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The former president of Brazil's soccer federation is due in a U.S. courtroom Tuesday afternoon, after being extradited from Switzerland. Jose Maria Marin was arrested this past spring.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Jenni Harrington, a fifth generation Nebraskan farmer, about the suspension of the permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run through her town.

Justin Trudeau will take office Wednesday as prime minister after last month's election win. Conservatives were in power for nearly a decade. Steve Inskeep talks to James Baxter of iPolitics.

Led by businessman Matt Bevin, Republicans won 3 out of 5 statewide offices in Kentucky. When Bevin takes over the governor's mansion, he'll likely try to undo the state's health insurance program.

Renee Montagne talks to Saoirse Ronan about the film, Brooklyn. It's the story of a young woman who, in 1950s Ireland, must leave her family for what she hopes will be a better life in America.

The ordinance became the flashpoint in a confrontation between the city's lesbian mayor and conservatives, who said the measure would allow men in women's bathrooms.

Assemblyman Marc Levine tells The Marin Independent Journal that more people might vote if they can take selfies during the process.

Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was found dead of a gunshot wound in September. Local and federal authorities launched a massive manhunt, and now investigators have concluded Gliniewicz shot himself.

Public schools in Mississippi have been underfunded for years. Yesterday voters said no to an initiative that sought to guarantee an "adequate and efficient system of public schools."

Faced with a tragic situation, Trooper Nathan Bradley says he stalled for time — to find the kids' nearest relatives, and to figure out how to salvage their Halloween.