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There have been folktales for centuries about sounds supposedly coming from the sky when an aurora borealis is lighting up the night. Now, scientists in Finland say they've recorded the noises. What they don't know yet, is what causes them.

Women spend $1 billion more annually on their health premiums than they would if they were men. But under the recently upheld health law, insurers won't be allowed to charge higher rates based on gender starting in 2014.

The area taking the biggest hit is education, which already saw $5 billion funding drop from 2010 to 2011.

Parts of Florida could receive an extra foot of rain today as the storm lumbers its way north.

The blaze is still far from contained, but officials feel as if they're making gains. And the weather is cooperating today. Temperatures are cooler and winds are calmer.

The NPR Delegate Tracker credits a candidate with delegates only when party rule or state law unambiguously awards those delegates to that candidate.

At least 15 people are dead and it's feared that others are trapped in rubble and that the death toll will rise after an earthquake today in Northern Italy. The 5.8-magnitude temblor is the second deadly quake to hit Italy in the past nine days.

Bart Jansen says he loved his cat, Orville. So when the pet lost the last of his nine lives, Jansen turned him into a flying piece of art. Really.

Are Republicans the one with shifting views? Our readers comb through the data.

The morning-after analyses are focusing on the lift Republicans have gotten. But bear in mind that a lot can happen between now and November.