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Most of the 17 suspects arrested over the weekend for allegedly plotting terrorist acts in Canada appeared in an Ontario court Tuesday. But bail hearings were delayed when defense lawyers asked for more time to prepare. According to charges made public in court, at least one of the suspects plotted to storm Canada's parliament and behead officials.

European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana's visits Tehran, where he presents a package of incentives to the Iranian government intended to end the standoff over their nuclear program. Melissa Block talks with Karl Vick, foreign correspondent for The Washington Post.

Director Spike Lee examines the collision of race and politics in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in his provocative new HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke, which has a special showing on Aug. 16 at the New Orleans Arena.

As part of a public art project, 120,000 pennies modified by an artist have been released through delis and bodegas. The project connects the fragility of the economy with the losses of COVID.

Host Debbie Elliott recaps reaction to Saturday's news of the suicide of three detainees at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

To Guy Davis, the stories behind Southern blues are as important as the familiar music that defines the genre. His new CD, Skunkmello is full of legendary tales, old and new.

Avant-garde rock band Sonic Youth is celebrating 25 years of making music together. In that quarter-century, its members have stayed true to their roots in the downtown New York art scene of the 1980s.

A congressional investigation into Federal Emergency Management Agency aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita finds evidence of massive fraud. As much as $1.4 billion was spent for bogus reasons, including vacations, season football tickets and a sex-change operation, the audit concludes.

As sectarian killings surge in Iraq, the Baghdad morgue has also become a deadly place. Sunni families risk being killed when they go to retrieve the bodies of loved ones from the Shiite-run facility. The morgue is now off-limits to journalists.

Finland and Sweden have long kept a neutral position between the West and Russia. But that changed after Moscow invaded Ukraine. Today, the leaders of the two Nordic nations were at the White House.