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A federal judge and special prosecutor have harsh words, however, for the government's lapses in evidence-sharing during Stevens' 2008 trial. Stevens was convicted, but while he was appealing the government dropped its case.

President Bush's proposed rules for trying terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay ran into fresh resistance today from his former secretary of state, retired Gen. Colin Powell. Powell says the president's plan would backfire on American troops abroad, and that the world was beginning to question the moral basis for the U.S. war on terrorism.

The world woke to the news that former President Gerald Ford died Tuesday evening. Day to Day offers a brief audio remembrance of his presidency.

Recent North Carolina political events all lead back to Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson. He recently released a video in which he told supporters that new congressional maps are coming — and that Republicans will “use that as an opportunity to take me out."

President Bush and other supporters of the surge in Iraq say that if U.S. troops withdraw, the terrorists "will follow us home." But many military and intelligence analysts say the U.S. presence in Iraq - and elsewhere in the Middle East - is what really upsets the terrorists and mobilizes their base.

The House votes to expand federal funding for human embryonic stem-cell research. Last year, President Bush cast the only veto of his tenure to keep a similar measure from being enacted. The Congress, then controlled by Republicans, failed to override it.

Doctors in Boston say Sen. Ted Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, the apparent cause of the seizure he suffered on Saturday. Kennedy has been resting at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital since suffering the seizure at his Cape Cod home.

As a Senate panel heard testimony from attorney general designee Eric Holder, several of Barack Obama's other Cabinet picks continued Thursday to work their way toward Senate confirmation.

After Rep. Jim Jordan ended his unsuccessful bid, a new field of candidates has flooded the race. Most of them are now backing a pledge aimed at ensuring a House floor vote ends in an elected speaker.

The agency said the former president was struck by a bullet or a fragment of a bullet on July 13 during a political rally in Butler, Pa.

After nearly a decade, NoDa revives a neighborhood arts market this weekend where artists can display and sell their work. The event will also feature live music, an outdoor movie and a mural scavenger hunt.

Only seven athletes ever have won gold in the same event in four different Olympics. On Sunday, the 35-year-old Army veteran joined the exclusive club with his win in the shotgun discipline skeet.

Harris was mentioned 19 times on the account, according to the complaint, including several times in the days after announcing she was running for president in place of Biden.

The Basilica of St. Lawrence will receive a $750,000 grant from the National Park Service to help with preservation and repairs.

We're in the merry month of December. Every answer this week is a two-word phrase or name in which the first word starts DE- and the second word starts C.

Texas Rep. Al Green, a Democrat, was officially censured Thursday in a vote in the House following his protest on Tuesday during President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.

As we head into gift-giving season, Here & Now's go-to book expert, Traci Thomas of "The Stacks" podcast, has book gift suggestions.

U.S. Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he supports Ukraine joining NATO, but only after Russia agrees to end its war there.

Officials say firefighters rescued one of two dogs trapped in a Charlotte-area quarry, using a crane to bring the 1-year-old animal to safety and a reunion with his family. Another dog died. A firefighter had to be lowered by crane to get the dog that was still alive.

The City Council on Tuesday approved a process to replace former at-large council member James Mitchell, who resigned last week.