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  • Flag burning has a long history in the U.S. — and legal protections from the Supreme Court
    President Trump's executive order challenges a landmark Supreme Court decision, according to free speech attorneys.
  • "Don't Miss Next Week's Perseid Meteor Shower" 1 Min version
    Star Gazers 1 Minute #13-31M Aug 5-11, 2013 Best Meteor Shower of the year next week
  • Oldest Person In U.S. Has Died
    114-year-old Lessie Brown died Tuesday at her home in Cleveland Heights. Family members attributed her longevity to her love of sweet potatoes. "I don't think that's it," Brown told media in 2013.
  • U.S. and Iranian Relations Increasingly Strained
    President Bush and new Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad trade stern messages on the future of Iran's nuclear program. Hadi Semati, a professor of political science at Tehran University, says U.S. statements about a military option do not signal a policy shift.
  • The Good And Bad News On HIV In The U.S.
    The number of people infected with HIV each year is relatively steady, at about 50,000 new infections each year. But there was a 48 percent increase in the number of young HIV-infected African American men who have sex with men from 2006 to 2009.
  • The <em>Land of Love And Drowning </em>follows a family living in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the early 20th century.
    'Love And Drowning' In The U.S. Virgin Islands
    In the Land of Love and Drowning, the islands are a magical setting for three generations of one family living through the modern history of the territory as it passes from Danish to American hands.
  • Allies Disagree With U.S. On Sanctions Against Iran
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other U.S. officials say new sanctions against Iran have begun. Not only does Iran reject that move, but so do America's usual allies.
  • An Iraqi girl looks at an Iraqi soldier securing an area in al-Dor, north of Baghdad, on Friday. U.S. and Iraqi forces are in the second day of a vast sweep -- called Operation Swarmer -- to root out insurgents.
    U.S. and Iraqi Military Push Forward with Offensive
    Dozens of people have been detained by the U.S. and Iraqi militaries as the press forward with an offensive near Samarra. More than 1,500 troops are deployed in what the military is calling an anti-insurgency sweep. Renee Montagne talks to BBC reporter Jim Muir.
  • U.N. Resolution Proposal Includes 'Buffer Zone'
    Amid intense fighting between Hezbollah and Israel, diplomatic efforts to end the conflict are in full force this weekend. The United States and France put forward a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an end to the fighting and for U.N. peacekeepers to patrol the Israeli-Lebanese border.
  • U.S. troops fly over northern Afghanistan in the early days of the war in 2001. The U.S. fought its longest ever war in Afghanistan, for 20 years, only to see the Taliban retake control of the country as the U.S. withdrew in 2021.
    Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?
    U.S. presidents have promised short, decisive wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. All have proved much more difficult than advertised and fallen far short of the political goals set at the beginning.
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