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President George Bush says publicly he is sorry for the abuse Iraqi detainees have suffered at the hands of U.S. troops. He made his comments to the press following a White House meeting with Jordan's King Abdulllah. Hear NPR's Lakshmi Singh.

The documentary Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst is the first feature-length documentary about publishing heiress Patty Hearst's 1974 kidnapping at the hands of an underground group, the Symbionese Liberation Army. David D'Arcy reports.

Animator Joseph Barbera, half of the legendary duo of Hanna-Barbera has died. Barbera, 95, created a host of cartoon characters, from the Flintstones to the Jetsons and Tom and Jerry.

For decades, basketball has been an all-consuming passion on Native American reservations. But few native players get to play college ball, and none has ever played in the NBA. As NPR's Tom Goldman reports, the sponsors of a new tournament -- the Native American Basketball Invitational -- hope to change that. See pictures from the tournament.

Once just another large apartment complex in Hong Kong, now the mere mention of the words "Amoy Gardens" causes alarm. That's because nearly 15 percent of the SARS cases in Hong Kong came from this one complex. NPR's Joe Palca visits Amoy Gardens and reports on what investigators have learned.

Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath, The Echocentrics, Ocote Soul Sounds and Spanish Gold all capture the vision of the Austin musician. This week on Alt.Latino, Quesada spins some of his favorite music.

In a genre going in as many directions as modern Latin music, how do you narrow a list of albums to just a few favorites? Alt.Latino's host and guests share their attempt for 2017.

In Iraq these days, about 100 IEDs go off each month. Previously, it was about 50. Most of the attacks are in the capital Baghdad, and many of them are what in local parlance are called sticky IEDs -- homemade bombs attached to powerful magnets and stuck to the bottom of cars.

NPR's Scott Simon celebrated Bastille Day in France with his family. Even before he learned of the attack in Nice, he struggled to balance the joy of the festivities with the undercurrent of fear.

Sri Lankans went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballot in a hard-fought president campaign between the incumbent and his former army chief. For decades the country dealt with a civil war. The war ended when Sri Lanka's government defeated the Tamil Tiger Rebels last May. In a surprising plot twist, it may be the Tamils who decide the winner of the presidential election.