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Balloon fiesta vendors seek contract change

A group of food vendors is trying to renegotiate lower rent for an annual hot-air balloon fiesta to keep food prices from rising.The group plans to meet…

Iraqi Raids Seek to Free Shiite Hostages

Iraqi security forces raid the town of Madaen, near Baghdad, seeking to free a large number of Shiite hostages. More than 100 hostages were reportedly taken by Sunni militants.

Pope Seeks to Bolster America's Catholics

Pope Benedict is visiting the United States for the first time as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. R. Scott Appleby, a professor of religious history at the University of Notre Dame, says the pope's message to America's "Cafeteria Catholics" will likely be a positive one, rather than focusing on differences with the Vatican.

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children

A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.

For the New Mexico Congressional District 1 election, Republican candidate Michelle Garcia Holmes will be running against Democratic Incumbent Melanie Stansbury.

Stansbury seeks to retain seat in CD1 against Republican challenger and write-in candidate

Early voting begins October 11 and voters will choose who will represent them in the U.S. House of Representatives. In District 1 Republican challenger Michelle Garcia Holmes and independent write-in candidate Victoria Gonzales are running against Democratic incumbent Melanie Stansbury.

Susan Arawley (left) speaks with Jamie Creacy, superintendent of the Lost Pines Complex, which includes Bastrop State Park. As Hurricane Harvey hit, Arawley tried picking up supplies and got stuck in rising flood water. After sleeping in her car four nights, she decided to head to Bastrop State Park, where she could take a shower.

Seeking Shelter, Harvey Evacuees Stay In State Parks

Roughly 7,500 people have sought shelter after Hurricane Harvey at state parks in Texas.

A Hindu devotee prays after a holy dip at the Sangam, the confluence of three holy rivers — the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati — during the Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad, India, on Sunday.

Seeking A Glimpse Of Immortality In The Waters Of India's Holy Rivers

Hindus in India are celebrating the 55-day-long Kumbh Mela, the world's biggest religious festival. An estimated 100 million pilgrims are expected to gather, pray and bathe in the waters at the confluence of three sacred rivers.

Edwards Seeks to Define Differences from Kerry

The remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls debate in Los Angeles, ahead of contests in California and nine other states March 2. Sen. John Edwards seeks to distinguish himself from frontrunner Sen. John Kerry, pointing out their differences on free trade and capital punishment, and arguing he is more likely to win over conservative voters. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

NASA is sweeping the grounds at Kennedy Space Center for road kill, and then using the carcasses as bait to capture vultures. The birds will be released after the shuttle launches. Here, a vulture and an armadillo outside the space center.

NASA Seeks to Curb Bird Threat to Shuttle

NASA is hard at work trapping vultures near Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Space agency officials want to keep the four-to-six pound birds away from Saturday's shuttle launch.

<em>Michael</em> is Killer Mike's first solo album since 2012, after over a decade of focusing on his duo Run the Jewels.

Killer Mike at the top of the mountain

Faith and religion have been career-long themes for the Run the Jewels rapper — if often in a wary, ambivalent light. But on Michael, his first solo LP in over a decade, something has changed.

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