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- A group of Muslim women living in the United States has just published a manual aimed at helping their sisters in the Muslim world achieve equality with men. NPR's Margot Adler reports that the manual, which shows how modern human rights declaration are consistent with the koran, will provide a how-to-guide for Muslim women's groups in five different countries to fight for their rights.

Commentator Aaron Freeman hopes he caused his sister's brain tumor. When they were children, he kicked her in the head. As an adult, she developed the tumor. The exact cause isn't certain, but the other probable cause is genetic - and the gene is linked to breast cancer - so he hopes that it is the kick, and not the gene, that is the culprit.

When Jacqui Frazier and Laila Ali enter the boxing ring tomorrow night, they will revive a rivalry inherited from their fathers -- legendary boxers Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali. But the women are fighters in their own right. The Kitchen Sisters -- producers Nikki Silva and Davia Nelson -- begin their two-part series on the fight with a profile of Jacqui Frazier. (8:47

The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, produce a profile of Laila Ali, daughter of famed boxer Muhammad Ali. Tonight she enters the ring with Jacqui Frazier, daughter of another renowned boxer, Joe Frazier. Both women compete professionally, but their match is a lot more than professional - it renews their fathers' historic rivalry.

- An American nun, sister Dianna Ortiz has been holding a vigil out in front of the White House hoping to pressure US officials to release classified documents about alleged torture in Guatemala. Ortiz says she was tortured in Guatemala in 1989 and that a North American was involved. Now, the US government has released thousands of previusly secret documents on Guatemala. Tom Gjelten reports.

Bob Edwards talks with commentator John Feinstein about the first major tennis tournament of the year. The Australian Open is underway. Defending women's champion Jennifer Capriati lost in first round and the Williams sisters are easy favorites to win.

Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason said it’s "ridiculous” to suggest local governments will ever fully defund police, but he supports the discussion of…

The Catholic sisters known for their blue and white habits say they have asked the government to de-register 13 orphanages over religious objections to the country's new adoption guidelines.

Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, who had battled Perry and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles over a property sale, was in court for a post-judgment hearing related to the case.

After a Somali American woman was attacked for speaking Swahili, the attacker's sister reached out to see if she was OK. The two women recently returned to StoryCorps to talk about their bond.