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Second White House Official Named in Plame Leak

Another White House official was named over the weekend as a source for the leak of a CIA agent's identity. Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper said he spoke with Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis Libby, about the case.

Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket in the 1971 film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.'

Original Charlie Revisits 'The Chocolate Factory'

Peter Ostrum played Charlie in the 1971 film based on Roald Dahl's Chocolate Factory. Now he takes his family to see a new film version of the beloved children's book.

Senators Spar over Karl Rove

Senate Republicans and Democrats square off over the conduct of President Bush's political adviser, Karl Rove. Democrats say he leaked the name of a CIA operative to the press.

Mountainside farms near Innsbruck, Austria. For centuries, grazing has preserved these meadows, with their wildflowers and birds.

EU Shifts Subsidies from Crops to Land Stewardship

Europe's farmers now get paid based not on crop production but on how they manage the environment — a fundamental change in European agricultural policy.

Magbula Velik came to Srebrenica from her new home in San Francisco to bury the remains of her father, a victim of the massacre. She's angry that indicted Serbian war criminals are still free.

The Srebrenica Killings, 10 Years Later

Ceremonies mark the 10th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II. About 50,000 family members, foreign dignitaries and guests -- including Serbian President Boris Tadic -- attended the commemoration at the Potocari Memorial Centre in Srebrenica.

Two Life Sentences for Rudolph in Plea Deal

Eric Rudolph is sentenced to life in prison for the 1998 bombing of an Alabama abortion clinic, which killed a police officer and wounded a nurse. In a plea deal, Rudolph also admitted bombing the Atlanta Olympics, a clinic and a gay bar in Atlanta in 1997.

New Law to Help Sufferers of Gluten Allergy

Some people cannot live without wheat products while others have to. A component of wheat called gluten has been discovered to trigger allergies, even in small amounts. The federal government will require manufacturers to list wheat among other allergens in food packaging.

Dr. Jesse Clark is an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, Los Angeles. The COVID pandemic "has spurred people to try to end the HIV epidemic again," he says.

How COVID vaccines have boosted the development of an HIV vaccine

During the pandemic scientists launched a vaccine in record-breaking time. Their successful use of mRNA technology could lead to progress in the decades-long effort for an HIV inoculation.

Despite flooding at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, most of the oil-industry infrastructure in the area suffered only minimal damage.

Oil Markets Exhale as Rita Passes By

Oil prices fell on world markets Sunday as traders expressed relief that Hurricane Rita spared most of the refineries along the Texas Gulf Coast.

In this May 23, 2020 image from Louisiana State Police body camera video, Troopers Jacob Brown (left), George Harper (center) and others restrain motorist Antonio Harris after a high-speed chase in Franklin Parish, La.

3 Louisiana state troopers are charged in the beating of a Black motorist

The battery charges in the 2020 arrest of Antonio Harris come amid mounting scrutiny of the state's top law enforcement agency over allegations of excessive force — particularly against Black people.

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