Abbie Fentress Swanson

A New York state task force charged with examining troubled juvenile detention facilities is recommending they be downsized or closed.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen arrived in Afghanistan today.

Conductor Jane Glover talks to WQXR about Handel's Messiah and her new book on Handel.

Thomas Hoving, former director of the Metropolitan Art Museum, died Thursday at home in New York City.

Five young American men detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links will most likely be deported, a local police chief said today.

Five young men were arrested today over possible links to terrorism.

The president picked up his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway today.

The United States outlined a dual path Wednesday toward cutting greenhouse gases that would involve both the Obama administration and Congress.

Will Congress channel federal funds toward job programs?

Democrats say they are close to pushing a bill through the Senate.

The president talks about redirecting TARP money toward jobs programs.

Blast detonated in the past 24 hours killed 12 people in Multan, 49 in Lahore and 10 in Peshawar.

A series of coordinated attacks killed at least 127 people in Iraq today.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the Austrian conductor, turned 80 on Sunday.

A demonstration a year after the fatal police shooting of a teenager has grown violent today.

Security forces and militia clashed with thousands of protestors outside Tehran University today.

Obama will meet PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan today at the White House.