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The shootings at Virginia Tech have prompted the postponement of a much anticipated Senate hearing with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. The nation's top law enforcement official is under pressure to explain his role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.

The Bush administration is taking steps toward rebuilding relations with a country it once said was part of an "axis of evil." President Bush announced Thursday that the United States is lifting some trade sanctions against North Korea and removing it from a list of countries that the U.S. considers state sponsors of terrorism.

In October, millions of Americans will have to squeeze more money out of their budget to make payments on those loans.

The stories of those refugees crossing the border from Sudan to Chad, tell of horror, destruction and non stop fighting, in a dreadful deja vu of Darfur's genocidal past.

The pill transformed lives, but when it comes to contraceptive options, it's no longer the end-all, be-all.

I'm a real person and I love this candidate, I swear!

The Tennessee Aquarium says sensors detect an electric eel's little jolts of electricity, which then get transferred to the lights on a tree.

An Illinois woman was forced to give birth in her truck, mere minutes after being discharged from an Indiana hospital.

Reading and math scores are down to their lowest levels in more than 20 years.

States are trying to sort what options they can offer beneficiaries to fill the gap in food assistance. Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the impact of this potential lapse in states across the country.