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As Hurricane Irene swirls toward the North Carolina coast, many local business owners are despairing the loss of business during their busy season. Host Scott Simon checks in with Steve and Kristine Kiousis, who own the pancake house, Stack 'Em High, in Kitty Hawk, N.C.

Three fatalities in North Carolina underscore why authorities are strongly urging anyone in an area affected by Irene to stay inside. In Virginia, a child reportedly died when a tree fell on his home.

Moammar Gadhafi is on the run in Libya, as Libyan rebels try to track down a fugitive who, like Saddam, is well-armed, well-funded and capable of winning popular support and sowing instability — simply by remaining at large.

For the first time in more than four decades, Libyans have the opportunity to create a government on their terms. Even though Egypt and Tunisia have reached those crossroads, Libya may be set up for a more successful outcome.

For years, El Paso, in far West Texas, defied the look of most desert communities, boasting lush, green lawns. Then, in 1979, a study came out that showed how close El Paso was to a crisis: At its rate of water use, the city would run dry within 36 years.

For the first time ever, the New York Public Transit System (busses, trains, subways) shut down Saturday. Local officials are preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Irene.

Muslims of all ages across Kentucky and around the world today mark the end of Ramadan and celebrating Eid. The Eid festival ends 30 days of dawn to…

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., understandably has some bias toward the Republican presidential candidates. “I like that Ron Paul,” Paul said last week about…

NATO and U.S. forces are training Afghans to take over the task of combating improvised explosive devices — the Taliban's weapon of choice and the leading killer of civilians and soldiers in the Afghan insurgency.

Long a model for top-notch care for presidents and soldiers alike, Walter Reed Army Medical Center became a byword for bureaucratic bungling in 2007. Army officials are still addressing the failures revealed by an investigation that found wounded soldiers left to fend for themselves.