NPR 2010-11-26

The president of South Korea is ordering more troops to the island that North Korea attacked on Tuesday, killing four and injuring 18. NPR's Louisa Lim reports from Yeonpyeong that some people are spending this day sifting through charred debris. Amo

NPR 2010-10-26

President Obama is back on the campaign trail today, stumping for political allies in the run-up to next week's midterm elections. He has just arrived in Rhode Island. There is one Democrat expected to give the president the cold shoulder today. Gube

NPR 2010-10-25

The death toll in Haiti's cholera epidemic is increasing. More than 250 people have died. Health experts say 3,000 people are infected, but the BBC's Laura Trevelyan says fewer diagnoses were reported today. Outside the main gate of the St. Nicholas

NPR 2010-09-25

A stronger-than-expected report on durable goods sends stocks surging toward the fourth straight weekly gain. At last check, Dow was up 192 points at 10,854. Orders at factory shot up two percent in August, but that's excluding a decline in demand fo

NPR 2010-10-24

Angering the US government, the whistleblowing website Wikileaks has published hundreds of thousands of military documents which show as many as 15,000 more Iraqi civilians were killed than previously knowledged. Larry Miller reports Wikileaks defend

NPR 2010-11-29

Wikileaks has moved forward with a major document drop of hundreds of thousands of confidential US diplomatic cables. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports the action flies in the face of dire warnings from top US officials. The documents provide a rare glim

NPR 2010-12-25

The EPA is announcing it'll propose new standards for power plants in July and for oil refineries next December. The Obama administration is moving unilaterally to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions after Congress did not act on climate change le

NPR 2010-07-28

President Obama's trying to shore up support for the war in Afghanistan following the unauthorized release of a huge cache of classified documents from the battlefield. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, Mr. Obama does not want the leaked documents to s

NPR 2010-08-31

Law enforcement officials confirmed reports that two men were detained after flying from Chicago to Amsterdam. Officials tell NPR the men do not appear to have ties to al-Qaeda or its affiliates, but they are continuing to check those connections. On

NPR 2010-09-30

US officials are still trying to confirm that a major terrorist plot coming out of Pakistan has no American component. As NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports, terrorists allegedly have been planning commando-like attacks on European civilian targets. Th

NPR 2010-07-25

What's left of tropical depression Bonnie is weakening as it makes its way through the Gulf of Mexico. Authorities in the Gulf are now sending ships back to the site of BP's damaged rig. NPR's Carrie Kahn says the operation is starting with one of th

NPR 2010-07-27

The Pentagon says it's trying to assess the potential damage caused by the leak of more than 90,000 classified documents on the Afghanistan War. In a briefing today, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Wikileak.org's unauthorized action was irres

NPR 2010-07-24

The NPR family in the broader world of journalism is remembering a giant among us. NPR News Analyst Daniel Schorr died this morning at the age of 93, leaving behind footprints from a lifetime of pioneering work in the industry. In this 2002 interview

NPR 2010-08-29

A rally was held today on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the same steps where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his I Have a Dream speech 47 years ago. Today's event attracted conservatives, who crowded half the National Mall, stretching from the

NPR 2010-08-25

Sales of previously occupied homes are down sharply by 27 percent in July to the lowest level since 1995. Those figures come from the National Association of Realtors. NPR's Paul Brown reports some analysts think sales and prices could go still lower

NPR 2010-09-23

President Obama is arriving in New York where he will speak at the United Nations anti-poverty conference. Mr. Obama is expected to outline his administrations goals for helping the world's poorest nations. But the UN gathering is also expected to hi

NPR 2010-09-22

In a major setback for gay rights advocates, Senate Democrats were unable today to get the 60 votes they needed to move forward a measure to repeal Dont Ask, Dont Tell, the policy that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. NPRs

NPR 2010-11-28

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. A Somali-born teenager is accused of plotting mass murder at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon. As NPR's John Burnett reports, an undercover agent has provided phony explosives t

NPR 2010-01-08

From NPR News in Washington, Im Jack Speer. Releasing a preliminary review of the events leading up to the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt against a US-bound jetliner, President Obama today called for additional steps to thwart terror efforts. A

NPR 2010-08-26

President Obama is expected to address the nation Tuesday about the end of US combat operations in Iraq. The White House says Mr. Obama is also expected to visit troops at Fort Bliss in Texas. The US focus in Iraq is shifting from combat to training