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CBS News producer Don Hewitt died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 86. The creator of 60 Minutes got his start with the network in 1948. Hewitt worked with Edward R. Murrow, produced the Kennedy-Nixon presidential debate and produced the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite.

The U.N. says a third artillery attack has hit a hospital in the war zone in northern Sri Lanka, striking its pediatrics ward and killing several people.

A Senate Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday with a witness who warned the Bush administration against harsh interrogation techniques. Former FBI agent Ali Soufan interrogated Abu Zubaydah. He called the harsh methods ineffective.

BBC radio host Charlie Gillett returns with the fifth edition of his annual world music collection. World 2004 brings together 34 eclectic tracks from the far-flung corners of the world. Hear Gillett and NPR's Michele Norris.

For a band prone to sad confessionals, Rilo Kiley sounds downright gleeful on "Breakin' Up." Granted, it's a kiss-off song that practically fetishizes rationalization. But there's something uplifting about hearing singer Jenny Lewis "wash the blues away," for once.

President Obama holds town hall meetings in Raleigh, N.C., and Bristol, Va., on Wednesday. Raleigh is a fast-growing urban center where Obama did well in last year's election. But the president was far less popular in the mountain town of Bristol. He's expected to face challenges in Appalachia pushing changes to health care.

The last year and a half hasn't been easy for the award-winning jazz pianist and composer, who spent months in a coma and almost died. But he has a new album out and is performing again.

The president and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert express a "shared vision" to see peace in the Palestinian territories.

Apple's latest gadget, the iPhone, doesn't hit store shelves until late June 29. But prospective iPhone owners are already lining up in front of the Apple store in downtown Manhattan — a full three days in advance.

Today is Friday July 04, 2014180 day of 2014, 175 remainingSunrise: 5:53amSunset: 8:35pm14hours and 41 minutes of daylight todayMoonrise: 12:46…

Growing up deaf in New York, Josh Swiller's disability was central to his identity. But when he traveled to Zambia to work for the Peace Corps, he found his deafness became almost irrelevant. In a new memoir, Swiller recounts his life-changing journey to Africa.

Empty lots have multiplied in parts of Chicago in recent years, so the city is selling them to homeowners dirt cheap. It's an effort to spark renewal in some of the city's most blighted areas.