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Donald Trump has a 60-year lease on his new hotel, just a few blocks from the White House. But its terms say no elected U.S. official shall benefit from the lease.

Officials have unveiled plans to boost security around the debris pile. "This has become much more than a collapsed building site," said mayor Charles Burkett said. "It has become a holy site."

A fire at Europe's largest nuclear power plant is out — it had been attacked by Russian troops in Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Energy activated its nuclear incident response team as a precaution.

The canal is being widened to handle much larger ships. But after five years of building, the project is expected to cost at least $1.6 billion more than planned. The builders and the canal operators both say the other side should pay.

New Urbanism advocates communities with small-town-like layouts that encourage walking and decrease reliance on cars. The front porch, which had gone out of vogue after World War II, has played a key role in fostering community in such developments.

A federal judge has ordered the FBI to find and turn over unedited documents in the Oklahoma City bombing case. A Salt Lake City lawyer wants those papers because he says they could shed light on the death of his brother in a federal prison -- and because they could link bomber Timothy McVeigh to a white supremacist gang of bank robbers.

The latest book by NPR's Noah Adams follows the quest by the Wright brothers to be the first to build a heavier-than-air craft that could fly on its own power. He talks about the book with NPR's Melissa Block at the site of the first-ever plane crash death in 1908. Read an excerpt from The Flyers describing that fateful day.

Germany faces weeks of political uncertainty following the inconclusive results of Sunday's elections. The opposition Christian Democrats, led by Angela Merkel, failed to win a clear majority. The current chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, says he can form a government, and has refused to step down.

General Motors and Ford are preparing to slash jobs and close plants, while foreign car makers like Toyota are continuing to build new ones in the South. Toyota's Georgetown, Ky., plant is booming -- and still non-union.

The western Ukrainian city of Lviv has been a bastion of relative normalcy since the Russian invasion began last month. Friday's strike, just over 4 miles from the city center, rattled residents.