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NPR's Michel Martin asks former federal prosecutor Elliot Williams about the South Carolina Supreme Court's decision to grant Alex Murdaugh a retrial on charges he murdered his wife and son.

Along the Tigris in Baghdad, locals who are lucky enough to catch a prized river fish, split open the belly, and grill Mazgouf on an open wood fire. It's Iraq's traditional dish and for the past two months, no one was making it. But with life coming back to the city... however slowly... Mazgouf makes a proud comeback. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

Two weeks ago, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain found himself fending off reports of sexual harassment published in the Washington political newspaper, Politico. He said there was "nothing else there to dig up." That was, predictably, not the end of the story.

American consumers like their honey bright and clear, but removing the pollen makes it hard to trace honey back to its source. A new report says three quarters of honey sold in the U.S. doesn't contain any pollen.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Mary Fetchet, a member of the Family Steering Committee, about National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's testimony before the Sept. 11 commission. Fetchet's son Brad died in the World Trade Center attack.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The goal of her unannounced visit is to urge reconciliation among Kurds, Arabs and Turks in the oil-rich region 150 miles south of Baghdad.

to balance the budget is unlikely, after two weeks of debate. Initially it was thought that this amendment would be a shoo-in with Republicans, but increasingly members of the GOP have voiced their doubts... especially concerning the amendment's possible impact on social security.

The relationship between hair and identity is a charged topic for some young black women. What does your hair say about you? What image do you want to project?

A new show that has opened in South Korea, Yodok Story, takes on an unlikely topic for a musical: prison camps in Stalinist North Korea. The director and choreographer are North Korean -- and both were once prisoners in the vast gulag system that holds an estimated 200,000 people.

Israeli forces blast their way into a Palestinian prison in the West Bank town of Jericho. The action was taken in an attempt to capture Palestinian several militants, including a man convicted in Israeli courts of killing an Israeli Cabinet minister. The targets of the siege refused to come out despite Israel's threats to kill them.

Street prostitution is a major problem in Oakland, but arrest rates have dropped by 37 percent from 2011 to 2012. Nevertheless, community members remain…

Almost all keyboards made since the early 1990s are, frankly, no good. A tiny group of writers and hackers know better. They use vintage IBM keyboards. Ugly, built like tanks, and, most importantly, with a spring under each key, and which clicks when you press it.