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Elon Musk has put the brakes on his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, saying the site has too many fake accounts. But is the world's richest man just hoping to negotiate a better deal?

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson examines the environmental record of Dirk Kempthorne. The governor of Idaho is President Bush's nominee to be secretary of the Interior.

Federal documents suggest that the Sago mine, where 12 men died after being trapped by an explosion Monday, has a record of committing serious safety violations.

Official election results give a center-left coalition led by Romano Prodi a thin majority in both houses of Italy's parliament. Prodi rejects calls by current Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to form a broad-based government of national unity. Also in Italy, authorities nab a mafia boss sought for more than 40 years.

Many people living along the northern Israeli border have fled to shelters. In one shelter, a group of older Russian émigrés live underground as Hezbollah rockets pepper their region.

The community in Buffalo, New York, is holding vigils to honor the victims of Saturday's shooting. President Biden traveled there Tuesday to talk with the families of the victims.

Before last Thursday, North Korea claimed to have not a single case of COVID-19. Now it's battling what it claims is its first outbreak.

A federal court jury in Houston convicts Enron founder Ken Lay and former chief executive Jeff Skilling of conspiracy and fraud. They will be sentenced on Sept. 11, and face lengthy prison terms. Both men intend to appeal the verdicts.

Perhaps nowhere is the standoff over Iran's nuclear enrichment program followed more closely than in Los Angeles' Iranian-American community. Known as Tehrangeles, it's the biggest community of Iranians outside Iran.

British police continue their search for four terrorists wanted for bombing the London subway and bus system last week. The police are also trying to repair community relations in south London after anti-terrorist officers shot dead an innocent Brazilian man Friday. He was mistaken for a suspected terrorist.