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Federal prosecutors Wednesday unveiled the most serious criminal charges yet in the West Virginia explosion that killed 29 workers. The new charges involve officials at former mine owner Massey Energy who were directly responsible for managing Upper Big Branch.

The leader of the Corps of Engineers’ Omaha District believes the agency is better prepared in the event of flooding this year.About 70 emergency managers…

The Syrian government's crackdown against dissenters continues, and Western journalists were killed on Wednesday as forces shelled the city of Homs. Meanwhile in Libya, reports of torture are surfacing, and the interim government is struggling to control armed militias. Host Michel Martin talks with Al-Jazeera Washington Bureau Chief Abderrahim Foukara.

Advertisers collect information with every digital move people make. They then target ads based on that information. Communications scholar Joseph Turow worries that advertisers will use such data to discriminate against people and put them into "reputation silos."

Host Michel Martin and the Beauty Shop ladies discuss whether GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum can appeal to women voters in the general election. Also, Chris Brown was convicted of assaulting Rihanna three years ago, and now their working relationship has some wondering if they are condoning abuse.

The U.S. has used military force to help oust three dictatorial regimes since 2001. But other autocrats have good relations with the U.S., and some even get the red-carpet treatment. What factors account for the different responses around the world?

The New Jersey governor said he was tired of hearing about the rate of taxes for the very rich.

Some of the Occupy protesters who famously got face fulls of pepper spray last November on the campus of University of California Davis have taken their case against the school to federal court.

At the groundbreaking on the National Mall on Wednesday, President Obama said the newest Smithsonian museum has been "a long time coming" and will serve "not just as a record of tragedy, but as a celebration of life." The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to open in 2015.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran refused its team access to a military site at Parchin.