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Charitable giving to the nation's colleges and universities reached $30.30 billion in 2011, an 8.2 percent increase over the previous year, a new survey says. The 20 institutions that raised the most received $8.24 billion. Stanford, Harvard and Yale topped the list.

Roger Federer, who last year won his seventh Wimbledon title, is out of the 2013 tournament after falling to Ukrainian Sergei Stakhovsky. Maria Sharapova also lost. The upsets come two days after Rafael Nadal, who was in the same side of the bracket as Federer, was upset in the first round.

Ina Jaffe is a veteran NPR correspondent covering the aging of America. Her stories on Morning Edition and All Things Considered have focused on older adults' involvement in politics and elections, dating and divorce, work and retirement, fashion and sports, as well as issues affecting long term care and end of life choices. In 2015, she was named one of the nation's top "Influencers in Aging" by PBS publication Next Avenue, which wrote "Jaffe has reinvented reporting on aging."

None of these are over-the-top complicated chocolate recipes, but the kind of treat you might seriously consider baking for someone you love.

Roasting is one of chef Kathy Gunst's favorite cooking methods.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic to preview the College Football Playoff and upcoming bowl season games.

March Madness basketball play reaches the Sweet 16 on the men's side — the women's will be solidified by the end of the day. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Nicole Auerbach with The Athletic.

Soviet leader Josef Stalin's legacy includes mass purges and executions. Statues of him in Russia came down decades ago, but in recent years new statues have cropped up, including one this week.

Disney, Sony, Warner Bros., Paramount and Universal are pausing the theatrical releases of their films in Russia

"People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity!" the president tweeted. The port city's deputy mayor also said Russia's military had violated a cease-fire meant to allow civilians to evacuate.