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Before Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was killed, only incumbent presidential candidates were given Secret Service protection. Over the years the agency has developed criteria for which White House hopefuls receive security services.

In a case involving drug labels and the Food and Drug Administration, the court considers whether lawsuits against drug makers can be limited when consumers are harmed.

Citigroup is announcing a new initiative to help more homeowners avoid foreclosure. Citi will lower mortgage payments for more than 100,000 people who haven't yet fallen behind on their payments. Other lenders have launched their own efforts, and the government is considering taking more dramatic action to stem foreclosures.

President Bush said Wednesday that increasing the size of the military is essential to fighting the war on terror. Retired Maj. Gen. Bill Nash tells Steve Inskeep that newly recruited troops wouldn't not be available for any near-term plans to bolster security in Iraq.

Commercial airline pilots have created a city of trailers and RVs in a parking lot along the edges of the nation's third busiest airport. Living there allows them to avoid lofty L.A. rent at a time when pilots' high-flying salaries have sunk to new lows.

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani calls himself "a man of the people." Once the country's finance minister, he now says the current government is to blame for widespread corruption. He says Afghanistan faces a choice between "consolidation of corruption, or a reform system."

Democratic senators left Wisconsin last week to prevent a vote on a bill that would limit the collective bargaining rights of some public employee unions. Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller says they thwarted an attempt to rush the bill through and have "provided an opportunity for cooler heads to prevail."

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March, and companies added workers at the fastest two-month pace since before the recession began. The economy added 216,000 new jobs last month, offsetting layoffs by local governments.

A 46-year-old research submarine named Alvin will be taken out of service for the next year and a half for modernization after more than 4,600 dives. Among its feats, Alvin found a hydrogen bomb, explored the Titanic and, most recently, visited the seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico.

Pfizer and BioNTech are poised to formally ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize the first COVID booster shot for kids ages 5 to 11.