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Just over 100,000 people managed to get signed up for health insurance through the state and federal health exchanges, the Obama administration reported. But barely a quarter of those — 26,794 — signed up through the faltering HealthCare.gov website.

Also: Radio Open Source finds an old interview with David Foster Wallace in the WBUR archives; elevator criticism.

President Biden has firmly allied himself with the Israeli government after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. But the progressive wing of his party is increasingly critical about civilian deaths in Gaza.

Robert Siegel talks with Scott Horsley about President Obama's campaigning in Ohio on Tuesday.

Newtown, Conn., is still reeling from the shock of last week's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Sadness is everywhere as the first of many funerals were held Monday. The police investigation continues but most of the big questions about the attack remain unanswered at this time.

As a single mom with three small children, Bethany Renfree was feeling overwhelmed. But one small act of kindness by a neighbor let her know she'd be OK.

In this week's My Unsung Hero story, Bethany Renfree describes a helpful hand that made her feel like a better single-parent mother.

In Arizona voters will decide whether local law enforcement should have the power to arrest people who cross the state's southern border illegally.

The legislation, signed into law Wednesday by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, makes Louisiana the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.

The U.S. State Department this weekend ordered all non-emergency employees and their families to leave Ethiopia. It's another sign of the worsening situation near the capital, Addis Ababa.