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Human rights organizations have long accused Arab governments of torture. Jordan, which became the first Arab state to host a U.N. investigaton of torture, is not pleased with the results.

People from all points of the globe delight in the crusty bread baked by Lionel Poilane, who died in a helicopter crash this week. Poilane's daughters will keep the peasant-bread business -- and their father's memory -- alive. NPR's Scott Simon and Alice Furlaud remember the master baker.

Mexican President Vicente Fox wraps up his U.S. visit with meetings in Los Angeles Friday. As KPBS Reporter Amy Isackson explains Fox's discussion of immigration has taken on a new tone during his vis

The Tijuana River Estuary was designated by the United Nations as a "wetlands of international significance." But environmental activists say this binational ecological area is threatened by developme

The project's original goal was to see if eight humans could survive two years in an enclosed ecosystem that creates its own air, food and water? The result was no. Now scientists are using the controlled environment to study climate change.

Dark, finger-like features that appear and extend down some Martian slopes during the warmest months of the year on Mars may show activity of salty water there. They fade in winter, then recur the next spring. The observations are tantalizing but tentative signs that Mars could have conditions necessary to support life.

San Diego Opera's 45th International Season continues with Romeo and Juliet, the third opera of the season which opened on Saturday, March 13, 2010. A masterpiece of grand French opera, Romeo and Juliet has not been seen in San Diego since 1998. Husband and wife duo Stephen Costello and Ailyn Pérez play the title roles, and join us in studio and for a rare treat - they'll sing!

Mike Campbell farmed his land in Zimbabwe for decades, until President Robert Mugabe's government told him he couldn't own his land anymore — because he was white. In Mugabe and the White African, filmmakers Andrew Thompson and Lucy Bailey tell Campbell's story.

Now that the one-on-one debt ceiling talks between President Obama and Speaker John Boehner have broken down, there are obviously more questions than answers about what exactly happened and where matters go from here.

The Food and Drug Administration is dramatically expanding its investigation into contaminated pet food, after some U.S. companies suggested the contamination was no accident. It also appears the contaminant involved — melamine — could reach human food.