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The Empire State Building's observation deck, on the 86th floor, closed on Sept. 11 after the attack on the World Trade Center. On Sept. 29, the deck re-opened and thousands of visitors arrived to see the view from what is, once again, New York City's tallest building.

Authorities said they would start easing the lockdown in some areas of the city beginning Monday.

NPR's Deborah Amos reports on reconstruction and pacification efforts by U.S. forces in and around the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The regional commander, Gen. David Petreaus, is a former economics professor with a doctorate in international relations who has taken an innovative approach to nation-building.

Police are investigating a pair of explosions early Thursday morning outside the British Consulate in New York City. No one was hurt. Officials say the explosive devices were replicas of hand grenades.

After the driest fall and winter on record, cities and states along the East Coast have declared drought emergencies. For All Things Considered, John Ydstie talks with people from Maine to Georgia to find out how they're managing.

A series of questionable shootings and a corruption scandal are bringing Miami police criticism from the city's black and Cuban-American communities. Law enforcement officials face federal probes and new scrutiny by citizen panels. Phillip Davis reports.

Washington, D.C. is full of buildings that are prime targets for a terrorist's wrath, and planners are thinking of new security measures that might also help preserve the city's photogenic beauty. NPR's Alex Van Oss reports on the bollard, the Jersey barrier and the Ha-Ha -- Saturday on Weekend All Things Considered.

The coyote population in America is growing, from the biggest cities to the open range.

A controversy over school integration in San Francisco has spurred the city's normally apolitical Asian-American community to action. As Holly Kernan reports for All Things Considered, the issue shows just how powerful this constituency has become in California.

NPR's Mike Shuster reports from Central Command in Kuwait on the latest developments in Iraq. He tells NPR's Melissa Block about the apparent U.S. strategy for taking control of Baghdad, with the Army in the west and the Marines in the east. In the south, British officials say they control the city of Basra, but there is widespread looting.