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Supporters of a controversial project that would bring Colorado River water to San Diego County got a boost from the lame-duck Congress. The House and Senate passed a bill that removes legal roadblock

Nathan Crooks, editor of The Santiago Times, tells Steve Inskeep that the reaction in Chile has been mixed to the death of former dictator Augusto Pinochet. He died Sunday at the age of 91.

Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the fierce anti-communist dictator who ruled Chile with an iron fist from 1973 to 1990, died Sunday from heart complications, the Santiago Military hospital reported. He was 91.

Some schools are taking extraordinary measures to make sure children with allergies are not exposed to peanuts. The numbers of allergic children are rising.

Blood Diamond

Public housing is the unlikely catalyst that stirs turbulent emotions within two very different families in the new film

The Architect

Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a onetime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and warmly embraced Reagan-era conservatism, has died. She was 80.

Members of an Islamist militia have taken over much of Somalia, and the U.N. Security Council has authorized a regional force to protect the nation's interim government. Some wonder whether international diplomatic efforts can stem the violent power struggle in Somalia.

The White House says President Bush will take the Iraq Study Group's report "very seriously" -- but reiterates that it is not bound by the panel's conclusions. Robert Siegel talks with White House Press Secretary Tony Snow. Despite the report's strong negative language describing the current situation in Iraq, Snow says it is not a rejection of the administration's policies.