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Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, who claimed responsibility for modern Russia's worst terrorist attacks, was killed Monday, Russia's top intelligence official said. Basayev, 41, claimed responsibility for many attacks, including the 2004 school hostage taking in Beslan that killed 331.

This competition was initially defined by who wasn't competing. U.S. star Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time and the heavy favorite to win, pulled out to take care of her mental health.

Six Democratic presidential candidates will participate in the last debate before the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night in Des Moines, as the campaign has gotten more combative among top contenders.

Turkey's top general insists that U.S.-Turkish military ties will never be the same if Congress adopts a resolution labeling as "genocide" the killings of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. Seventy percent of supplies for U.S. troops in Iraq go through Turkey.

In his speech last night on Iraq, President Bush used a lot of numbers to provide his view of the war in Iraq and to propose a troop withdrawal. NPR checks the facts cited by the president.

More than 300,000 cattle are stranded without food in Colorado after last week's snow storm. The National Guard launched a "haylift" Tuesday, with helicopters dropping bales of hay near the animals. Joy and Steve Wooten are hoping their livestock get some of that help.

Sen. Hillary Clinton has been the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, but only recently has she taken the lead in Iowa. That state holds the first vote in January. But a new poll by the Des Moines Register put her in the top spot for Democratic contenders for the first time.

Mad Max: Fury Road just about swept the early categories, but it was Spotlight that ultimately took home the top prize. From open to close, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew tweeted all the action.

The bipartisan Iraq Study Group meets with top administration officials to discuss the future of U.S. policy in the country. The group is expected to release its full report on the American approach to Iraq in several weeks.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld again dismisses talk that his time is short as the top civilian at the Pentagon. The Washington rumor mill has put Rumsfeld's job on the line in the past -- and been wrong. Renee Montagne talks to John Hendren about Rumsfeld's status, and the status of the initiatives he brought with him to the Pentagon five years ago.