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Officials in Atlanta have arrested the man who escaped from the Fulton County courthouse on Friday after a shootout. Brian Nichols is suspected of killing four people and critically injuring one. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports.

Political conservatives have long complained that the news media are not accurate or objective. Now, liberals are voicing doubts about mainstream news organizations, saying coverage leans too far to the right. NPR's Kim Masters reports.

Floridians are preparing themselves for big increases in insurance premiums in the wake of Hurricane Charley. After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, insurers that didn't go bankrupt hiked their premiums by 100 percent to 200 percent. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

One of the more unnerving findings in the Sept. 11 commission's report was evidence of a connection between Iran and al Qaeda operatives. Hear NPR's Brian Naylor, terrorism expert Jessica Stern and Iran specialist Dr. Gary Sick of Columbia University.

An enormous cleanup operation is under way in the state of Florida, where Hurricane Charley cut a swath through at least 10 counties Friday night. More than a million people are without power. NPR's Phillip Davis reports.

During the 1992 riots, central Los Angeles' Koreatown was looted. But the area has become a large, bustling part of the city, as luxury complexes gentrify the neighborhood home to many affluent Korean Americans. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.

As the Summer Olympics begin in Athens, rumors abound of a possible doping scandal involving two Greek track stars. The International Olympic Committee postpones a hearing until Monday to decide the fate of the two athletes. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.

Sen. John Kerry's service in Vietnam and his later prominence in protests against that war have both been major elements in his political profile ever since. But only now are these stories entering the consciousness of the nation as a whole. NPR's Melissa Block reports.

For more than 50 years, filmmaker Bud Greenspan has been the official documentarian of the Olympics. Greenspan's films about the Games are famous for capturing little-known stories and dramatic moments, in a style that contrasts sharply with television coverage. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

Fighting continues in Najaf between U.S. forces and militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The militia remain concentrated in and around the Imam Ali shrine. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.