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Midterm election results show Republicans regaining control of the Senate and adding to their advantage in the House, while Democrats gain ground in governor's mansions around the nation. NPR News reports.

Rescuers in southern Italy are searching for victims trapped in the debris of a school reduced to rubble by an earthquake. More than 20 people were killed, most of them children. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports.

In a bid to revive the faltering economy, Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates by half a percentage point. But in a statement, the Fed signals it may be the last cut in the near future. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

Iraq's foreign minister writes a letter to the United Nations complaining about the Security Council's resolution on disarmament, calling it a pretext for the United States to wage war on Iraq. NPR News reports.

In Kuwait, at least one gunman opens fire on a vehicle carrying two American civilians, killing one and wounding the other. The U.S. embassy in Kuwait condemns the attack as a terrorist act. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

An Afghan police official says 18 bus passengers died when a bomb exploded on a bridge near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. A nearby Afghan army post may have been the intended target, officials say. NPR News reports.

NASA administrator Mike Kostelnik says there was no reason to think that possible damage to the space shuttle Columbia on liftoff was reason for concern. Meanwhile, the agency expands the search for debris, establishing a second collection site in Texas. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports.

The Food and Drug Administration suspends more than two dozen gene-therapy studies after a second child in a French genetic experiment is diagnosed with leukemia. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards and Richard Knox.

Thousands of mourners honor the space shuttle Columbia crew at a memorial service at Johnson Space Center in Houston. President Bush consoles survivors and NASA workers. NPR's John Burnett reports.

As the investigation into the space shuttle Columbia disaster continues, President Bush heads to Houston for a memorial service honoring the seven astronauts who died. Meanwhile, NASA and Congress consider whether to build more spacecraft. NPR's Richard Harris and NPR's Jon Hamilton report.