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Sen. John Edwards heads back to North Carolina, reportedly to announce the end of his presidential campaign after failing to capture any of the 10 states in Tuesday's contests. Hear NPR's Melissa Block, NPR's Mara Liasson and NPR's Adam Hochberg.

The Senate's new plan to battle the housing crisis includes tax breaks for homebuilders and tax credits to those buying foreclosed homes. It includes little helping for people who are facing foreclosure, however.

Stephen Colbert is the former senior correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. True to the industry he parodies, Colbert has landed the anchor's chair on a fake news show of his own.

Filkins accompanied a Marine company for eight days in November as they conducted an offensive on Fallujah. He followed the Marines from the outskirts of the city into the maze of streets, dodging suicide bombers, waking at 1:30 a.m. to a rebel attack, and sustaining the threat of friendly fire when the company was mistaken for rebels by U.S. troops.

Armed militants occupying a natural refuge in a remote part of Oregon say they will stay until the land is under local control. The local sheriff has pleaded repeatedly with the occupiers to leave.

The proposed barrier would cut off 70 percent of the National Butterfly Center's property, putting it in a no man's land along the Rio Grande. More than 200 species have been documented at the center.

As part of its tax overhaul plan, the Senate is considering whether to allow oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Alaskans are weighing in on how they feel about this new movement in a decades long debate.

The president signed full pardons for the Oregon cattle ranchers whose prison terms inspired the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation in 2016.

movement two years after the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19th, 1995. Members are as angry as ever and remain convinced that American citizens are in danger from the U.S. government and `the New World Order.' But they also are more secretive than ever, and it's hard to determine whether they've gained or lost members.

is giving an additional television channel to every TV station in the country, to be used for broadcast of high resolution, digital signals. They'll be allowed to continue broadcasting analog programming on the existing channel in the meantime. The allocation is considered to be worth billions of dollars. Some federal officials complain that TV stations are not converting to HDTV fast enough. Stations respond that they'll have to invest huge sums in new equipment.