NPR 2011-07-24

Police are releasing some details about the man accused of perpetrating both a bomb attack and a shooting rampage in Norway that killed at least 92 people. Terri Schultz reports Norwegian police say the suspect is cooperating with the investigation,

NPR 2011-01-25

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel says he'll appeal a court's decision today to boot him off the February 22nd ballot for Chicago mayor. I have no doubt that we will in the end prevail at this effort. As my father always used to say: 'No

NPR 2011-01-24

In Pakistan, two US drone missiles have reportedly killed six suspected militants in the tribal area of North Waziristan. NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Islamabad the strikes coincide with demonstrations against such attacks. In recent days, hundr

NPR 2011-05-25

In Joplin, Missouri, it's a race against time to find tornado survivors. Local authorities aren't exactly sure how many people are unaccounted for. The numbers vary. They're holding out hope though that the death toll won't rise. At least 117 people

NPR 2011-07-30

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. President Obama says the looming debt crisis is a burden to Congress could easily lift if it just chooses to do so. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports the President, the Senate to make a statement of the White Hou

NPR 2011-05-24

Vast areas of Joplin, Missouri are said to be unrecognizable, a day after a tornado plowed through downtown with up to 165-mph winds. People in the southwestern Missouri city are finding entire neighborhoods reduced to twisted metal and rubble. Strip

NPR 2011-07-29

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jin Hour. The House of representatives is now debate House Speaker John Boehner's plan to cut the deficit, but to voted expective leader today. Boehner's plan would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for deep cuts in

NPR 2011-03-27

Libyan rebels say coalition air strikes are helping them. They credit the allied action with enabling them to retake the eastern city of Ajdabiya. President Obama says the US-led military campaign in Libya is succeeding. He made the comments in his w

NPR 2011-05-27

The former Bosnian Serb general accused of being the architect of some of the worst atrocities in Europe, not seen since World War II, is under arrest. Ratko Mladic appeared in a Belgrade courtroom today, wearing a cap and appearing frail, as he was

NPR 2011-02-27

Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi appears to have lost control of Libya, according to its major European ally, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome Italy has come under intense pressure from the US and Euro

NPR 2011-02-26

The White House is moving ahead with sanctions on Libya, where more people are reported dead from a crackdown on anti-government protesters in Tripoli. Spokesman Jay Carney says the US is finalizing the sanctions process today. The United States is i

NPR 2011-02-25

The US says it's not ruling anything out in how it'll respond to the Libyan government's crackdown on demonstrators, hundreds of whom reportedly have been killed since the start of the uprising against leader Muammar Gaddafi. The White House says it

NPR 2011-03-24

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will act aggressively, responsibly and wisely to preserve security, his response to the first major attack in Jerusalem in years. Today, a busy bus stop was bombed. At least one person was ki

NPR 2011-02-23

Wisconsin's Republican governor warns state workers could start being laid off as early as next week if the GOP-led legislature doesn't soon do away with collective bargaining rights for most state workers. Governor Scott Walker says he's taking a ne

NPR 2011-02-21

The government crackdown against protesters in Libya continues. The Associated Press is quoting a doctor at a hospital in Benghazi as saying the morgue there has received at least 200 dead from the days of unrest. Meanwhile, Fred Abrahams with Human

NPR 2011-02-22

Opposition groups declare they are in control of several more cities in Libya, among them Benghazi, the country's second largest city. Cheers ring out during a demonstration in which men were seen climbing onto a tank outside a burned-out government

NPR 2011-04-28

The economy is gradually strengthening enough for the Federal Reserve to end its bond-buying program on schedule in June, according to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, who says he expects a moderate economic recovery to continue through this year after a m

NPR 2011-03-31

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Syria is seeing one of its bloodiest clashes between security forces and the opposition. In Daraa, troops opened fire on a crowd that set fire to a statue of Syria's late president. Casualty figures are

NPR 2011-03-30

World powers are united against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, collectively declaring today that he's got to go, but diplomats from the 40 or so countries taking part in the London gathering did not talk about arming Libya's rebels. The opposition, w

NPR 2011-03-29

Muammar Gaddafis regime in Tripoli is under heavy bombardment, the biggest attack in the capital since western operations began last week. NPRs Lourdes Garcia-Navarro tells us it comes after several nights of quiet. There were several large explosion