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Officials Tuesday held a grand opening ceremony for the long-awaited Southwest Montana Veterans Home. Managers expect to ramp up resident capacity at the facility in coming months.

Two Americans and a Briton working for the Middle East-based construction firm Gulf Services Company are kidnapped from their residence in Iraq. More than 120 foreigners have been kidnapped in the country. Hear NPR's Michele Norris talks to NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the devastating losses and the inept government response, dominated the news cycle for a few months. But New Orleans residents' struggle to return home never stopped. Writer Daniel Wolff's new book follows several Crescent City characters as they rebuild after the disaster.

As Mexicans migrate to the United States, many are leaving their children behind in the care of extended families. That's causing problems in their home communities: children are doing poorly in school, dropping out and turning to criminal activity.

The formidable lyricist celebrates eight years of sobriety with this Tiny Desk home concert from his studio near Detroit.

Climate change is raising the risk of dangerous flooding, especially in coastal communities. For some towns on the Jersey Shore, the most practical solution is raising homes off the ground.

Architects' answer to efficient design is the prefab home, which has been both a design sensation and a cookie-cutter bore over the years. A current MoMA exhibit explores the history of that house and shows how technology could make innovative design more affordable.

Rep. Mo Brooks of South Carolina was on the baseball field when a gunman started shooting at a GOP baseball practice Wednesday morning. Brooks tells NPR he sought cover in a dugout with others.

The counter-culture author Hunter Thompson, who popularized a new form of personalized journalism, has died. He was 67. Thompson wrote the 1972 classic, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, the tale of a drug-abusing journalist and his lawyer visiting a motocross race.

The frontman for Queen bought the neo-Georgian brick mansion and lived there until he died in 1991. Mercury left his house and possessions to his friend Mary Austin, who's lived there for decades.