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The recent rocky path between the U.S. and Pakistan has many in Congress reevaluating the billions of dollars in aid it sends the country. Appropriations bills from both the House and Senate propose limits to economic and military assistance, but withholding aid may not bring the desired results.

A Detroit high school boy's football team had its equipment stolen and its season jeopardized. But through the goodwill of the community and an NFL player, the season will go on. Host Audie Cornish has more.

In a surprising about-face, Afghan President Hamid Karzai appears to be abandoning his government's long-standing effort to hold peace talks with the Taliban in Pakistan, saying they aren't serious about negotiations. NPR's Quil Lawrence reports.

For more than a decade, Researchers were stumped by the structure of a tiny protein that causes AIDS in rhesus monkeys. Eventually they turned to computer gamers, who figured out the protein's structure in just 10 days.

This fall, television is continuing its love affair with the 1960s. ABC's Pan Am and NBC's The Playboy Club put the women of the era front and center. Part of the trend is due to the hit show Mad Men, but viewers might also be fascinated with how far we've come with gender equality.

Plans by European politicians to introduce a tax on financial transactions are getting a cold reception in Europe's main financial center, London. On Wednesday the head of the EU executive branch said banks and other financial institutions should contribute to fixing Europe's economic problems ... but 80 percent of any income would come from London, and many British leaders reject the idea.

Germany's parliament approved a plan Thursday to expand the power of a European bailout fund for troubled countries that use the euro.

Rezwan Ferdaus of Ashland, Mass., is charged with plotting to fly small, explosives-laden aircraft at the Pentagon and Capitol.

At the special communications management units (CMUs), their conversations are monitored 24 hours a day.

Ambassador Robert Ford has been accused by the Syrian government of inciting violence. His convoy was attacked when he was on his way to meet an opposition leader.