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The state of Ohio will require an independent review of lethal injections as part of an update to its execution policy. Prisons department spokesman…

Gov. Ted Strickland has ordered another $640 million sliced from state government operations.The reductions announced Friday include 5.75-percent…

Baghdad's nearly 5 million residents prepare for a war that seems inevitable. The streets of Baghdad are surprisingly calm, and a top aide to Saddam Hussein appears in public to refute rumors he had defected. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

President Bush marks the first anniversary of the start of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. In a White House address, President Bush says that every country has a duty to "fight and destroy" the threat of terrorism. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR's Don Gonyea.

The AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor organization, announces it is backing Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign. The endorsement comes as rival Sen. John Edwards criticizes Kerry's support for NAFTA, a trade agreement many workers blame for the loss of U.S. jobs. Hear NPR News.

Alabama's Dauphin Island, near the coast of Florida, is one of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ivan. After three hurricanes and amid promises of more, some shrimp fishermen are staying on their boats during the storms. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, by a vote of 16-2, votes to send the nomination of Condoleezza Rice for secretary of state to the full Senate. The vote took place on the second day of hearings in which Rice faced critical questioning, particularly for her role in the war on Iraq.

Ever since she was a little girl playing dress-up in her aunt's closet, Kendra Scott loved fashion. Her first business was a hat shop, which she started at 19 – it failed. A few years later, she started a jewelry business out of her spare bedroom. Today the company is reportedly valued at more than a billion dollars.

An external board expands its investigation into the space shuttle Columbia, which broke apart upon re-entry Feb. 1. The investigation will include a wider review of how NASA manages the entire shuttle program. NPR's Eric Niiler reports.

An illegal immigrant who served in the Army in Iraq is now being investigated for lying about his immigration status. Pvt. Juan Escalante faces the possibility of a dishonorable discharge, deportation, or mild disciplinary action. Tom Banse reports.