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The Creation Museum opened its doors in northern Kentucky on Monday. Hundreds of people lined up for the opening of the $27 million museum, which promotes the idea that the Bible is more accurate than evolutionary science.

Nine-term Democratic Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana was indicted Monday on 16 federal counts of bribery, racketeering, fraud and money laundering. The indictment includes charges that he paid off a Nigerian official. Almost two years ago, investigators found $90,000 in cash in Jefferson's freezer.

President Bush's upcoming meeting with leading industrial nations is marked by the contentious issue of global warming. He is proposing the U.S. and other nations set a long-term goal for lowering greenhouse gases. But European leaders want a commitment that emissions of heat-trapping gases be cut in half over 40 years.

Rising tensions between the United States and Russia are threatening to dominate President Bush's six-day trip to Europe. His visit to Prague includes talks on the controversial American plan to extend a U.S. missile defense system into Eastern Europe.

Mississippi's Gulf Coast is still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. In the hard-hit town of Pass Christian, residents still lack a grocery store and century-old family businesses operate out of trailers.

In Congress and on the campaign trail, debate over immigration has become a drawn-out bickering match. Historically, Democrats have supported immigrants' rights more than Republicans. But these days, controversial immigration legislation in Congress has thrown both parties off balance.

NASA head Michael Griffin says he regrets voicing his views on climate change. Griffin had told Morning Edition he wasn't sure global warming was a problem. On Monday, he told a gathering of scientists and engineers that he had tried to keep his opinions separate but that got "lost in the shuffle."

President Bush is in Germany for three days of meetings at this year's G-8 summit. Formal sessions begin Thursday morning at a resort town on the Baltic. The U.S. and Europe are at odds over climate change, and tensions are rising between the U.S. and Russia over a missile-defense system.

President Bush has selected Robert Zoellick to be the next president of the World Bank, according to senior White House officials. Zoellick has held two very high-ranking jobs within the Bush administration: He is a former deputy secretary of state, and served as a U.S. trade representative.

At least 122 Americans were killed in Iraq in May, the third-highest monthly toll since the U.S.-led invasion. An rise in forces was aimed at giving the Iraqi government a chance to end internal conflicts. Is it working?