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If the Iraqi regime is toppled, the United States plans to take control until an interim government emerges. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Jay Garner leads the transition effort and will be charged with feeding Iraqis, providing security and locating weapons of mass destruction. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.

An entire division of 8,000 Iraqi soldiers surrenders in southeastern Iraq, according to the Pentagon. Iraq's 51st mechanized division was the main defender of the key port city of Basra. NPR's Mike Shuster reports.

Russian troops withdrew from the area around Chernobyl just days ago. But fighting continues around the nuclear plant in Zaporizhzhia.

Mexico's president has set a recall election for Sunday on his own term in office. He's expected to win what critics say is an act of political theater.

NPR's regular program schedule was pre-empted by NPR News Special Coverage of the war in Iraq. Audio for the day beginning at noon ET is available at the link below.

Host Bob Edwards speaks with NPR's Alex Chadwick about the leaflets that the U.S. military is distributing around Iraq in hopes of persuading Iraqi troops to surrender.

A new analysis from two astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany gives us a better understanding of the Milky Way's dramatic early years.

NPR's Tom Goldman, Cheryl Corley and David Molpus report from around the country on reaction to President Bush's speech Monday night, and the seemingly imminent war.

President Bush gives Saddam Hussein and his sons 48 hours to leave Iraq or face "the full force and might" of the American military "at a time of our choosing." In a prime-time address to the nation, Mr. Bush says: "The United Nations Security Council has not lived up to its responsibilities. So we will rise to ours." Hear NPR coverage and analysis.

U.S. expedition forces sweep across Kuwait's border into southern Iraq, preparing the battlefield for larger assaults. Airstrikes continue in Baghdad as the U.S. military tries to take out key Iraqi defenses there. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.