NPR 2009-09-01

A wildfire that continues to burn out of control northeast of Los Angeles has now destroyed at least 21 homes while continuing to threaten as many as 1,200 others and a historic observatory at top Mount Wilson. The fire now encompasses 134 square mi

NPR 2009-09-17

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus today unveiled a ten-year 856-billion-dollar healthcare overhaul bill though the Congressional Budget Office had a lower number. In the news conference on Capitol Hill today, the Montana Senator said with

NPR 2009-09-30

A major earthquake in the South Pacific spawned a tsunami that crashed the shore in American Samoa today. There are reports of damage but its unclear whether there are casualties. NPRs Richard Harris reports. The US Geological Survey says a magnitud

NPR 2009-09-29

In a move the White House says is an effort to provoke the West -- Iran capped off several days of missile exercises with the launch of a medium-range missile today. Analysts say it could reach Israel as well as US military bases in the Mideast. Add

NPR 2009-09-26

Leaders of the US, Britain and France are demanding an immediate investigation of Irans nuclear program after announcing the discovery of a secret uranium enrichment facility. More from NPRs Scott Horsley. US officials say Iran has been building the

NPR 2009-09-27

The Obama administration reportedly plans to tell Iran's government in multinational talks next week that it has three months to open its nuclear facilities to inspectors and answer detailed questions about its disputed nuclear program. The New York

NPR 2009-09-28

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is raising the prospect of severe additional sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program following the disclosure of a previously secret uranium enrichment facility. Gates says that facility is the latest example o

NPR 2009-09-25

AColorado man charged with being involved in an alleged bomb plot in the US was in a Denver courtroom this morning. His father was released from federal detention but Najibullah Zazi remains in custody. NPR's Jeff Brady has more. Both men were initi

NPR 2009-09-23

Speaking today at the United NationsClimate Summit in New York, President Obama pledged to make the issue of climate change a key US initiative. President said the nation is determined to act against the threat of global climate change in order to m

NPR 2009-09-24

Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, President Obama said the world's leaders who have criticized the US for acting on its own need to join him in tackling global problems. At his first address as president to UN attend