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John McCain's new ad, Love, plays up his service in Vietnam and his record as a maverick. It also targets Barack Obama's message of hope. Jonathan Martin, a writer at Politico, says though the ad is an attempt to reach a wider audience, it's also a gamble.

South Africa has the highest number of people infected with HIV/AIDS in the world. Activists there are angry that the government has shown no vigor in trying to meet the five-year goals set by lawmakers for reducing HIV infections nationwide.

At just 16 years old, Kristen Byrnes is attracting attention for her Web site, which attacks mainstream science's views on climate change.

Fox News anchor Sean Hannity urged viewers Monday to "take Covid seriously," and to believe in the science. It contradicts what he and other top anchors at Fox have said over and over again.

President-elect Barack Obama has charged that the Bush administration "took its eyes off the ball," allowing Osama bin Laden to escape and al-Qaida to regroup. But recently, the Bush administration has intensified its efforts to go after al-Qaida.

The Bush administration has hired private industry to take over more of the government's work than any administration ever. President-elect Barack Obama says he plans to take on the issue, which an official at a congressional watchdog says is out of control.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with New York Times Tokyo bureau chief Motoko Rich on the Japanese public's concern over the government's decision to hold the Olympics despite rising cases of COVID-19.

A gunman entered a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University armed with a shotgun and two handguns and opened fire Thursday. He killed five students and wounded 16 others before taking his own life.

This week, Steve Jobs announced Apple's latest product: the iPhone. After the success of the iPod, it seems Apple can do no wrong, but the company has had previous failures in its attemps to branch out into consumer electronics. Mike McGuire, a technology analyst with Gartner, Inc., speaks with John Ydstie.

Democrats in Congress seek testimony from top White House officials — including presidential adviser Karl Rove — in an effort to determine whether the firings of eight U.S. attorneys were undertaken for overtly political reasons.