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President Biden has aspirations for a new era of train travel. Amtrak supporters hope that a new line between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, is just the start. But major obstacles stand in the way.

New York City's new mayor, Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, says the unit will help curb gun violence and will be run differently than the original, which was ruled unconstitutional.

Claudia, the main character, has to pass through gatherings of protestors every day and deals with layers of security to get to work.

A new wave of violent protests erupts over Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. In Nigeria Saturday, Muslims attacked Christian churches amid riots that left at least 15 people dead. Friday, protests claimed lives in Libya and Pakistan. Pakistani journalist and scholar Ahmed Rashid offers his insights to Debbie Elliott.

The U.S. is supplying billions of dollars of weapons to Ukraine. Yet getting armament to the battlefield is challenging and Ukraine says it needs even more firepower to fight Russian forces.

Marc Broussard, a 20-something musician, creates soulful rhythm and blues like a seasoned artist. The Louisiana singer remakes classic soul songs by Al Green, Stevie Wonder, and others on his new album S.O.S.: Save Our Soul. Broussard talks with John Ydstie.

Saudi Arabia is one of the world's top producers and exporters of dates, and dozens of varieties are sold every year at the Buraydah Date Festival.

As protests intensify in Iran over the arrest and death in custody of a 22-year-old woman, the country's top diplomat promises an investigation into what happened but downplays the demonstrations.

More than 1,000 homes were lost in the Marshall fire in Colorado last December. Now residents are wondering if they can afford to rebuild energy efficient, resilient homes.

The pope apologized to Indigenous peoples for abuses in church-run residential schools. Canada's response suggests that reconciliation over the fraught history is still a work in progress.