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Wisconsin's statewide races this year highlight a tough truth for Democrats about abortion rights: even if they score some hard-fought wins, actual policy gains still may not come.

PR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the start of the baseball World Series and a push to limit how much NBA teams pay in salaries to players.

Large chains like Panera and P.F. Chang's as well as neighborhood hangouts are increasingly experimenting with the subscription model as a way to ensure steady revenue and customer visits.

Conservative lawmakers in Kansas want to provide millions of dollars to crisis pregnancy centers. It's an effort to rein in abortions after voters protected abortion rights.

Will Donald Rumsfeld's departure from the Pentagon lead to a new direction for the U.S. in Iraq? Many observers are skeptical that a new defense chief will make much headway... or that a Democratic Congress will sway President Bush's commitment to "victory in Iraq."

One of this fall's most anticipated books is about a transgender fourth-grader. Publisher Scholastic is employing some of the same marketing techniques it used for megahits like The Hunger Games.

The holy month of Ramadan concluded this week with Eid al-Fitr, a celebration with food, family and friends. For Palestinians, the war in Gaza has weighed heavily on this year's holiday.

The flash flooding in Texas hit Kerr County the hardest. More than 80 people died and the number is feared to increase as crews reach decimated areas of the Guadalupe River.

Heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of the northeast on Monday. Climate change is fueling more intense rainstorms that drop more water in shorter periods of time.

America's supply of sugar is shrinking because of a poor sugar beet harvest in the northern Midwest. As a result, the U.S. will import more sugar this fiscal year than it has in almost 40 years.