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for the more than one million American couples a year who want to adopt a child. More and more companies are offering employee benefits to defray the cost of adoption.

on the Security Council's hesitance to launch military interventions given its history of messy peacekeeping missions like Somalia. Most recently, the Council has resisted appeals to send troops to aid refugees in Zaire.

An annual report that describes the state?s financial outlook shows that Kentucky has once again gone deeper into debt. The report, when compared with…

A recent Kentucky Farm Bureau report shows grocery prices in the commonwealth have fallen for the fourth quarter in a row. At the end of last year, a cart…

The Senate Intelligence Committee takes sharp aim at the CIA, concluding it overstated the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and ignored evidence to the contrary.

After two major studies link hormone replacement therapy to serious health risks like heart disease and breast cancer, millions of menopausal women -- and their doctors -- are reconsidering their options. Millions of those women are now reconsidering their use of hormone replacement pills. And doctors around the country are trying to figure out what to tell them. NPR's Joe Palca reports for Morning Edition.

The GOP-controlled Senate overwhelmingly approves a proposal calling on the Bush administration to provide Congress with more extensive reporting on the Iraq war's progress. It also demands a schedule for meeting a series of goals aimed at reducing U.S. forces in Iraq.

A new report from the National Research Council says it is safe to ingest perchlorate -- a chemical linked to decreased thyroid function and found in drinking water in more than 35 states -- at doses 20 times greater than the "reference dose" currently proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency. Hear NPR's Jon Hamilton.

The fate of three Japanese civilians held hostage in Iraq hangs in the balance. Government officials say they will not comply with a demand to withdraw a small contingent of Japanese troops engaged in reconstruction work in Iraq. The Arabic news network Al-Jazeera is reporting the hostages may be released soon. Hear NPR's Cheryl Corley and NPR's Rob Gifford.

Melissa Block talks with Tom Goldman about reaction to the Mitchell report on performance-enhancing drug use among Major League Baseball players, including comments from baseball commissioner Bud Selig and Donald Fehr, director of the Major League Baseball Players Association.