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Now that Hillary Clinton has suspended her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, the party is trying to heal its wounds from the brutal nominating contest. NPR's David Greene talks about what's next for Clinton and whether she can get her supporters to back Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton ends her historic quest to become the first female president today. In a speech in Washington, the New York senator tells her supporters to unite behind former rival Barack Obama.

The rival candidates are spelling out their plans to improve the economy in appearances this week. And those plans have markedly different approaches to an issue likely to dominate the presidential race.

Fast-food giant McDonald's says it has stopped serving sliced tomatoes in all of its sandwiches in the United States over fears of salmonella poisoning. The company said the precaution will remain in place until the source of the salmonella is found.

Big Brown, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, seems poised to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday and take the Triple Crown. No horse has won all three races in 30 years. Host Renee Montagne talks with Steve Haskin, a correspondent for The Blood-Horse magazine.

Sen. Barack Obama pledges support for Israel at a Washington, D.C., event. Sen. Hillary Clinton calls Obama a "friend to Israel" but does not acknowledge him as the presumptive Democratic nominee.

It's been almost a year since the iPhone hit stores. Since the iPhone's launch, Apple hasn't made many changes to the wildly popular device, but that could be about to change. Apple is under pressure to keep innovating and boost sales. It's expected to announce details of a new iPhone on Monday.

An outbreak of salmonella is forcing McDonald's and other chain restaurants to stop serving tomatoes. It's not certain that tomatoes are the source of the problem, which left more than 100 people sick in more than a dozen states — but a process of elimination has focused scrutiny on raw tomatoes.

President Bush is in Germany today on the second stop of his weeklong tour of Europe. The president began his trip in Slovenia, with a call for European nations to take a tougher stand on Iran. Speaking at the annual U.S.-European summit, Bush called Iran's nuclear program a danger to world peace.

This week, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer reclassified the sugar substitute as "possibly carcinogenic to humans."