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A year after an earthquake rocked South Asia's Kashmir region, UNICEF is providing a unique kind of emergency relief: its School-in-a-Box program. The metal boxes contain classroom supplies for up to 80 students, and were widely distributed in Pakistan over the past year.

President Bush's package of anti-terrorism powers wins approval in the House and moves toward passage in the Senate. Despite vocal opposition from the Democratic minority, the Republican-run House approved landmark legislation setting standards for trying and interrogating suspected irregular foreign combatants.

Six months ago, Dubai Ports World reached an agreement with Congress to sell its North American operations to a U.S.-based firm within four to six months. Six months later, the company still owns those ports, but says it will sell soon. Democrats say they will make it a campaign issue if a sale isn’t completed before the November elections.

There have always been films that the studios have chosen not to screen for critics; the reason usually being that studios feared they had a dud on their hands and wanted to avoid bad reviews on opening g weekend. But in the past few weeks we've had more than the usual amount on no-can-see pictures.

Charlotte Rampling came to international attention in the 1960s as sexually liberated women in film such as

September is Disaster Preparedness Month, and an expert on that topic says too many people think disaster preparation is much harder than it actually is. From Sacramento, Ellen Ciurczak reports.

The War Crimes Act covers combat offenses committed by people who are not active military personnel. NPR has obtained a draft copy of the administration's proposed changes, which would exclude "humiliating and degrading treatment" from the category of war crimes.

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area last night. Authorities say it struck just after 8 p.m. about three miles west of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County.

It's no surprise that the inland areas of California use more water than the coastal regions. Host Tom Fudge speaks to Ellen Hanak from the PPIC and Bill Jacoby from the San Diego County Water Author

A report out today predicts that the demand for water in California will skyrocket as homeowners move inland. KPBS Radio's Andrew Phelps explains.