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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in the intensive care unit of a Jerusalem hospital after seven hours of surgery to stop bleeding in his brain. The 77-year-old Sharon suffered a massive stroke late Wednesday.

The Iraqi parliament backs a last-minute deal meant to reassure Sunni Arabs and gain their support for the draft constitution ahead of Saturday's nationwide vote on the document. Kurd, Shiite and Sunni leaders hailed the news as evidence that different groups can work together in Iraq.

Iran is giving the Hamas-led Palestinian government $50 million in aid. Renee Montagne speaks with reporter Roxana Saberi in Tehran about the donation's importance. They also talk about Iran's resistance to international pressure to stop its nuclear program.

General Motors and Ford are preparing to slash jobs and close plants, while foreign car makers like Toyota are continuing to build new ones in the South. Toyota's Georgetown, Ky., plant is booming -- and still non-union.

A roadside bombing outside Fallujah, about 25 miles west of Baghdad, kills 10 U.S. Marines and wounds 11 others. It is the highest one-day death toll for U.S. forces in Iraq since August.

World leaders expressed outrage over reports of dead Ukrainian civilians — many of whom appear to have been executed — strewn about in Bucha, a city northwest of Kyiv.

Experts say the North's fast pace in testing activity shows its dual goal of advancing its weaponry and applying pressure on Washington over a deepening freeze in nuclear negotiations.

Mark Lanegan, who also made music with Queens of the Stone Age and The Gutter Twins, had a rumbling rasp in his voice that could convey the weight of the world.

Police shot and killed the 22-year-old Black man while executing a no-knock search warrant last week. Protesters called for the resignation of the chief and the officer they say shot Locke.

Adam McKay's new HBO series about the Los Angeles Lakers goes out of its way to be out of the ordinary. But its showboating is in keeping with the style of the basketball team it chronicles.