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In debate in the Senate and House, congressional Democrats criticize the Bush administration's use of intelligence to justify going to war with Iraq. The renewed criticism follows an admission by the White House that President Bush, in his State of the Union address, incorrectly claimed that Iraq had tried to purchase uranium for nuclear weapons. Hear NPR's David Welna.

The Economist, the London-based publication on politics and world affairs, publishes a simplified version of exchange-rate theory with its Big Mac Index, using the price of a hamburger to compare purchasing power worldwide. Economist editor Pam Woodall tells All Things Considered host John Ydstie how the burger can predict economic trends from Argentina to the European Union.

The hope is to help track suspicious purchasing activities before future mass shootings. However, gun rights advocates and lobbyists are not happy.

Eclipse superfans are purchasing flight tickets that fly along the path of totality to catch a closer glimpse of the remarkable phenomenon.

They call it "oleogustus," or the taste for fat. But nutrition scientist Rick Mattes says it's far from delicious. Found in rancid food, it's often an unpleasant warning.

Milwaukee police said the shooter was a 51-year-old Milwaukee man. Five others, all employees of Molson Coors Beverage Co., were killed.

The Ukrainian town of Balaklia was the first to be liberated as part of Ukraine's recent counteroffensive. The work to understand what happened there during six months of occupation is just beginning.

An Egyptian court has sentenced 21 defendants to death over a deadly soccer riot last year, adding fuel to the violent protests that continued to flare across the country on Saturday.

During her grilling before Congress, CEO Mary Barra insisted the new GM is different and better than the old GM. But are the company and its cars really new and improved? The answer is complicated.

Los Angeles Times CEO and Publisher Ross Levinsohn has been a defendant in two sexual harassment lawsuits; female colleagues have repeatedly challenged his conduct in the workplace at various firms.