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Secretary of State Colin Powell is among the senior officials set to testify at public hearings on the Sept. 11 attacks Tuesday. The White House has called false the claims made by former terrorism official Richard Clarke that the Bush administration focused on Iraq rather than al Qaeda after the terrorist attacks of 2001. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Ahmed Chalabi, a member of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, rejects allegations that an aide supplied Iran with sensitive information and responds to an Iraqi police raid on his home and offices in Baghdad. The Bush administration is terminating a monthly payment of $335,000 it had been making to Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress. Chalabi speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

The Cincinnati Bell Connector has given more than 100,000 rides since it started passenger service two weeks ago.

A private company will test schools and homes near a former uranium enrichment plant in Ohio for radiological contaminants after trace amounts of enriched…

As the opioid epidemic continues across the country and here in our region, communities as well as law enforcement, health and service agencies are...

Franklin County is offering an extension on next week's property tax deadline for federal workers missing checks because of the government shutdown.The…

President Bush marks Earth Day with a visit to the Great Smoky Mountains -- America's most-visited national park and one of its most polluted. The president will use the park as a backdrop for promoting policies he says will result in cleaner air and water. Environmentalists say he is actually weakening regulations.

The United States will release "enemy combatant" detainee Yaser Hamdi, who had been held in a military prison for more than two years. In return, Hamdi will give up his U.S. citizenship; he is expected to return to Saudi Arabia, where he grew up. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Nina Totenberg.

In a speech to the United Nations Tuesday, President Bush defended his decision to launch the war in Iraq, and asked for help with reconstruction there. Sen. John Kerry says the president has snubbed the U.N. too many times and lacks the international credibility needed to rally other nations to the cause. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

The new civil administrator for Iraq, retired U.S. Gen. Jay Garner, receives a warm reception by Kurds in northern Iraq. Meanwhile, U.S. tanks move into the center of Mosul, a northern town that has seen looting and anarchy since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. NPR's Melissa Block talks with NPR's Ivan Watson in Baghdad.