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Mohamed Morsi has been named the winner of Egypt's presidential election. His victory has many Egyptians worried about a member of the Muslim Brotherhood heading the country. Still, Egypt's ruling military leaders are not likely to give up power any time soon.

The giant tortoise known as Lonesome George has died. Morning Edition reported on the tortoise in 2008 when Lonesome George mated with a female from a similar species. The hope was his subspecies would be carried on. But the eggs turned out to be infertile.

Mugly, a Chinese crested dog from the United Kingdom won the 2012 World's Ugliest Dog contest. It was held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif., on Friday.

On Saturday, Marjorie Bryan, 83, parachuted from a plane over Lima, Ohio, as did 82-year-old Marianna Sherman. They raised money for the Blue Star Mothers, whose kids served in the military.

The high court upheld the part of the law that asked police to check the immigration status of those stopped for another violation.

A day after results became official, Mohammed Morsi was all business, as he began explaining his vision.

Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Carrie Johnson on Monday's Supreme Court ruling striking down the Alabama law that mandates life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles convicted of murder.

For author Meg Wolitzer, John Neufeld's 1969 novel Lisa, Bright and Dark opened the door to more intense reads on mental illness. Has a book you've read ever acted as a gateway to harsher, truer or more literary novels? Tell us in the comments.

We took the question to the National Weather Service and got some interesting theories.

At least a dozen of the cases are full-blown investigations of possible Muslim radicals in the military community. The stepped-up scrutiny comes in the wake of the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 dead.