Science Jul 25 NASA Counts Down to Tuesday Shuttle Launch NASA officials say they are prepared to launch the shuttle Discovery on Tuesday morning even if one of the fuel tank sensors malfunctions as it did during the original planned liftoff earlier this month.
Politics Jul 25 Diplomats Hope for Substantive Progress in North Korean Talks After more than a year of diplomatic stalemate, six nations are set to resume talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program in Beijing Tuesday after weeks of preparations and pre-summit negotiations.
World Jul 24 Police Round Up Suspects From Blast That Killed Scores in Egypt Police were searching for at least three suspects believed to be involved in the series of explosions ripped through shopping and hotel areas in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh early Saturday.
Politics Jul 24 British Police Admit Man Killed in Subway Had No Connection to Attacks British officials admitted Saturday that the man officers gunned down at point-blank range on Friday had nothing to do with the investigation of the bombing attacks.
World Jul 22 Police Kill Man Linked to Bombings in London Subway Police chased a man through a London subway station and shot and killed him Friday, saying he was "directly linked" to the investigation of the explosions in the transit system.
Science Jul 21 NASA Resets Shuttle Launch After Sensor Failure NASA now aims to launch the space shuttle Discovery on Tuesday, after engineers expressed confidence they had pinpointed the fuel-sensor problem that prevented the July 13 liftoff.
Economy Jul 21 China Delinks Currency From U.S. Dollar The Chinese government said Thursday it is moving to a more flexible exchange system that ties its currency, the yuan, to a marketbasket of currencies rather than linking it at a fixed rate to the U.S. dollar.
Politics Jul 20 Republicans Hail Supreme Court Nominee; Democrats Cautious The Supreme Court handed down two Internet-related decisions on its last day of the session Monday, one dealing a blow to companies that encourage file-sharing and the other impacting high-speed Internet access over cable lines.
Nation Jul 20 Sunnis Suspend Work on Constitution After Killings The remaining 12 Sunni members of the commission drafting an Iraqi constitution suspended their work Wednesday a day after gunmen killed one of the representatives and an adviser, saying they and their communities needed more security.
Arts Jul 19 Jazz Pianist Jeffrey Brown sits down with acclaimed jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, who will play his first solo concert in North America since 1995 at Carnegie Hall in September.