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The House of Representatives votes to double the reward offered for information leading to Osama bin Laden's capture. Lawmakers say they hope raising the bounty from $25 million to $50 million will renew interest in the reward. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports.

The Oklahoma Election Board ruled Monday that state Rep. Sean Roberts can still run for Oklahoma Labor Commissioner, but he can't refer to himself by that nickname on the ballot.

A fire has been burning for weeks in the mountains above the town of Las Vegas, N.M. The town has a population of about 13,000, and some families have started to evacuate their homes.

The San Francisco Bay Area is in its fifth surge of the pandemic, surpassing last summer's Delta variant peak. But public health officials says this wave is different.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Andrea Borr from La Jolla, Ca. She listens to Weekend Edition Sunday on member station KPBS in San Diego.

The incident comes months after Chappelle faced controversy over his 2021 Netflix special The Closer, in which he makes jokes about transgender women.

Foreign aid workers, contractors and journalists are increasingly becoming targets of kidnappings across Iraq. The Al-Jazeera news network broadcast a video of a captured American soldier who identifies himself as 20-year-old Pfc. Keith Maupin. An American and a Danish citizen were seized Friday in separate incidents, and dozens have been kidnapped over the past two weeks. Many have been released fairly quickly -- but one, an Italian, was murdered by his captors. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

News of dangerous levels of lead in Washington D.C.'s drinking water sparks an outcry from the community -- especially because city water officials knew about the problem and did little to warn the public. In the first of two reports, NPR's Daniel Zwerdling explains that weak federal laws regulating drinking water are to blame.

A soon-to-be released book by journalist Bob Woodward -- of Watergate fame -- says President Bush asked top military leaders to plan for war in Iraq even as U.S. soldiers were attacking the Taliban in Afghanistan. The allegations were largely confirmed by the White House press secretary. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

April has become the deadliest month for U.S. soldiers in Iraq since military operations began more than one year ago. One of those killed recently is Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marcus Cherry. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports.