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A U.S. soldier is killed in a roadside bombing in Fallujah and another dies in an ambush on a military convoy in Baghdad. As attacks in Iraq continue, U.S.-led forces announce plans to put 28,000 new Iraqi police recruits through intensive training at a U.S. base in Hungary. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

A U.S. civilian working for Halliburton in Iraq has escaped his captors after being held hostage for three weeks, say U.S. military commanders. Truck driver Thomas Hamill, from Macon, Miss., was taken captive during an April 9 ambush on a supply convoy and held in a house south of Tikrit, the U.S. military said. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld makes a surprise visit to U.S. troops in Fallujah and Mosul, where a suicide bombing this week killed 22 people, mostly U.S. soldiers. Rumsfeld, who's been criticized for being unfeeling, told journalists he stays awake at night worrying about U.S. troops. NPR's Lourdes Garcia Navarro reports.

U.S. troops in Iraq are facing increasingly sophisticated "guerrilla-type" resistance from remnants of Saddam Hussein's regime, Gen. John Abizaid says. The U.S. military's new commander in Iraq also warns that U.S. troops should be prepared to remain in the country for at least the next 90 days. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

U.S. forces in Iraq capture a senior biological weapons scientist, known as "Mrs. Anthrax" and the only woman on the U.S. military list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis. A U.S.-trained microbiologist, Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash is believed to have played a key role in rebuilding Iraq's biological weapons program after the 1991 Gulf War. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

Reno's tenure was marked by tragedy and controversy. But she left office widely respected for her independence and accomplishments.

The pair of ships, the USNS Comfort and the USNS Mercy, will help local medical workers grapple with an influx of patients. But it remains unclear precisely when they will be ready to go.

A Malaysian defense contractor at the center of one of the biggest bribery investigations in U.S. military history made an escape as stunning and brazen as the case itself.

New census figures indicate that Latinos account for half of America's population growth over the past five years. From the Deep South to the Northwest, Latino immigrants live and work, bringing their culture to small towns as well as big cities. The Anglo community has been very receptive.

At this week's presidential debate, Donald Trump compared growth rates in the three countries. Here's what the experts have to say.