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At the annual convention of the National Rifle Association in Pittsburgh, Vice President Dick Cheney uses his keynote address to paint Sen. John Kerry as an enemy of the right to bear arms. NPR's Janet Babin reports.

Lead in drinking water in Washington, D.C., is just part of a larger, more profound problem that affects cities across the country. In his second report about contaminated drinking water, NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reveals that many cities are still getting their drinking water from systems that date back to the 19th and early 20th centuries.

A series of car bombings targeted at police stations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra leaves dozens of people dead and wounded. A school bus full of children was hit in the blasts. Hear NPR's Emily Harris.

The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy recommends creating a cabinet-level agency to guide nationwide efforts on protecting oceans. The bi-partisan, congressionally-appointed panel envisions the agency overseeing a range of issues including fisheries management and onshore sources of pollution. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

Members of the Sept. 11 panel think National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's testimony this week will illuminate what went wrong with U.S. anti-terror policy before the attacks. Republicans hope Rice will rebut Richard Clarke's charges that the White House ignored the growing threat. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and NPR News Analyst Cokie Roberts.

As members of Congress head home for their spring break, they have little to tout in the way of legislative success. A pattern has developed: Republicans propose legislation, Democrats attach amendments that win support from moderate Republicans, and the Republican leadership pulls the bills before a vote, apparently out of deference to the White House. Hear NPR's Howard Berkes and NPR's David Welna.

In the former Soviet republic of Uzbekistan, more than 40 people were killed in a series of explosions, suicide bombings and gunbattles involving suspected militants from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. The group reportedly has ties with al-Qaeda. Hear NPR's Howard Berkes and Martha Brill Olcott of the Carnegie Endowment.

The Los Angeles Times wins five Pulitzer Prizes, led by awards for its coverage of the catastrophic wildfires that ravaged Southern California last fall. The Blade of Toledo, Ohio, won the Pulitzer for investigative reporting. Arts winners included novelist Edward P. Jones for The Known World and composer Paul Moravec for his piece Tempest Fantasy. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with two high-ranking retired U.S. generals -- Maj. Gen. Robert Scales and Maj. Gen. William Nash -- about the American strategy in Iraq now that fighting has broken out between U.S.-led forces and both Shiite and Sunni Muslim militias.

U.S. Marines besiege the Iraqi town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, where crowds mutilated the bodies of four American civilians killed in a roadside attack last Wednesday. The Marines are preparing a new offensive in Fallujah to root out those responsible for the killings. Hear NPR's Melissa Block and Eric Niiler of member station KPBS in San Diego.

In the latest in a series on the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education, NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports from San Francisco. The city's complex racial and ethnic mix makes integrating its schools increasingly difficult. Now many members of one minority group, Chinese Americans, are actively opposing integration efforts, saying they're just another form of discrimination. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

Authorities in Iraq announce that an arrest warrant has been issued for Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in connection with the murder of a rival cleric last spring. Attacks by Sadr's followers left at least eight coalition soldiers dead in Najaf and Baghdad Sunday. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves, NPR's Michele Norris and professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan.

Amid fighting in several Iraqi cities, an increasing number of foreigners are missing or held hostage by insurgents. Meanwhile, Vice President Cheney goes to Japan as a crisis builds over threats to kill three Japanese who are captive in Iraq. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves and NPR's Rob Gifford.

The Alamo, starring Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton, was supposed to open last December, but problems with cast and producers delayed it for a spring release. Bob Mondello reviews the historical epic, which opens in theaters Friday.

The U.S. military concedes disappointment with the performance of some U.S.-trained Iraqi units in the wake of widespread attacks by both Sunni and Shiite Muslim insurgents. Chief U.S. administrator Paul Bremer acknowledges that the Iraqi army and civil defense force will not be in a position to control the country when the U.S. hands over sovereignty to an interim government at the end of June. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

The state of Illinois has expressed its "official regret" for the murder of Mormon leader Joseph Smith in 1844. But some say the violence that drove Mormons out of the state was precipitated in large measure by Smith himself. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

On Friday, the mother of the youngest of three Japanese hostages being held in Iraq appealed to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to withdraw Japanese troops. But Koizumi says he has no intention of withdrawing the troops, and pledges that Japan will do its utmost to rescue the hostages. NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Tokyo.

It's a compelling story about rape, race and discrimination in the town of Springfield, Ill. Renatta Frazier was an African-American cop whose inaction was blamed for the rape of a young white woman and discovered she was part of a police department cover-up. In an exclusive three-part series, Frazier tells her story.

NPR's David Schaper reports from Ellsworth, Wis., on the return of the U.S. Army's 652nd Engineer Company from duty in Iraq. The relatively small bridge-building unit suffered more casualties than any other Army reserve unit.

What the overturning of Roe v. Wade could mean for U.S. politics. The field is set for Ohio's U.S. Senate race in November. Some civilians and Ukrainian soldiers are still trapped in a steel plant.

It's the strongest statement by the Biden administration since Moscow authorities arrested Griner in February with what they said was hashish oil in vape cartridges in her luggage.

A huge piece of quartzite in Lawrence, which has long stood as a memorial to the town's abolitionist founders, is being moved. It belongs to a Native American tribe.

As part of the project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.

In Ohio, the field is set for what will be one of the most closely watched U.S. Senate races. On the Republican side, venture capitalist and author J.D. Vance will face Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan.

President Bush's Democratic challenger, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, says he will make abortion rights a major theme of his campaign. He spoke Friday at a rally for abortion rights in Washington, D.C., and also to the American Society of Newspaper Editors. NPR's David Welna reports.