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This week, host Michel Martin is covering the Democratic National Convention in Denver, and she's bringing listeners the latest political news, Tell Me More style. Martin and guest host Cheryl Corley discuss the previous day's highlights, including Michelle Obama's emotional address and expectations for tonight's Hillary Clinton's speech tonight.

The Guantanamo trial of Osama bin Laden's drivers ended last week in a startling defeat for the prosecution. Salim Hamdan was acquitted of conspiring with al-Qaida to attack the United States. One of the jury members says the prosecution failed to convince the jury that Hamdan was a hardened al-Qaida warrior.

Commentator Leroy Sievers died over the weekend at his home outside Washington, D.C. He was 53. As a television journalist, he covered wars in Iraq, Central America, Somalia and Kosovo. After he was diagnosed with cancer, he began writing his daily blog, "My Cancer," on NPR.org. Through selections of past commentaries, Sievers says goodbye in his own words.

Pakistan's outgoing President Pervez Musharraf was a close U.S. ally in the fight against al-Qaida. But critics say the Bush administration relied on him too much, and that he didn't do enough to rein in the Taliban. With Musharraf out, Pakistan is expected to concentrate on preventing extremism inside Pakistan rather than across the border.

One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most ardent campaign supporters has died. Ohio Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones suffered a brain aneurysm while driving Tuesday in her home district of Cleveland, and was pronounced dead Wednesday. She was 58 years old.

History was made Wednesday in Denver as a major political party for the first time nominated a black man to be president of the United States. Barack Obama will accept the nomination Thursday at the pary's convention. Early on, his campaign was propelled by his opposition to the Iraq war, but it succeeded for reasons well beyond the war.

The LA indie pop band performs songs off 2023's GIMMICKS.

Stories about the harms of sugar have consumers wondering whether they should put the apple back on the shelf.

Some 3,000 migrants from the Middle East and North Africa are now camping out in the port city of Calais. Celine Schmitt of the United Nations refugee agency discusses their plight.

The Newlead Castellano was stopped near Savannah over unpaid debts — stranding the Filipino crew members, who didn't have permission to enter the U.S. Their months of waiting may soon be at an end.