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Iran is believed to be just a few years away from attaining a nuclear weapon. A war game exercise shows the United States' options are limited in dealing with the looming crisis. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

More than 2,500 champion show dogs have descended upon Madison Square Garden for the 129th Westminster Kennel Club's dog show. One of the top African-American handlers in the sport is there, hoping to make history. Allison Keyes reports.

A new study says that MRIs find about twice as many breast cancers as mammograms. Specialists say that high-risk women should have both an MRI and a mammogram, which remains better at detecting certain types of cancer. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

Tequila is considered a uniquely Mexican product. But, while it's made with the juice of the blue agave plant grown in the Tequila region, most of the distilled liquor is trucked out of the country for bottling in the United States. Now Mexico wants to ban the bulk exports and require all tequila bottling to occur south of the border. NPR's Gerry Hadden reports.

A global campaign to wipe out polio is changing its battle plan. The Polio Eradication Initiative says it's ending large-scale polio immunization programs in 80 countries to concentrate funds on a handful of nations that face the biggest threat. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

The UPN TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer has its share of rabid fans. But it also enjoys a special following among academics, some of whom have staked a claim in what they call "Buffy Studies," analyzing the characters and underlying themes of teens battling supernatural monsters and their own human passions. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports on the future of "Buffy Studies" after Buffy's off the air.

The Other Network, a repository for TV pilots that never made it to the air, offers a traveling theatrical release featuring samples of the shows. NPR's Susan Stone reports.

One of California's great historical mysteries apparently has been solved by researchers who spent 11 years studying the origins of what is known as "Drake's Plate." NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the origins of an elaborate hoax by fun-loving historians. See a photo of the bogus plate, and learn more about the search for the real artifact.

In June 2021, New York police sent the suspect to a hospital for an evaluation after he made a threat at his school. Then, he fell off of law enforcement's radar and bought a rifle earlier this year.

In an upsurge of Mideast violence, Israeli soldiers kill at least six armed Palestinians in raids in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It was the first Israeli incursion deep inside the Gaza Strip since it withdrew settlers and troops from there last year.