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Arkansas has executed Ledell Lee, who was convicted of murdering a woman in 1993. The execution came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the lethal injection.

The National Weather Service reported multiple tornadoes Saturday in northeast Texas. Flooding in Arkansas has killed at least three people so far, from storms that continued into Sunday.

As a federal court considers the state's appeal of a decision last month blocking its three-drug lethal injection protocol, Gov. John Kasich announced he was putting executions on hold until May.

It was a contentious decision that split the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges in an 8-6 vote. A lower court had halted executions. The judges focused on the effects of the sedative midazolam.

We preview the upcoming Congressional Budget Office analysis of Republicans' health care legislation. The CBO is scheduled to release the update Wednesday afternoon.

As part of the series "The New Middle," All Things Considered is hearing from people across the U.S. about what it means to be middle class in America today.

The Chicago White Sox announced this week that their 25-year-old ballpark, U.S. Cellular Field, would be renamed Guaranteed Rate Field. Scott Simon ponders where such a name might lead.

Last fall, Sen. Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test indicating she has Native American ancestry. The move backfired; Warren was hesitant to admit she did something wrong — until now.

Some drops in prison populations were offset by increases at local jails, especially in rural areas.

Teachers in Colorado and Arizona walked out Thursday to march to the state capitol buildings. It's a continuation of protests around the country over working conditions and pay for teachers and support staff.

A math teacher ousted one of Kentucky's top Republicans in a primary race. Forty-one current and former teachers were on the ballot and this is just one state where educators are running for office.

The latest installment in our Bill of the Month series about a huge bill for four orthopedic screws drew lots of responses from readers and listeners. Some had ideas for improving the health system.