diverse environment are striking, but they're not guaranteed.

Front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both go into the day in strong positions. Trump just scored a series of wins, and Clinton had a blowout in South Carolina over the weekend.

The explosions, which occurred over several days, are being blamed on a buildup of methane gas. When the first one shook the mine in the Komi Republic in northwest Russia, 111 miners were underground.

Chefs and environmentalists have been promoting the benefits of eating fish lower down the food chain. But San Francisco's herring fishery shows some of the challenges to spreading that message.

In the French city of Reims, the squad spotted a wall newly decorated with a painting of a street kid. It wiped away art commissioned by the city from one of France's best known graffiti artists.

The young British composer's playful pieces split the difference between art-pop and electric minimalism, and her new video adds to the grid-like, artsy fun.