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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said," We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some kind of normalcy." But local authorities are making their own decisions on relaxing the rules.

Eleven people were taken into custody after a standoff with law enforcement for several hours. The heavily armed men said they were part of a group called Rise of the Moors.

New guidelines being unveiled today will broaden rules for the FBI, ATF, DEA and other federal agencies, that will ban — or nearly ban — profiling by race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.

An estimated 50,000 people have been evacuated as the Caldor Fire rages on. Shelters are filling up and hotel rooms are hard to find, leaving evacuees struggling to cope with the uncertainty.

Florida leads the nation in the percentage of inpatient hospital beds occupied by people with COVID-19, according to data posted Tuesday by the federal government.

Afghanistan is experiencing the worst fighting since the fall of the Taliban. Barnett Rubin, director of studies at New York University's Center on International Cooperation, tells Debbie Elliott abut the growing insurgency in the south.

The levees of Southern Louisiana remain under the control of local districts, but Hurricane Katrina revived a call to join them under a central authority. Some question whether surrendering local power would prevent a levee failure in the future.

A car bomb exploded outside the United States Consulate and a luxury hotel in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city. The suicide attack killed at least four people -- including an American diplomat. President Bush is scheduled to visit Pakistan this weekend. Renee Montagne talks to reporter Kamran Khan in Karachi.

Nnegest Likke, the writer and director of the movie Phat Girlz, talks with Ed Gordon about the film.

Gang-related violence in Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city, has claimed nearly 200 lives in the last week. Now a police crackdown on the violence is raising alarms. Officers are accused of rounding up suspects, shooting them in cold blood and burying the victims in mass graves. Human-rights advocates claim innocent people are being killed and fear police are carrying out reprisal killings.