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Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez vows to find and punish those responsible for killing two of his supporters during Friday's demonstrations in Caracas. A general strike marked by sporadic violence has paralyzed Venezuela's oil industry. NPR's Martin Kaste reports.

We live blogged through the day as Mitt Romney officially became the party's presidential nominee and as the party's stars told Americans why they should vote for the former Massachusetts governor.

On today's Your Call, we’ll talk about what it means to have a baby, and all the choices involved. Cesarean births are on the rise and simultaneously…

Mary McCarthy's lawyer says that the fired CIA employee categorically denies leaking classified intelligence to the media. McCarthy, initially identified as the source for news reports on secret CIA prisons, says she didn't leak the story.

Despite an $8 billion deficit, California is investing in its troubled prison system. The new prison director is using innovative and inexpensive techniques including using volunteers to refocus prisons on rehabilitation rather than punishment.

Allegations of an affair and sexual harassment have embroiled his campaign. Cain has said he's done nothing wrong.

Also: Penguin offers to drop Apple ebook deals over European antitrust case; a page out of Thomas Pynchon's latest novel; and a long-overdue apology.

Renowned lawyer Alan Dershowitz is moving from the drama of the courtroom to the drama of the operatic stage. He's writing an opera based on the life of famed Jewish cantor Gershon Sirota.

The defense rests in the court-martial of Army Spc. Charles Graner, charged in the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Graner did not take the stand, despite saying that he planned to testify. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

Working in landlord-tenant law, Oakland attorney Clifford Fried has seen his fair share of bogus service animals. But one particular cat owner —…

Police in Pakistan say they've arrested suspects in an attack Tuesday on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Six policemen and a driver were killed when gunmen opened fire on the team's bus in the city of Lahore. The assault is further proof of Pakistan's deep instability.

Hugh Grant's testimony yesterday related to an investigation of phone hacking by journalists spotlighted another step along an interesting path.