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A disturbing form of tuberculosis has shown up among people infected with HIV in South Africa. It's resistant to all known TB drugs and is usually fatal. Health experts are concerned it will spread. But they also say new forms of this superstrain can be prevented by distributing TB drugs along with anti-HIV drugs.

As they start to return home from their positions in southern Lebanon, many Israeli soldiers are disillusioned and disappointed. They believe that the goals of the war -- releasing the two captured soldier and defeating Hezbollah -- were not met. The soldiers blame military commanders and Israeli intelligence for the failures.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland about a newly passed bill targeting domestic terrorism, and the partisan divides that make Senate approval unlikely.

The pop star has spent a life on the go, so the pandemic offered him a rare chance for reflection, to separate the person from the pop star. Also, of course, to record a new album.

Jesse Kornbluth has fashioned a role as cultural concierge, offering visitors to the Web site HeadButler.com advice on books, films and music. Kornbluth gives Debbie Elliott a sampling of cultural picks.

A grid reliability report says power outages are likely in parts of the Midwest, California and Texas. The Western drought and a mismatch between supply and peak summer demand are some reasons why.

Kid Beyond is a San Francisco musician who has taken the musical art of beat-boxing — using just the mouth and percussive effects on the body — to another level entirely.

Since 1993, more than 100 young women have disappeared along the Mexican border near the city of Juarez. Many turn up later as victims of sexual assault and murder. Now a cement worker arrested in Denver on immigration charges is being turned over to Mexican authorities in connection with the rape and killing of at least 10 of those women.

Five of the nation's newest college grads earned degrees from a model program that offers college courses and a supported-living environment for mentally disabled students. As Susan Sharon of Maine Public Radio reports, the five members of STRIVE U's first class now have their own apartments and jobs.

Unless disaster strikes him, American Floyd Landis is set to win the world's premiere bicycle race Sunday in Paris. Guest host Don Gonyea speaks with Anita Elash at the finish line on the Champs Elysees.