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Democratic lawmakers and voter rights groups slammed GOP leaders for not providing more information about their redistricting proposals.

Mason's new City Council on Monday voted to repeal an abortion ban the last council approved in October. The ban prohibited abortions from being performed in the city, despite the fact that no abortion providers currently exist in Mason.

Jamal al-Badawi, implicated in the bombing of the USS Cole, escapes from a Yemen prison along with 12 other al-Qaida figures. Barbara Bodine, former U.S. ambassador to Yemen, discusses the escape with Steve Inskeep.

Numerous major news outlets reported Wednesday morning that 12 of the 13 trapped coal miners in West Virginia had beaten the odds and survived. The stories turned out to be tragically wrong. Mistaken information from seemingly authoritative sources allowed good news to outrace the truth.

In a statement released by state media on his 80th birthday, Cuban President Fidel Castro strikes a positive note about the future but also warns the Cuban people to be ready for "adverse news."

Berlin's controversial memorial to the Jews who died in the Holocaust is open to the public after years of controversy over its design. The first visitors Thursday shared their impressions on whether the memorial is too abstract. Some of them said it has the disorienting effect and helpless feeling that its architect tried to achieve.

Sudanese vice president John Garang died over the weekend with 13 others when his helicopter crashed en route from Uganda. The former rebel leader was sworn in as the country's first vice president weeks ago. News of Garang's death sparked riots in Khartoum, Sudan's capital.

The Federal Reserve is meeting in Washington to discuss what to do with the sluggish economy. Analysts believe the Fed will take action, but some economists wonder if it will have an effect — or even be counterproductive.

Despite a high risk of brain injuries, military personnel rarely develop a disabling brain condition often found in former boxers and football players.

The federal government has charged Stewart Rhodes and 10 others with seditious conspiracy in the most serious case to emerge from its investigation into the Capitol riot.