Mitt Romney has swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win. With no serious opposition left, the former Massachusetts governor easily won both contests. Romney is within 110 delegates of winning the nomination, a threshold he should reach next week, when voters go to

Enlarge Facebook A month after Katy McCaffrey’s iPhone was stolen, photographs began streaming from the phone to her “cloud” account. She used them to create a photo album on Facebook; she called it “Stolen iPhone Adventures.” Facebook A month after Katy McCaffrey’s iPhone was stolen, photographs began streaming from the phone to her “cloud” account.

When Egyptians go to the polls on May 23, many will be looking to celebrate the end of military rule that began some 50 years ago. Observers warn that it won’t be easy to send a deeply entrenched military back to its barracks, and they point to Turkey’s experience as an example. NPR’s Peter Kenyon

World leaders are gathered in Chicago for a two-day NATO summit starting Sunday morning. This is the third time the U.S. has hosted a NATO summit since the alliance was formed, and the first time it’s being held in a city other than Washington, D.C. As NPR’s Jackie Northam reports, the agenda will center on

Enlarge Manoocher Deghati/AFP/Getty Images Security officers escort convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (center) in Tripoli in 1992. Manoocher Deghati/AFP/Getty Images Security officers escort convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi (center) in Tripoli in 1992. The former Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am

Enlarge iStockphoto.com Yes, hepatitis C is big among baby boomers. And the feds are moving toward a recommendation that all of them get tested at least once for the infection. But new hepatitis C cases are cropping up in young people, too, and some of them live in out-of-the-way places that haven’t been hotbeds for

Back in 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, there were no guarantees. There were no guarantees that they’d make it there and there were no guarantees that they could make it back home. President Richard Nixon and his speech writer William Safire knew that. So, imagining a situation in which

Enlarge Rob Carr/Getty Images Exercise rider Jonny Garcia takes I’ll Have Another over the track at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md., Thursday. The colt has a chance to win the second leg of the Triple Crown in the 137th Preakness Stakes Saturday. Rob Carr/Getty Images Exercise rider Jonny Garcia takes I’ll Have Another over