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Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigns Friday in Pennsylvania, which has its presidential primary Tuesday. She ended the day Thursday at a Philadelphia landmark where her husband campaigned in 1992. After attacking her opponent at Wednesday's debate, she seemed to strike a more positive tone.

Pope Benedict XVI praises America as a land of opportunity during his first public Mass in the U.S. Tens of thousands of worshippers filled the new baseball stadium in Washington, D.C., for an open-air service.

As the presidential race roars on, the candidates face a number of issues: slowing economy, rapid climate change, and a push to finish a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border to keep illegal immigrants a

Voters in Zimbabwe went to the polls nearly three weeks ago to elect their president. Incumbent Robert Mugabe and Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were on the ballot. But the results have yet to be announced. NPR's West Africa Correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton gives an update on what's causing the delay and how Zimbabweans are reacting.

Midnight Movies: Brazil

Journalist Misha Glenny points out that while globalization may have given the world new opportunities for trade and investments, it also gave rise to global black markets and made it easier for criminal networks to do business. Glenny discusses his new book, McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld.

Two San Diego city council members who voted for council pay raises have changed their position. They now say would oppose an increase. KPBS reporter Andrew Phelps has more.

I thought I'd give you the latest scoop on what's happening in my neck of the woods this Thursday and Friday. San Diego North County educators are encouraging adults over the age of 18 to gather around local freeway overpasses with signs saying "Enough is Enough!" or "Education Cuts Don't Heal" to show the Governorator and state legislators that they are angry about the proposed cuts to education. They're calling this event the "No Cuts To Education Rally and Overpass March. If you're interested in voicing your concern or just love to hang out near freeway traffic on a Friday night, then go to the

The Sign of a Good Education

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states may execute condemned prisoners with a sequence of three drugs that had been challenged as "cruel and unusual punishment" in a Kentucky case. In a separate case, justices are weighing whether it's constitutional to sentence someone to death for raping a child.