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An FBI investigation has found that employees of Blackwater USA violated rules governing the use of deadly force in a September shooting incident that killed at least 17 Iraqis. That's according to a report in The New York Times.

Marketplace's Bob Moon talks to Alex Chadwick about a federal appeals court ruling that throws out current SUV emissions standards and orders a tougher plan. Automakers complain that they've been developing future cars based on the current standard.

Turnout is likely to be low in Ohio's August 8 special election. So why are Ohioans being asked to decide this now?

FEMA tells workers to stay out of thousands of its stored travel trailers, amid concerns about exposure to hazardous fumes. A spokeswoman says formaldehyde emission levels rise when the trailers are closed in heat and humidity without ventilation.

Off-Broadway shows had a great weekend as Broadway went dark because of striking stagehands. Tourists and regular theatergoers found their way to off-Broadway theaters, packing those smaller houses.

Russians vote in parliamentary elections on Sunday. They are expected to give the pro-Kremlin United Russia Party an overwhelming majority. So some are questioning why the authorities have risked discrediting the vote by cracking down on opposition groups.

Despite the CIA's claims that videotapes of the interrogation of two detainees were "not relevant," the Justice Department has started a preliminary inquiry into the destruction of the tapes.

The Bush White House is the first to be headed by a president and vice president with backgrounds in the oil business. The administration has produced a consistent approach to energy policy: finding new supplies and securing the old.

Texas is the country's largest emitter of global warming gases. But the state's political leaders say climate change isn't a problem and have blocked even minor efforts to address the issue. Now mayors of some of the biggest cities are taking the issue into their own hands.

Multiple handwritten wills were found in Franklin's home in 2019. Two of Franklin's sons would like a 2014 will to be honored and are up against their brother, who wanted to uphold a 2010 will.