Ryland Barton

More storms are on the way tonight.

The National Weather Service says more than 64 million people, mostly in the Midwest, are at risk of severe storms.

And the St.

Louis region is at risk for tornadoes and large hail.

The average salary for public school teachers in the U.S.

technically went up during the last school year, but...

As NPR's Corey Turner reports, a new review finds inflation wreaking havoc on teachers' real pay.

A sheep at Clover and Bee Farm in Underhill, Vermont, gave birth to a rare batch of six lambs earlier this month.

The sextuplets and their mother are doing well, making the lamb windfall even more remarkable.

The mother previously had quadruplets, and this time the farm's owners suspected more.

They say when the big day came, the baby lambs seemed to keep coming and coming.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton.

Texas Republican Congressman Tony Gonzalez announced he will resign tomorrow.

Gonzalez was accused of having a sexual relationship with a staff member who later took her own life.

Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies has more.

Swalwell had been seen as a frontrunner in California's gubernatorial race before dropping out yesterday after the accusation surfaced.

Swalwell and Gonzalez were among four House members, two Democrats and two Republicans, facing possible expulsion over alleged misconduct.

The Israeli military says it has completely surrounded a key town in southern Lebanon, which it says is a Hezbollah command point.

The announcement comes as Israeli and Lebanese diplomats are preparing to hold the first direct meeting between government officials in decades tomorrow.