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A few weeks after Pfc. Jesse Givens was killed in Iraq, his family received a farewell letter from him -- and the son he would never know was born. One year later, Givens' widow seeks to help her young sons remember their father.

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that American Edmond Pope flew out of Moscow today, pardoned by Russian president Vladimir Putin and freed from a 20-year prison sentence for espionage. He was taken to a U.S. military hospital in Germany, where he will be examined for any signs of the cancer he once suffered. His wife says he is in poor health after eight months in prison. Russian prosecutors charged Pope with trying to buy the blueprints for a Russian torpedo. Pope insisted he was a legitimate businessman, seeking technology that was advertised abroad.

Retired Gen. Wesley Clark formally announces he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Supporters hope Clark's military record and strong criticism of the Iraq war effort will be the ticket to topple President Bush next year. But the first-time candidate starts the race well behind the nine other Democrats in organization and money. Hear NPR's Greg Allen.

President Bush seeks to end talk of a timetable for bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq. At a White House press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the president said that setting a firm exit date would "concede too much to the enemy."

Three leading Republicans are competing hard for delegates in the large industrial state. Mitt Romney hopes to trade on the legacy of his late father, a former Michigan governor. John McCain hopes to capitalize on a bounce in the polls after his New Hampshire win, while Mike Huckabee seeks support from evangelicals.

After four months of trial, a jury has convicted Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and other members of the far-right club of seditious conspiracy for their roles on Jan. 6, 2021.

Jean Lopez coached the U.S. taekwondo team at four Olympic Games. A SafeSport investigation has found him guilty of sexual misconduct against multiple athletes, including minors.

More migrants are granted humanitarian exceptions to a pandemic public health order that effectively closed the Southern border. U.S. officials are working with NGOs to identify the most vulnerable.

Public health officials are adopting a law-enforcement tool, the mass spectrometer, to instantly identify potentially deadly levels of opioids in local drug supplies.

Sirens sounded across Israel overnight as Israeli officials urged residents to take shelter. The attack follows a vow of retaliation from Iran after an earlier strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria.