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Every six weeks, hundreds of people in Baghdad's Green Zone line up to take a picture with Gen. David Petraeus, the head of coalition forces in Iraq. He gets thousands of requests from people who want their picture taken with him.

It's tough to get medical care when you're homeless. That's why many homeless people go to emergency rooms, where by law they can't be turned away. A unique program run by Scripps Mercy Hospital and C

San Diego gas prices edged lower this past weekend, but there was a significant jump in the cost of diesel. The Utility Consumer's Action Network says the average price of a gallon of gas fell two ten

A new report explores Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's campaign of violence to keep rival Morgan Tsvangirai from power, even after the opposition leader won a preliminary vote. Craig Timberg, of The Washington Post, wrote about the report and discusses whether it will have any impact.

As senators, Barack Obama and John McCain have long-held views on intelligence issues like the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which sets down rules for wiretapping. As presidential candidates, though, the two are changing their perspectives.

When French President Nicolas Sarkozy married the singer and former model Carla Bruni, his popularity plummeted. But now she's getting rave reviews, and all of France is talking about "the Carla effect."

The United States and Iraq have held contentious negotiations in recent months over the continued American military presence in Iraq. The aim was to work out what's called a "status of forces" agreement. But NPR has learned that Iraqi negotiators are now looking at other options.

The five-term North Carolina senator retired in 2003 but left a legacy of strong conservatism — and controversy — in a state that hadn't seen a GOP senator for decades. He has died at the age of 86.

An icon of the conservative movement, former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms represented North Carolina in Congress for 30 consecutive years. He died Friday at the age of 86.

A mortgage aid planthat had broad bipartisan support stalled in the Senate recently in a dispute over taxes. According to