President Bush holds a press conference a day after nominating Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.

American researchers are teaming up with a group of former bio-weapons specialists in Russia to track avian flu in wild birds before it spreads to humans.

We speak with Zachary Abuza of Simmons College about militant Islam in Southeast Asia.

The courtroom battle over evolution and intelligent design continues in Pennsylvania.

Author Louise Erdrich's novels reflect a description she once gave of herself: a woman with one foot in tribal lands, one firmly in the middle class.