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Pakistani troops are in the fifth day of a fierce battle with al Qaeda fighters near the Afghan border. But doubts arise that Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden's top deputy, is the focus of the fighting. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

The traditional American shooting range is extending its range.

Most American adults still have visceral memories from the morning of September 11, 2001. But for most San Diego school children, the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. are something they hear about in history class.

Mexican drug cartel kingpin Benjamin Arellano-Felix pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court in San Diego to racketeering and conspiracy to launder money. He admitted to ordering the kidnappings and murders of informants and witnesses.

Home Post Blog: The more than 5,000 members of the USS Carl Vinson crew are enjoying some much deserved R and R in Honolulu, Hawaii today. The San Diego-based Vinson reached Pearl Harbor yesterday – its first stop on American soil in more than six months.

Two-thirds of Republicans say the president can do something about high gas prices; about two-thirds of Democrats say he can't. But six years ago, with a Republican president in the White House, those numbers were reversed. Researchers want to understand this flipped perception.

The U.S. defended its track record on fighting climate change on Monday at U.N. talks, saying it's making "enormous" efforts to slow global warming and help the poor nations most affected by it.

Two years ago, South Korea passed a law informed by the experiences of the 160,000 people who were adopted to other countries after World War II. Steve Haruch examines the law's history and legacy.

The U.S. has admitted that NATO forces made mistakes in an operation last month that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

U.S. authorities have brought the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to the United States, flying him into New York to face trial in connection with the bombing of U.S. embassies, the Justice Department said Tuesday.