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The FDA has approved the first once-a-day pill for HIV/AIDS patients. Doctors say it should greatly improve the quality of peoples' lives, and extend survival for many. But some are concerned that the perception that a simple fix exists for the disease will lead to complacency and risky behavior.

With a versatile mixture of catchy melodies, lush harmonies and lazy organs and horns, The Long Winters' members craft clever, shimmering pop. Few of the group's songs stray from topics revolving around love gone wrong, but singer-songwriter John Roderick rarely takes the expected road.

The Supreme Court decision striking down the military tribunal system for detainees at Guantanamo Bay undercut a memo written by a prominent former Justice Department official, John Yoo. The memo said that detainees in the fight against terrorism were not subject to the protections of the Geneva Conventions. Steve Inskeep speaks with Yoo about the ruling.

A trio of backpackers set off in June to cross the Alaskan wilderness on an "unsupported" hike, carrying only the supplies they needed and vowing not to hunt or forage along the way. Of the three, only Roman Dial completed the 600-mile trek -- the adventurer talks with Alex Chadwick about his accomplishment.

Congress holds its third hearing in three days on the future of war crimes trials at Guantanamo Bay. The politicians are trying to find a way forward after the Supreme Court said President Bush's system of tribunals for Guantanamo detainees violates U.S. and international law.

Amid grumbling by some southern conservatives and emotional speeches from black Democrats, the renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 passed easily in the House Thursday.

In this week's Political Junkie segment, political guru Fred Grandy talks about the Iraq prime minister's address to Congress and the new interstate abortion bill. He also he reveals the identity of a remarkably candid, but anonymous, Republican candidate for Senate.

The isolation units at California's Pelican Bay prison hold more than 1,200 inmates. They live in small, windowless cells, often for years, with virtually no human contact. The system was designed to break up gangs, but some say the problem is worse than ever.

Hezbollah bombs Haifa in northern Israel on Sunday, in the worst spate of violence yet. Rockets from the Labanese guerillas hit a train station where at least eight people died, and landed near an oil refinery and gas storage tanks. Residents hid in bomb shelters in the northern cities of Acco and Nahariya.

President Bush revealed Wednesday that a group of suspected terrorists were subjected to "alternative techniques" of interrogation while in CIA custody. Just what were those interrogation methods, and would they be considered torture?