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Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be in military court Wednesday. Bales is pleading guilty to murder charges in exchange for avoiding the death penalty. He is expected to give his account of the nighttime killing of 16 Afghan civilians last year.

President Trump has used his pardon power to forgive one of his most loyal political allies, former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. On Monday, Trump told reporters, "I stand by my pardon of Sheriff Joe."

Division 1 college athletes were allowed to return to campuses for voluntary training Monday. A former football player is worried the NCAA and schools might not provide adequate COVID-19 protections.

Gideon Lewis-Kraus didn't know what to do with his life, so he took three very long walks. In his new memoir, he describes his journeys in Spain, Japan and Ukraine. "The whole idea of pilgrimage is that you're hoping that you're going to rise to the occasion in some way," he says.

Jenny Lewis began her career as a kid actress in TV series such as Roseanne. But in the '90s, she began singing instead. Reviewer Meredith Ochs says that Lewis' third solo album, The Voyager, offers music much like its title: It takes you on a trip from start to finish.

Adam J. Lewis was working at the twin towers as a trader on the day of the attack. To honor his legacy in the years since, his family has built a school that bears his name.

Since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School last December, the mother of one young victim says she's managed to achieve something that many would find impossible: forgiveness. Scarlet Lewis describes how she and her older son JT have learned to live with the loss of 7-year-old Jesse in a new book, which is named after a message Jesse scrawled on a family chalkboard before he died: Nurturing Healing Love. The importance of forgiveness was reinforced for the Lewis family by a connection with an unlikely source: orphans of the Rwandan genocide.

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer stayed out of the public eye Tuesday, a day after allegations surfaced that he spent thousands of dollars for a night with a call girl. A top state Republican is threatening to push for impeachment.

Dr. Michael Lewis has spent the past six years as provost at Saint Louis University in Missouri. He’s taking over leadership at Saint Anselm at a time of strength, he says.

Staff Sgt. Dwayne Lewis of New York was hit by insurgent gunfire and killed last month while on patrol with is Army unit. Lewis moved to New York from Granada when he was nine. His family says he was ready to risk his life for his adopted country. Kathleen Horan of member station WNYC reports.