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Russell Lewis from member station KPBS in San Diego reports on the continuing energy crisis in California. The state is on the brink of ordering rolling blackouts to combat record strains on the power grid. Meanwhile, record energy prices are putting their own strain on customers.

The Washington Ballet has returned from Cuba where it appeared at the 17th International Ballet Festival. The visit marks the first time in 40 years that a major American ballet company has appeared there. Jean Battey Lewis traveled with the company.

Russell Lewis in San Diego, NPR's Cheryl Corley in Chicago and Toni Randolph in Boston report on how Americans view the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq in light of the ongoing guerilla war there.

In the second day of a federal racketeering trial, Tobacco company lawyers argue that company executives had made mistakes in how they portrayed the health effects of smoking but it did not amount to fraud. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.

Scientists in Germany have found a potentially powerful antibiotic that can kill dangerous bacteria. Maybe the most impressive thing about the new compound is where scientists found it: the human nose.

As Christian Pulisic sat with a hurt calf, the U.S. dominated to remain undefeated in group play. With Turkey's loss to Paraguay Friday, the Americans won Group D and advanced to the knockout round.

Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a British women's fashion designer in the 1950s. Critic David Edelstein says the film is an amusing portrait of artistic and marital anguish.

The Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the civil rights-era legislation in June. Free of past restrictions, some states acted quickly to change their voting laws, and it is now up to Congress to figure out where the act goes from here and how to continue to protect voters from discrimination.

A college in Colorado that was once a boarding school offers perspectives on opportunities and obstacles for Native American scholars now.

Catalytic converters on the underside of vehicles help reduce emissions. But rising prices for some metals has led to a jump in them being stolen, and some unique theft prevention methods.