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It is a basic truth in any counterinsurgency campaign: It is possible to win all the battles and still lose the war. Three years into the Iraq war, the U.S. military admits it has learned that the hard way. At Fort Irwin, soldiers are trained in new counterinsurgency tactics in an attempt to turn the tide of the war.

Beijing is tearing down many of its historic districts to make way for high-rise apartments and office towers. In the process, the sounds of the city's old neighborhoods are gradually falling silent.

A mock explosion, fire and oil spill in the Houston Ship Channel -- a lifeline for the nation's busy energy industry -- provided a test this week for federal, state and local agencies and their ability to work together in the event of a terrorist attack.

At 27, Andrew Sullivan became The New Republic's youngest editor, a position he held for five years. The English-born writer and commentator finds his beliefs rooted in America's Declaration of Independence.

A victory in the House for federally funded stem-cell research represents a victory for the patients' lobby, comprised of people with personal reasons to hope for a scientific breakthrough.

Daniel Libeskind, the architect behind the master plan for rebuilding ground zero, says he sees the site as a cultural response to the attacks of Sept. 11. In coming up with his design, he turned to icons of America -- the Statue of Liberty, the Declaration of Independence and poet Walt Whitman. Libeskind speaks with NPR's Brian Naylor for the final installment of the Intersections series.

The federal indictment alleges that the former Tallahassee mayor conspired to commit wire fraud, by soliciting and obtaining funds using false and fraudulent promises between 2016 and 2019.

Fauci, the chief medical adviser to President Biden and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, tested positive on a rapid antigen test.

As history marches on, space for memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is shrinking. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which officially begins construction Nov. 13, may perhaps be the last monument to be built on the parcel.

A Patent Lie, the new novel by Paul Goldstein, trumps John Grisham's work in every way — character, setting, plot and prose — and gives readers interested in the drama of a high-value legal case a great reward for their attention.