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Three U.S. soldiers have been charged with premeditated murder after being accused of shooting three detainees north of Baghdad on May 9 and then threatening to kill a fellow soldier if he told the truth about the incident.

The vice president visits Baghdad to pressure the Iraqi government to set aside factional squabbling and move ahead on resolving issues that sharply divide the country and fuel the ongoing sectarian conflict.

He's made his list and checked it twice: critic Alan Cheuse recommends the best books to give as gifts in 2011. This year, it's mostly fiction — books that will light up dark winter nights with warm stories, large characters and beautiful language.

Remote villages in the Atlas Mountains are among the hardest hit by Friday's earthquake that killed more than 2,100. Crews are struggling to reach communities amid aftershocks and damaged roads.

At issue is a 1994 amendment to the Federal Firearms Act that prohibits those who are actively subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms.

If you met former Washington Post executive Leslie Morgan Steiner on the street, you might never guess her secret: that she was once married to a man who beat her with abandon on a regular basis

Listeners respond to coverage of the catastrophe in China.

There are more protests against Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf over his suspention of the nation's chief justice. Security forces detained hundreds of activists even before the rallies.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said he would suspend his presidential campaign and return to Washington to help deal with the nation's financial crisis. What does "suspending" the campaign entail and what has McCain's campaign done?

Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Geoffrey Burleson discuss their musical collaboration and perform selections from their new recording, Odd Couple, in NPR's Studio 4A.