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Jennifer P. Brown knows how interesting, quirky, terrible and inspiring life in rural western Kentucky can be. Brown has been on the Kentucky New Era…

Voting officials found problems at a number of polling sites Tuesday. Some machines broke down, some voters were turned away and provisional ballots have become a matter of dispute in Ohio. But there were fewer voting irregularities than expected. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

Iraqi politicians are offering mixed reactions to the Iraq Study Group's recommendations. Some regard it as a plan for fixing America's problems rather than those of Iraq.

A commission on Abu Ghraib prison abuses, headed by former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, finds fault throughout the chain of military command and in Washington. Top leaders are criticized for failing to provide adequate resources to the prison. Hear Schlesinger and NPR's Robert Siegel.

The top U.S. arms inspector contradicts the Bush administration's pre-war claims that Iraq had WMDs. After a 16-month investigation, Charles Duelfer concluded Saddam Hussein did not have the weapons but aspired to build them.

An oil spill in Southern California has authorities scrambling. A pipeline connected of an offshore oil platform released more than 3,000 barrels of crude into the ocean near Orange County.

On Thursday, Lord Justice Leveson is expected to release his report on regulating the British press, following phone hacking and other abuses by the tabloids. The report, and Prime Minister David Cameron's response to it, will likely be controversial.

A report published last week found that Kentucky’s incarceration rates are the worst in its region, topping Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia,…

Rent prices in the Commonwealth are becoming less affordable. A new report from the National Low-Income Housing Coalition says Kentucky ranks 38th nationally in affordable housing.

that First Lady Hillary Clinton will testify before a federal grand jury in Washington on Friday. Her testimony was requested by Whitewater Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. Mrs. Clinton is expected to answer questions about billing records from her Little Rock law firm. A Senate committee sought those records for two years before they suddenly turned up earlier this month.