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More people seeking abortions are turning to abortion pills rather than surgical abortion. Here's what to know about the pills, which have been at the center of legal battles since Roe was overturned.

Former Corporation for Public Broadcasting chairman Kenneth Tomlinson violated his office's code of ethics as he sought to bring political change to the organization, according to the agency's internal investigation.

Homeless advocates say the NYC mayor's approach fails to consider the needs of at-risk populations.

President Bush acknowledges the pain and public impatience caused by continued violence in Iraq, but he says "it would be a mistake" to hasten the withdrawal of U.S. forces. Bush said he feels sympathy for those who have lost loved ones in Iraq.

Authorities in London are investigating three incidents on the London Underground and one explosion on a bus. Police say one person has been injured but they emphasized that the incidents were not on the scale of four explosions two weeks ago today that killed more than 50 people.

Four small explosions strike London's transit system, two weeks after a similar attack killed 56 people. No deaths were reported. At least one person injured. Police say some of the bombs failed to detonate, giving them critical forensic evidence to help track the attackers.

After the latest London bombings, New York City police began random searches of packages and backpacks brought onto the subway. Police promised "a systematized approach" that would avoid racial profiling. No one could recall a precedent for such broad searches, however, and civil libertarians questioned their legality. Richard Hake of NPR station WNYC reports.

On the 10th consecutive night of urban unrest that started in Paris' immigrant-populated suburbs, the violence spreads to other French cities. For the first time Saturday night, the rioting reaches central Paris, where scores of cars were burned. And police are hard-pressed to control the attacks.

Manadel al-Jamadi died in Abu Ghraib, just hours after his capture by Navy SEALs and the CIA. His death was ruled a homicide. A special report investigates what happened just before Jamadi's collapse.

The Bush administration is trying to improve its battered image in the Middle East with a broadcast "offensive" -- a satellite channel, beamed from Virginia. It's the biggest effort to sway foreign opinion since the Voice of America was founded in 1942.