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Slightly more than half of voters likely to participate in the 2004 presidential election think the country is headed in the right direction, and 66 percent approve of the job President Bush is doing, according to a new poll for NPR. And voters are focusing more on the U.S. economy now that the war with Iraq is over. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

Record flooding in Washington state has forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate after torrential rains this week.

Former homicide prosecutor Matt Murphy says the LA district attorney's office will need to determine Nick Reiner's mental state as the investigation into Rob and Michele Reiner's killings continues.

The U.S. Secret Service says the man carried a gas can and shotgun before agents shot and killed him early Sunday morning.

Ronald Johnson, the state's attorney Anita Alvarez found, had a gun in his hand as he ran away from police. But, Alvarez, said that doesn't mean the officer didn't feel threatened.

There's no widely available vaccine to prevent plague, an infectious bacterial disease that's carried by squirrels and other rodents.

California's attorney general has charged former and current employees with illegally burying drums filled with toxic chemicals and using public money for personal items.

Virginia State Police said the crashes began on an icy and fog-shrouded overpass bridge around 7:51 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say no deaths were reported as a result of the massive pileup.

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Illinois was already fighting a public health crisis - the opioid epidemic. Clinicians at two drug rehab centers said...

A black bear has been spotted several times this month in western Illinois. And authorities are telling the public to avoid getting too close or...