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The hearings come after years of lobbying by island nations who fear they could simply disappear under rising sea waters,

Some Republicans are on the defensive about what they said or wrote privately after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. NPR's Michel Martin discusses that with Harvard professor Steven Levitsky.

With 1.5 million deaths a year, tuberculosis has passed HIV/AIDS.

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says more peacekeeping forces may be needed to maintain order in Iraq. He says no decisions have been made, but suggests other nations may supply some of their own forces to provide security as Iraq moves to form a new government. Hear Dana Priest of The Washington Post.

The Bush administration circulates a draft resolution that outlines a larger role for the United Nations in post-war Iraq. It's an effort to convince more countries to contribute troops and resources to the stabilization of Iraq, but the resolution maintains a lead role for the United States in the country's affairs. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - President Donald Trump is trying again to slash federal cleanup funding for major U.S. waterways, including the Great Lakes…

The Palestine Liberation Organization calls on militants to stop using terror attacks against Israel. Also Sunday, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon accused newly installed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of not doing enough to curb terrorist activities. Hear NPR's Laskshmi Singh and NPR's Linda Gradstein

As looting and lawlessness continue in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, U.S. forces call on former policemen to return to their jobs. Days of looting have left the population feeling scared and vulnerable, leading some residents to take the law into their own hands. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

A drive is under way in many Southern communities to preserve their first African-American public schools, which they helped raise money to build. The Rosenwald schools were built with financial help from philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, one of the early presidents of Sears and Roebuck. Jessica Jones of member station WUNC reports.

Officials are attempting to copyright their party's symbol. But it's a symbol that's been trademarked by Heineken and other companies established before the Russian Revolution.