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Health experts say the central Ohio mumps outbreak has the potential to extend far beyond Ohio’s borders. Three-hundred-sixty-six Ohioans have…

Authorities say the wall needs to be scrubbed to protect the historic buildings at the Pike Place Market. But cleaning 20 years' worth of gum off a brick wall is no easy task.

On Fretworks Saturday evening at 7,  we have music ranging from 16th Century France and Italy to 20th Century England and Argentina. Renaissance Paris…

This Saturday evening on Fretworks, we have music for a variety of instruments: solo guitar, lute accompanied by violin and cello, flute and guitar, and…

Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to "see" using a form of echolocation.

It's the ninth day of heavy fighting in Southern Lebanon. Israeli jets bombard the region, while special forces battle with Hezbollah troops on the ground. What is Israel's military strategy? To find out, Robert Siegel talks with Michael Harris, a professor of political science at Ferris State University.

Saul Bellow, the award-winning author of books including Humboldt's Gift and The Adventures of Augie March, died Tuesday at his home in Brookline, Mass. He was 89.

Officials at the State and Defense departments accuse Pentagon leaders of ignoring a pre-war report that detailed many of the problems U.S. forces were likely to face in postwar Iraq. Critics say that because the warnings in the State Department study were not heeded, American troops were under-prepared for looting and other postwar challenges. Hear NPR's Ari Shapiro.

The Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The detainees have requested a ruling on whether U.S. courts can review challenges to their incarceration. The Bush administration argues foreign prisoners picked up on the battlefield and held outside U.S. borders do not have the right to access the courts. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Confusion continues to surround a U.S. attack in western Iraq that killed more than 40 people. The U.S. military says the target of the air and ground assault early Wednesday was a suspected safe house for foreign fighters infiltrating Iraq from nearby Syria. But Iraqis in the area say the victims were participating in a wedding celebration. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt.