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London police are saying that three of Thursday's four bombings occurred nearly simultaneously. This suggests timers, rather than suicide bombers, detonated the explosions on the London subway. Earlier, authorities thought the bombs came within a half-hour period.

For decades, visitors to the turn-of-the-century Maymont House in Richmond, Va., have soaked up the excesses of the Gilded Age. Now, Maymont's newly renovated basement provides a different glimpse of life then -- that of the mostly African-American domestic workers.

Robert Siegel talks with actress Eva Marie Saint, and her husband, producer/director Jeffrey Hayden. Saint and Hayden talk about the recent death of Hollywood screenwriter Ernest Lehman. Saint co-starred in North by Northwest which Lehman wrote, and she and her husband were close friends of Lehman's.

In London, churches across the city held memorial services for victims of Thursday's terrorist attacks. Senior Christian, Jewish and Muslim clerics also gathered and issued a joint statement calling for unity and dialogue between faiths in the aftermath.

As a Category 4 hurricane, Dennis looked destined to become the strongest storm ever to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast. But then, just before coming ashore, Dennis weakened to Category 3 and was later downgraded to a tropical storm. Sunday evening, residents started to survey the damage.

British authorities have yet to authenticate claims that the London attacks were committed by a group calling itself "The Secret Organization of Al Qaeda in Europe." But it is broadly believed that al Qaeda is connected to the bombings. Magnus Ranstorp discusses the structure of the terrorist network today. He directs the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at St. Andrews University in Scotland.

Peoria-area soccer fans finally have a franchise of their own to support. After a two-year delay brought on by COVID-19, the Peoria City franchise makes its debut as a USL2 expansion franchise Saturday night.

Maine lobsterman and scientist Ted Ames tells host Melissa Block about how he has used his biochemistry background -- and a life on the ocean -- to study changing fish populations and develop sustainable fisheries management practices. Ames is one of the 2005 recipients of the MacArthur grants announced Tuesday.

Tens of thousands more people may seek abortions in Illinois. Hospitals and clinics worry they won’t have enough staff to treat them.

Lawmakers are piecing together a plan to rebuild in the Gulf region that will cost more than the $60 billion already approved. The final reconstruction cost could affect your tax rate, unrelated government programs or the debts faced by your descendants.