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By Brenna AngelLEXINGTON, Ky. -- – The University of Kentucky Board Of Trustees has approved a six percent tuition increase for the next school year. That…

Tim Heaphy was the lead investigator for the House Jan. 6 committee. He also looked into the violence in Charlottesville in 2017. He's got a new book out with insights into that experience.

Also: Disgraced Cardinal Bernard Law dies in Rome; Europe's highest court rules Uber is, in fact, a taxi service; and one of only three black women to play in the Negro Leagues has died.

Other top stories of the morning include: a report that Herman Cain will endorse Newt Gingrich's bid for the GOP presidential nomination; details of upcoming Post Office cuts; run-off elections begin in Egypt.

Lexington emergency officials are warning the winter storm approaching Kentucky could be one for the history books.

At two top-tier high schools in Palo Alto, Calif., the suicide rate is four times higher than the national average over the last 10 years. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Hanna Rosin, who's reported for The Atlantic, on what might be behind the trend and how the schools are responding.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Oscar Quintero, aka Kay Sedia, who sold Tupperware in drag and was once one of its top sellers, about how the company changed his life.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser for the coronavirus vaccine development program, Operation Warp Speed, about the status of vaccines in the U.S.

Civil rights protesters argue Jena, La., school and law enforcement officials are dealing out harsh justice to the African-American teens for a schoolyard fight while overlooking their white counterparts who hung nooses to intimidate the black teens.

Syracuse University is being investigated for possible NCAA violations. In February, the school announced a self-imposed ban on post-season basketball, which apparently included the ACC mascot game.