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Some Iraqis are trying to find their own place in a new government, whether the United States approves or not. In the city of Kut southeast of Baghdad, a local tribal leader has occupied city hall in defiance of U-S Marines. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports.

A federal panel approves Pentagon plans to close the Army's Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. The Pentagon proposes to move most of the operations at Walter Reed to the nearby Bethesda Naval Hospital with some services going to a new facility to be built at Fort Belvoir, Va.

The California Supreme Court voids all gay marriages approved in San Francisco. The court rules the mayor overstepped his authority by issuing marriage licenses to more than 4,000 same-sex couples earlier this year. Hear NPR News.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sweden's Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist after his meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, about his country's decision on joining NATO.

Israel agreed to provide Pfizer with a trove of medical data about its citizens in return for COVID-19 vaccine supplies. Some privacy experts there are concerned.

Driver's licenses and IDs that are not Real ID-compliant will no longer get you through U.S. airport security once the law takes effect in a few weeks, but full enforcement may not start right away.

Celeste Saul of Dunlap is central Illinois' first female Eagle Scout.

The shooting at the gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in June 2016 killed 49 people and wounded 53 more. Biden's signature enshrines a monument to those killed.

An alligator on the loose in a south Los Angeles lake is causing a small sensation. So far, the six-foot beast has eluded capture, and hordes of onlookers are scanning the waters for a glimpse of the unexpected urban guest.

Lawyers for Jamie Snow are making progress on redacting personal information from thousands of pages of material turned over by the state in his efforts to be exonerated of murder charges, his lawyers told a judge Wednesday.