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President Nguyen Minh Triet's trip is the highest-level visit by a Vietnamese leader to the U.S. since the war. Economic issues will dominate the agenda.

In September 1943, Hitler hatched a secret plan. Author Dan Kurzman relates the foiled plot in A Special Mission: Hitler's Secret Plot to Seize the Vatican and Kidnap Pope Pius the XII.

Edith Piaf may not be a familiar name to many Americans growing up now but she remains an icon in France. The life story of singer Edith Piaf provides the drama for the new French film

La Vie En Rose

Sen. John Kerry spends the holiday weekend campaigning in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, appealing to rural voters. But the presumptive Democratic nominee is not yet saying who he will choose as a running mate. Hear NPR's Mike Pesca.

The man British authorities charged with poisoning former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko has responded with his own accusations. Andrei Lugovoi, another former KGB officer, says Litvinenko was a British agent trying to get compromising materials about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Breast cancer is the leading cause of death among middle-aged American women and recent studies have found a link between breast cancer and everyday chemicals. We discuss the findings with the lead re

The Senate continued work on the voting on it in June. The bill contains items that lawmakers and the public will both love and hate. The country remains deeply divided on the issue.

San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has dramatically reversed his position on a controversial office tower under construction at Montgomery Field. The about-face comes at the end of a week of outrage and qu

(opening at Landmark's Ken Cinema May 18) is the sequel to Hal Hartley's 1998 independent film