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A huge explosion partially destroys a building in Baghdad, moments after U.S. soldiers entered it in an apparent search for chemical weapons. Officials say two soldiers died in the blast and five others were wounded. Elsewhere in Iraq, fighting broke out in Fallujah and Najaf. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

NPR's Martin Kaste continues Morning Edition's week-long series on Latin American cities with a report on the perennial housing shortage in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In Latin America's biggest megalopolis, as many as 3 million of the estimated 18 million residents cannot find or afford housing. So, they take over abandoned buildings and set up outdoor camps.

A large explosion destroys the Mount Lebanon Hotel in downtown Baghdad, sparking fires, damaging nearby buildings and causing an unknown number of casualties. Rescuers are still pulling bodies from the rubble. Earlier, angry Iraqis pushed back U.S. soldiers trying to help. Hear NPR's Madeleine Brand and Los Angeles Times reporter John Daniszewski in Baghdad.

Residents of Bridgeport, Conn., fear the economic fallout of the U.S. Army's decision to eliminate its multi-billion-dollar Comanche helicopter program. The cancellation comes one year after Sikorsky Aircraft opened a new plant in Bridgeport, with about 750 workers, to build the helicopter. John Dankosky of member station WNPR reports.

New Hampshire’s northern counties have been awarded $2.2 million for local economic development projects by the Northern Border Regional Commission. Some…

British Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to build support for a reform package he's pushing on the U.K.'s E.U. membership.

Portsmouth officials have approved authorizing a $75 million bond toward an $83 million plan to upgrade the existing Peirce Island wastewater plant.The…

Developers have applied for variances to construct a 38-unit "age-targeted" residential complex for seniors along the U.S. Route 1 Bypass in…

NPR's Greg Myre discusses whether diplomats will meet their goal of building support for a political transition to end the Syrian civil war.

A Hanover planning board decision to deny a new athletic facility for Dartmouth College may be headed to the state’s highest court.The board voted last…