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The Iraqi government has imposed a mid-day traffic ban in Baghdad and in the town of Baqouba, about 30 miles northwest of the capital. That's near where terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed Wednesday. There are fears Zarqawi supporters will stage reprisal attacks.

The director of the Texas Department of Public Safety said last week that chief Pete Arredondo’s directive to not engage the shooter sooner was the “wrong decision.”

Fifty years ago -- and two years before the famed bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala. -- black citizens in Baton Rouge, La., staged what's believed to be the first-ever organized protest of Jim Crow laws in the South. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the anniversary of the Baton Rouge bus boycott.

Using a GoPro camera attached to a helmet, the shooter streamed live on the site Twitch for two minutes before the stream was taken down. By then it was too late, and the video has spread elsewhere.

The Environmental Protection Agency is kicking off its "Change a Light, Change the World" campaign, encouraging Americans to switch one light fixture in their house from a regular to an energy-efficient bulb. Renee Montagne talks with EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson.

London police are saying that three of Thursday's four bombings occurred nearly simultaneously. This suggests timers, rather than suicide bombers, detonated the explosions on the London subway. Earlier, authorities thought the bombs came within a half-hour period.

The artist said that her nomination could inspire her to put out "a hopefully great rock 'n' roll album at some point in the future."

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

A military jury in Guantanamo Bay has sentenced Osama bin Laden's driver to 5 1/2 years in prison, making Salim Hamdan eligible for release in just six months. Hamdan was found guilty of supporting terrorism on Wednesday.

The former presidential candidate's campaign had suggested it would create a super PAC to take on President Trump, but it has decided to change course.