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Government officials say the case against two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers is vital: It will be a litmus test of whether they can prosecute Wall Street executives for some of the improprieties that took place during the mortgage meltdown.

On the anniversary of the American-led invasion of Iraq, we take a closer look at the state of the nation five years after the beginning of other wars. This list includes a captivating solar eclipse half a decade after the Vietnam War and the obsession with nuclear weapons five years after Japan bombed the port in Hawaii.

Maj. Khalid Shabazz is one of only five Muslim chaplains in the U.S. Army. Shabazz says it hasn't always been easy to be a Muslim in the military, and his faith has placed him under a microscope wherever he's been based.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Chief Chris Donnelly of the Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department about the latest on wildfires in California.

President Obama has hit a rough patch, squeezed between a lingering recession and rising questions about his health care overhaul, the latest NPR poll finds. A plurality of voters polled opposed the health care plan now moving through Congress.

Blacks are losing their homes at a fast pace, pushing the wealth gap between whites and blacks to its widest margin in decades. Prince George's County, Md., embodies the trend, with a large black middle class — and nearly 40 percent of the state's foreclosures.

There is just so much to read! Every year many good books get lost under a tide of prose. Reviewer Meg Wolitzer celebrates five books that might have slipped under the radar.

Triumphant Egyptians, fresh from toppling President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime, once again poured into Cairo's Tahrir Square on Saturday, many vowing to stay put until the military guarantees the protesters' hard-fought freedoms.

As the nation's roughly 78 million baby boomers move into old age, the need for long-term care will soar. But when it comes to long-term-care insurance, relatively few sign up. The policies can be expensive and some big insurance companies have stopped offering them.

Botanist Nicholas Money's book Mushroom takes readers inside the world of the fungal organisms that appear overnight on lawns, are occasionally poisonous and appear in everything from Alice in Wonderland to some lifesaving medications.