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Thousands of Iraqis attend funeral services for more than 900 people who died Wednesday in a panicked crush on a Baghdad bridge. The rumor of a suicide bomber sparked a mad rush during a Shiite religious festival. Amid the funerals there are calls for an investigation into the cause and accusations of a fumbled response to the disaster.

David Horovitz, editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post, provides an analysis of Israeli politics in the wake of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's hospitalization

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has released a report that lays out a plan to rebuild the city. The report and plan were produced by a special local commission made up of business, religious and civic leaders. The group looked at how best to redesign city government, restore public services and revitalize the region's economy.

Three weeks after Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers says the levees in and around New Orleans are nowhere near being fully repaired. And the system won't be back to its pre-Katrina strength for some time.

Work is nothing more than eight hours of stress, with a lunch break in the middle. You find it's getting easier than ever to fly off the handle, even when the cause is as benign as a lack of hazelnut creamer in the coffee line. Don't reach for the Alka-Seltzer or Prozac. Instead, these five tunes will ease your toughest day on the job just fine.

Without a heavy dose of April and May showers, the state's drought will deepen. That could lead to stricter rules on water use and another devastating wildfire season.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: nerdy podcasts, chill shows and an unbeatable mashup.

Batteries for electric cars are creating demand for more nickel — and a court case brought by an Indigenous community near a Guatemalan nickel mine could have broad implications.

The incident, in which someone saw a man in a wetsuit get dragged underwater, is the city's first fatal shark attack since 1963. Beaches are closed while lifeguards patrol for further shark sightings.

They are credited with churning out some 200,000 landscape paintings in the area of Fort Pierce, Fla., since the 1960s. And a teenager named Alfred Hair was the mastermind behind the whole operation.