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  • How "average" or "American" is your state? The Associated Press has produced an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data that ranks the 50 states and the District of Columbia according to how closely they resemble the country's demographics.
  • Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson resigned yesterday, citing "personal and family matters." But his departure comes amid growing allegations of influence peddling. Ann Lott, of the Dallas Housing Authority, and Bruce Katz, of the Brookings Institution, discuss the allegations against Jackson.
  • The U.S. House has rejected a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. The rejection is a blow for the Bush administration and for congressional negotiators who backed the deal. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down more than 770 points on the news.
  • Iraqi insurgents kidnap a Western contractor, identified as Australian Douglas Wood, amid an upsurge of violence in Iraq. Two bombs explode in Baghdad Monday morning. More than 100 people, including 11 U.S. soldiers, have been killed in the last four days.
  • Nine mine workers were trapped underground after a landslide at a gold mine in Turkey's eastern Anatolia region.
  • This year has been a doozy for pop culture fanatics.
  • Former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right group were convicted Thursday on seditious conspiracy charges stemming from the U.S. Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021.
  • After months of hearing evidence in the seditious conspiracy trial against members of the Proud Boys, jurors have begun their deliberations in the landmark case.
  • About 6 million years ago, a new mineral analysis suggests, a mighty river zigzagging across the Colorado plateau may have found its way into older gorges, greatly enlarging them to create the West's most spectacular canyon. Still, some geologists aren't sold.
  • Last year, there were 10.48 births per 1,000 people — the lowest since the country was founded in 1949. Beijing also said its economy cooled to the slowest pace in nearly three decades.
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