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Two of four men were acquitted Friday in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat's tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic.

The Washington Post reports that U.S. intelligence officials believe Saddam Hussein was present Wednesday when a 2,000-pound "bunker-busting" bomb struck an Iraqi command center. Officials say Saddam may have been injured in the attack. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten. Mar. 21, 2003

Black smoke billows over Baghdad as missiles pound Saddam Hussein's capital for the fourth day. Some of the fires are the result of oil fires set by Iraqi forces, possibly in an attempt to disrupt the air attacks. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

More explosions are heard in Baghdad Saturday on the fourth day of bombing by U.S.-led forces. But the air assault is less intense -- and targets are more widely spread -- than the furious bombardment unleashed a day earlier. Hear NPR's Lynn Neary and Baghdad-based reporter Paul Eedle.

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin says the United Nations should lead the reconstruction and administration of post-war Iraq. At a speech in London, Villepin says the appearance of a U.S. military occupation must be avoided to ease tensions in the volatile Middle East region. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

About 1,000 U.S. soldiers parachute into an airfield in an area controlled by Iraqi Kurds in the latest U.S. effort to threaten the Iraqi regime from the north. In the southern cities of Basra and Nasiriyah, U.S. and British forces continue to face combat. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Ivan Watson.

Iraqi militias continue to attack American and British forces along a 200-mile stretch of the Euphrates valley. Allied troops successfully repulse the attacks, but the unexpected resistance is changing the timetable for the U.S.-led advance on Baghdad. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Denk talks about what he learned from his teachers, and his failures, frustrations and pivotal moments as an artist. His new memoir is Every Good Boy Does Fine. Originally broadcast March 21, 2022.

In China, for example, not only are masks required on planes but gloves are recommended — and passengers are urged not to touch their face during the flight. Here's what you'll find around the globe.

As a Russian general reveals Kremlin plans to take Ukraine's Donbas region to the east as well as all of the country's south, we look at the situation out a village near the frontlines of the war.