NPR’s Nina Totenberg and producer Brakkton Booker interview Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Read the full story here - Justice Scalia Disputes Accuracy of ‘Leak’ (Kainaz Amaria/NPR)

“This is the first time that anybody has been out in the little hamlets and villages in years. And pretty much every time we went on a patrol, we were getting shot at.” - David Gilkey/NPR

NPR photographer David Gilkey, who was recently embedded with U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan, spoke with Morning Edition co-host Renee Montagne earlier today about an offensive in the Ghazni province. Visit the Picture Show to see more images and hear the interview.

Chris Martin, 14, greets his great-grandmother AnnaBelle Bowers, 87, who lives part time with the Martin family in Harrisburg, Pa. Occasionally, Chris stays at home to watch “Snootzie,” as the family affectionately calls her, when his parents are busy. (Kainaz Amaria/NPR)

This week NPR’s eight-week series, Family Matters: The Money Squeeze, circles back to the Martin Family, with LaDonna and David who are taking care of their two children and David’s grandmother, AnnaBelle.

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“She was my buddy,” says Frank of his mother Ida, “I miss her because there was always something to laugh about.” Since her 2009, Ida’s dementia has required full-time care as she fades in and out of awareness. (Kainaz Amaria/NPR)

This week NPR’s eight-week series, Family Matters: The Money Squeeze, circles back to the Hunter-Christian Family as they decide on what to do with 89-year-old Ida Christian’s home. She lived with her son, Frank, in a house they built TOGETHER, until she became too sick and had to move out.

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“I’m not rich money-wise, but with family I’m a millionaire,” AnnaBelle Bowers, 87, says acknowledging the care she is getting from her relatives Kelley Hawkins and LaDonna Martin. (Kainaz Amaria/NPR)

This week NPR’s eight-week series, Family Matters: The Money Squeeze, is featuring the Martin-Hawkins family. LaDonna Martin, 40, and Kelley Hawkins, 46, both nurses with two children, joined forces to take care of Kelley’s grandmother AnnaBelle Bowers.

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(Photos By John Poole/NPR)

In Haiti, Bureaucratic Delays Stall Mass Cholera Vaccinations

The impending mass vaccination project aims to show that vaccinating against cholera is feasible in Haiti. It has never been done in the midst of an ongoing cholera epidemic. So far, more than 530,000 Haitians have fallen ill with cholera, and more than 7,000 have died.

But the vaccination campaign is bogged down in bureaucratic red tape.

Freed But Not Cleared: Ernie Lopez Comes Home

It was an emotional homecoming for Ernie Lopez, a Texas man who spent the last 9 years in jail for the sexual assault of a 6-month old girl. 

Last summer, a joint investigation by NPR, PBSFrontline and ProPublica showed that there was an overlooked factor that likely caused the baby’s death. Isis Vas had a severe blood clotting disorder, one that caused bruising and bleeding that mimicked the signs of physical and sexual abuse.

In January, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Lopez had received “deficient representation” because his original attorneys failed to call any medical experts. If they had done so, the ruling states, there was a “reasonable probability the jury would not have convicted him.

Photos by Katie Hayes Luke for NPR

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May Goar, 9

“This photo is filled with things I love. My grandparents farm is in Northern California. I love to visit them. They have a giant swing that makes you feel like a bird flying. My brother looks like he is excited and my Mom is smiling, watching us. When I look at this picture I feel happy because it reminds me of many fun visits to the farm.”

Kids, to submit a photo of a place or person you love to NPR’s Backseat Book Club, click here.

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Edward, gunnery sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps (dates of service 1996-2011): “I wanted to be a Marine forever, but after losing my eye and parts of my skull, I wasn’t able to anymore. I refused to accept this as a negative thing and instead I made a conscious effort to find a new path that I was even more excited about.”

 A Very Vintage Take On Our Modern Military