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New Orleans is struck by another round of street killings, with five people gunned down in the city Friday night. The killings come nearly a month after multiple killings drove the state to seek troops from the National Guard.

U.S. Rep. Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican, is withdrawing his bid to seek re-election. Questions have been raised about Ney's connections to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff. A Ney spokesman said the congressman would serve out the remainder of his term.

Transplant surgeons and organ recipients will address black churches around the nation Sunday as they seek to raise awareness about the need for organ donation within the African-American community. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and Dr. Robert Higgins.

The Supreme Court considers arguments on the legality of using marijuana for health reasons. The federal government is seeking to prosecute two California women who grow and use marijuana under medical supervision. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Two years after Congress changed the laws governing campaign financing, both supporters and opponents of the new measures say they've found vindication. Special-interest money, however, is seeking new ways to influence politics in 2004. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

The new HBO program K Street seeks to tell the story of Washington lobbyists and politicians. Produced with just a few days turnaround time, it is based on people and events in the week's news. NPR's Lynn Neary reports.

As U.S. forces seek out the last remaining pockets of resistance in Fallujah, insurgents in Mosul, Baqouba and other Sunni Muslim towns and cities are back on the offensive. Hear NPR's Philip Reeves.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Jerusalem that Palestinian leaders are seeking clarifications of peace proposals put forward by President Clinton. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak will discuss the proposals Thursday in Egypt, their first face-to-face meeting in nearly three months.

She is the Foreign Affairs/U.N. Correspondent for The Boston Globe. She's about to go into a special training camp for journalists planning on covering a possible U.S. war with Iraq. She's also reported on the war on terrorism from Afghanistan. Her recent book, The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda, is now out in paperback.

NPR's Linda Gradstein in Jerusalem reports former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned home today after an extended US lecture tour, and plunged immediately into the Israeli election campaign. Netanyahu has not yet formally announced his candidacy, but most analysts believe he will seek to topple incumbent Prime Minister Ehud Barak in elections expected next Spring.