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The lone Marine to face sentencing for the killing of 24 unarmed Iraqis walked away with no jail time on Tuesday after defending his squad's storming of homes in the city of Haditha as a necessary act "to keep the rest of my Marines alive."

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday. A U.S. soldier is accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar on Sunday. The incident has raised questions about the future of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

Jess Walter's latest novel spans decades and traverses the Atlantic to create a kaleidoscopic collection of "beautiful ruins." Characters include a hotelier, a young script reader and real-life movie star Richard Burton. NPR's Maureen Corrigan says the book is a "literary miracle."

Microsoft now owns the patent to a new GPS feature that helps pedestrians avoid bad weather, difficult terrain and unsafe neighborhoods. Critics are calling it the "avoid ghetto" app, but others say it's just the next step in GPS technology.

California is considered a moderate-tax state, according to a California Budget Project report out this week.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to provide key information to Congress and the public that shows the agency’s ability to quickly provide service-related benefits has virtually collapsed under President Barack Obama.

Is Prop 13 to blame for California's near-bottom per-pupil funding in the country?

Building parks in dense neighborhoods involves a Catch-22. The city won’t fully prioritize building a park unless it’s funded, but the city has kept the fees that generate money for parks in older communities low.

At issue is whether the University of Texas, Austin discriminated against a white applicant when it did not offer her a spot. At Wednesday's argument, a court majority seemed poised to reverse or severely cut back previous decisions related to affirmative action programs in college admissions.

Latinos, as a group, were among the hardest hit in the recession. But how are they faring as the economy slowly begins to recover?