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Before Katrina menaced the Gulf Coast, the president was suffering the worst job approval ratings of his presidency. Criticism stemming from the war in Iraq, rising gasoline prices and the government's slow response to hurricane relief are contributing to the low approval ratings.

The music and film industry is cheering a ruling by the Supreme Court on peer-to-peer file sharing. But the court's decision does not automatically protect the entertainment industry.

Photographer Issa Touma is the man behind an increasingly well-known photography festival in Aleppo, Syria. Touma uses his images to try to crowbar open Syrian cultural and intellectual life.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act adds the funds over the next five years to help Americans save on energy their bills. But many of homes are in such poor condition they do not qualify.

The federal budget deficit has declined somewhat, according to new numbers released by the Congressional Budget Office. An increase in tax revenues caused the latest 2005 budget projections to cut the estimated deficit by $88 billion.

A new survey finds significant differences of opinion on immigration policy among U.S.-born Latinos and those born abroad. Nearly half of all Mexicans would move to the U.S. if they could, it says.

Millions of people are victimized by online fraud or identity theft. Mario Armstrong offers advice on what to do if your identity has been stolen. Armstrong covers technology for Baltimore-area NPR member stations WEAA and WYPR.

Confrontations erupt as Israeli settlers protest their forced removal from the Gaza Strip. The clashes came as other settlers rushed to leave the area before the midnight withdrawal deadline. At least 50 arrests have been reported.

Our founding myth suggests the Americas were a lightly populated wilderness before Europeans arrived. Historian Charles C. Mann compiled evidence of a far more complex and populous pre-Columbian society. He tells John Ydstie about 1491.

Ward died on Sunday at age 79.