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NPR's Kate Seeleye reports there are signs Syria may be backing away from its warming toward free speech and markets.

Steve Krueger of member station KPLU reports Seattle residents are still buzzing with talk about why Boeing is moving its corporate headquarters to another city.

Linda Wertheimer speaks with Matthew Gross, president of Submedia, about new subway tunnel ads that will hang on the walls between Atlanta subway stations. As the trains pass through the tunnels, passengers will see a sort of "flip book" effect as they pass the signs.

Senate Republican leaders spent the day seeking ways to bring two or three of their members back into the partisan fold on President Bush's budget and tax cut proposals. Yesterday, an amendment supported by Senate Democrats and a few Republicans reduced Mr. Bush's signature tax cut by nearly 30 percent. But a second threat to the budget is brewing in the spending increases embodied by more than 120 pending amendments. NPR's David Welna reports from the Capitol.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Washington Post reporter Mary Pat Flaherty about a report indicating design flaws in the Osprey aircraft. Marine Corps pilots say that the flaws were known about before recent accidents but were ignored, because the corps wanted to win Pentagon funding for full production of the plane.

NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports the U.S. State Department today sharply criticized Israel for its announcement of intention to issue building permits for 700 more housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

New Zealand's bird of the year is not a bird. The long-tailed bat, or pekapeka-tou-roa, won by a wide margin.

Astronaut Megan McArthur says she's had the best tacos yet. McArthur spiced her tacos with what she called "hatch chiles" — red and green peppers grown in space.

Life in one area of rural Alaska will change when the community gets broadband internet service later this month.

The first big electoral night of the Biden presidency provided a bad omen for Democrats in 2022, and Republicans may have found a way to campaign in the post-Trump era.