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The Supreme Court is taking up an abortion case from Louisiana that could result in a rollback of abortion rights. It's the first major abortion case since Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.

The Russian government detained the editor who works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty. A State Department spokesman says the U.S. government has not yet been officially notified.

On Philanthropy, the artist's 14th studio album, Volker Bertelmann, also known as Hauschka, returns to his signature prepared piano sound in music he hopes will strengthen connections between people.

Forty years ago, a devastating bombing at a U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killed 241 U.S. service members. It's widely seen as the attack that touched off the so-called war on terror.

More than 90 people were killed Monday by a suicide bomb in Sri Lanka. It was blamed on the Tamil Tigers, who have been fighting for independence for years. Just two weeks from now, peace talks were supposed to resume between the rebels and the Sri Lankan government.

It's been a year since an earthquake caused such devastation in the mountains of Pakistan. But the nightmare continues for Ira Riaz. Her husband was among the 73,000 people killed in the earthquake. Since then, she lost her son in a landslide caused by an aftershock. She now spends her days swatting the flies gathering on the wounded limbs of her nine-year-old daughter, Samia, who lost both her legs in the landslide that killed her brother.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki launches a new security plan for Baghdad aimed at staunching both insurgent attacks and sectarian killings that have been increasing in intensity.

The United Auto Workers union is showing the power of surprise as they threaten future strikes. That tactic was pioneered by a different union. Flight attendants.

Two U.S. Marine fighter jets have disappeared while flying in Iraq. The body of one pilot has been found. The U.S. military says there is no immediate evidence that hostile fire contributed. Meanwhile, violence broke out near the Syrian border, and Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's struggles continue as he tries to complete a cabinet.

Iraqi authorities are investigating an apparent attempt to burn down the headquarters of the Iraqi Transitional Government, situated in the heavily guarded Green Zone. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Jaafari announced a new national security plan.