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Detroit is a city that fascinates a lot of people.Its story is not a simple one, though it has sometimes been a dramatic one. So maybe it’s not surprising…

Unlike the Great Depression, our current recession hasn't yet produced much memorable literature, but book critic Maureen Corrigan says that situation, like the economy, seems to be changing.

Israeli tanks move into the northern Gaza Strip to protect hundreds of Palestinians. The people gathered at the Erez border crossing hope to escape the reprisal killings that have plagued Gaza since Islamist Hamas fighters routed secular Fatah forces.

A federal judge rejects for a second time a request by Terri Schiavo's parents to restore their daughter's feeding tube. The U.S. Supreme Court and Florida judges rebuffed the parents' appeals Thursday.

Audio recordings of detainee hearings at Guantanamo Bay illuminate the process. One of six detainees whose lawyers provided the tapes is heard saying it was the first time he had heard the accusations against him, three years after his arrest.

Some 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the United States, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a survey of Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and San Francisco in the past year, 46 percent of the black men surveyed at local bars and dance clubs were HIV positive.

Palestinians living in Gaza have been under consistent attack from Israeli forces this week. Guy Raz talks with local psychiatrist Eyad Sarajj about how he and his family are coping.

President Bush appeals directly to Muslims to assure them that the United States is not waging war with Islam. Denouncing extremists, he lays out a vision for peace in the Middle East before skeptical world leaders at the United Nations.

President Bush is in Italy on Friday, the latest stop on his European tour. His visit comes as a trial involving the "extraordinary rendition" program began in Milan. Twenty-six Americans — all but one believed to be CIA — are being tried in absentia alongside seven Italian intelligence officers.

A Michigan school district has decided to keep one of two books it had considered banning from its curriculum.“Beloved” by Toni Morrison is a novel that…