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Spaniards vote to remove Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's government from power in favor of the Socialist Party. Analysts say the result reflects anger over last week's deadly terrorist attacks in Madrid, which many blame on Aznar's support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero vows to remove Spanish troops from Iraq by the end of June. Hear NPR's Sylvia Poggioli.

The 2700-acre Montpelier estate in Orange County, Va., has been home to two of America's most prominent families. First there was the family of James Madison, America's fourth president. Later came the duPonts -- a branch of the wealthy Delaware industrial family. The duPonts made lots of changes, but work is now being done to restore the home to its Madison-era form, as requested in Marion duPont Scott's will more than 20 years ago.

Metallica is one of the most popular bands ever — but not long ago, their rock 'n' roll empire was in danger of crumbling. The documentary Some Kind of Monster captures the band undergoing group therapy.

Two hundred years after Lewis and Clark made their trek up the Missouri, the river has gone from a raging giant to a harnessed conduit. It's so docile some environmentalists want it restored to a more natural condition. NPR's Greg Allen reports.

Democratic leaders are giving the Treasury Department's plans to rescue the giant mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a favorable reception on Capitol Hill. The plan, which includes extending the companies' total line of credit to $300 billion, would be attached to the housing bill now making its way through Congress.

After marathon talks in Bali, Indonesia, the U.N. climate conference agreed Saturday on a roadmap for negotiations for a new treaty to combat global warming. The conference nearly broke down, but in a last-minute compromise, the U.S. signed the pact.

Sure, Aldrin has been to the moon, but what does he know about getting mooned? We'll quiz him to find out with a game called "Drop your pants and take a bow."

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge defends his department against criticism from congressional Democrats and his department's Inspector General that the agency hasn't done enough to secure U.S. borders. He speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Students in the United States trail many of their peers in Europe and Asia in math and science scores, according to the newly released results of an international standardized test.

Michael Tilson Thomas, a superstar in the classical music world, evokes the legacy of his grandparents in a new show. Bessie and Boris Thomashefsky were legends of Yiddish Theater.

Across the U.S., the number of homicides in the past decade has declined, but prosecutors say it remains difficult to obtain murder convictions. With witnesses often reluctant to come forward, officials in Maryland are finding new ways to combat the problem. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a short-term fix for a staggeringly expensive problem: Every year, more than 850 billion gallons of sewage flows into the nation's rivers, lakes and bays.

Photographer and filmmaker Gregory Colbert has traveled the world photographing encounters between humans and large animals. His exhibit "Ashes and Snow" has found a similarly distinctive display area. The Nomadic Museum, now in Manhattan, is designed to be portable.

A century ago today, the steamship General Slocum and its 1,300 passengers began a journey up the East River for a church picnic on Long Island. But the Slocum never made it; it caught fire and sank, killing more than 1,000 people. The last living survivor tells the story.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Miriam Toews, the film follows a gathering of women in an isolated religious community who meet to decide what action to take following the discovery that they've been regularly sexually assaulted by men of the community.

Strahovski discusses the parallels between Gilead and the United States and how she makes an unredeemable character human.

The podcast begins with Ober's childhood long before you received your autism diagnosis — when she was a kid who loved to talk.

The Turkish army is cracking down on Kurdish separatists in the country's southeast region, which generals have declared a "special security zone." This month guerilla attacks killed 15 Turkish soldiers in 8 days.

Before LeBron James became one of the biggest stars in the NBA, he was just a kid from Akron, Ohio. Shooting Stars tells the story of his early years. James and his high school coach, Dru Joyce, talk about life before the NBA.

Cover art for the current New Yorker magazine shows a caricature of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in Islamic dress and his wife, Michelle, armed with a machine gun and wearing fatigues. A former magazine editor and a media blogger discuss outcry over the image.

The veteran reporter became one of Hollywood's top journalists as founder of the entertainment trade website Deadline.com. She was the most-feared columnist in show business.

Former Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings charts what he calls "the wide, weird world of geography" in his latest book, Maphead. He profiles Google Maps engineers, geocachers, imaginary mapmakers, map collectors, geography bee contestants and "road geeks."

The mission of Florida Humanities is to help Floridians make sense of this complex, dynamic state by elevating stories about its culture, history and literature. A new book, "Once Upon a Time in Florida," celebrates the organization's golden anniversary.

How a shortage of doctors, nurses and other health care professionals affects the region, and efforts to train more doctors to meet the need.

The U.S., and much of the world, has settled into a scorching weekend with temperatures reaching well over a hundred in the Southwest.