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The author of Tha Bloc, t.p. Luce, set out to create a portrait of his East Baltimore neighborhood using photos, poetry and stories... with a recipe and a prayer thrown in for good measure.

The ruling overturns an injunction barring state officials from following Abbott's directive to view treatments such as hormones and puberty-blocking drugs as incidents of child abuse.

A 19-year-old Israeli man absent without leave from the Army opened fire on Israeli Arabs riding a bus in northern Israel Thursday, killing four people and injuring at least a dozen more. He was beaten to death by an enraged crowd. The violence heightens tensions over Israel's planned pullout from settlements in Gaza.

It was inevitable — with more bandwidth and faster Internet connections, some bloggers have become vloggers. A growing community of people are turning their lives into grassroots reality TV.

After the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on Aug. 6, 1945, Washington sent a team of researchers to interview eyewitnesses. Only one interview was conducted in English. A Russian woman living near the destroyed city tells her tale of seeing people caught by the blast. Hear a part of her story.

Police investigating Thursday's transit bombings in London say three men have been arrested at Heathrow airport under an anti-terrorism act. But they stress it's premature to link the men to the attacks. NPR's Jim Zarroli in London discusses the latest in recovery efforts and the probe into the bomb blasts.

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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed indefinitely making a decision on whether the emergency contraceptive Plan B should be sold over the counter, prompting the resignation of Susan Wood, the agency's director of women's health. Are there legitimate safety concerns or has ideology trumped science, as some critics claim?

Dr. Jeff Myers of Tulane Hospital in New Orleans tells of being stranded at amid rising floodwaters and deteriorating conditions. He has since been evacuated.

Kenneth Jost, Supreme Court editor for CQ Press, writes that federal appeals court Judge John Roberts will face increased scrutiny in his nomination for Chief Justice of the United States, but that his credentials and GOP solidarity seem likely to assure his confirmation.