NPR 2009-03-11

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. In a surprising development, the lawyer for disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff has told a federal judge he will plead guilty later this week to 11 charges that will result in a life sentence. NPR's Ma

NPR 2009-03-12

President Barack Obama chose to sign in private today a 410-billion-dollar omnibus spending bill that keeps the federal government in business to September. Nearly 9,000 individual projects known as earmarks were included in the measure and the pres

NPR 2009-03-13

Disgraced New York money manager Bernard Madoff has pleaded guilty to all 11 criminal charges related to a massive Wall Street Ponzi scheme he had masterminded over the past two decades. NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports from New York. Madoff told a

NPR 2009-03-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. President Obama and his top economic advisors are trying to reassure Americans about the future as the nation waits for signs that economic stimulus measures are working. The president today said his a

NPR 2009-03-15

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Finance officials from the world's top industrialized nations are pledging to take whatever actions are necessary to revive global economic growth and to restore the flow of credit. They've also agreed

NPR 2009-03-16

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. The chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer says the US is fighting an economic war that has not yet been won but she says the US economy is fundamentally solid. The fu

NPR 2009-04-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. World leaders including President Obama have converged on London for the G-20 meeting scheduled for this Thursday. It marks the first official foreign tour for the president since taking office. Even as l

NPR 2009-04-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. As street protests in London's financial district dispersed this evening, the G-20 leaders and their wives gathered as dinner guests of Queen Elizabeth. Tomorrow they'll attempt to agree on a response to

NPR 2009-04-03

Wrapping up his first international summit meeting, President Barack Obama hailed agreements reached by world leaders at the now-concluded G20 Summit in London. Mr. Obama spoke shortly after G20 leaders reached agreement to providing an additional 1

NPR 2009-04-04

Authorities in Binghamton, New York say 14 people are dead, four others are listed in serious condition after an armed man walked into an immigration services center and opened fire today. Joseph Zikuski is chief of the Binghamton Police Department.

NPR 2009-04-05

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. Three officers are dead and two more were injured in what is being called the deadliest day in Pittsburgh Police history, following a domestic disturbance call. Arnie Bernard of member station WDUQ rep

NPR 2009-04-06

Pittsburgh police say the gunman who shot dead three police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call was lying in wait. Police Chief Nate Harper describes what happened. Stinace, the officer, stepped in to the doorway. He was immediately m

NPR 2009-04-07

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says authorities have now raised the death toll to at least 150 after a powerful earthquake hit a mountainous region of Italy overnight. The quake which struck just before dawn flattened buildings and left at least

NPR 2009-04-08

From NPR News in Washington, Im Jack Speer. President Barack Obama made a brief visit to Iraq today where he met with the Iraqi leaders and US troops. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports from the Iraqi capital. Bad weather stopped the president fro

NPR 2009-04-09

In a major about face from the policies of the previous president, the Obama administration said today it will participate directly in group talks with Iran over the country's suspected nuclear program. State Department spokesman Robert Woods says t

NPR 2009-04-10

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. One of President Obama's top advisors says he thinks the economic downturn will end in the next few months, but Larry Summers says the US economy still faces substantial downdrafts. NPR's Scott Horsley ha

NPR 2009-04-11

Wild weather continues to plague the Middle West and the South today. Weather officials in central Tennessee said at least two people are dead, 30 others are injured after a twister touchdown there today. Officials said the Blackman community in Mur

NPR 2009-05-01

Chrysler has been forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the struggling US automaker failed to reach an agreement with its creditors. David Cole is the head of the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He says Chrysler hopes

NPR 2009-04-12

The US cargo ship that was attacked by Somali pirates is back in port in Kenya and 19 crew members have been debriefed by FBI agents. But the ship's captain is still being held hostage by four heavily armed pirates in a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean.

NPR 2009-07-01

After a long battle, Republican Norm Coleman has conceded defeat to Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota Senate race. That follows a state Supreme Court ruling in favor of Franken today. NPR's Cathy Shaw reports. The unanimous court ruling came after an