NPR 2012-05-03

The San Diego Chargers former linebacker Junior Seau has been found dead at his southern California home. Police are investigating the death as a possible suicide. Authorities say the 43-year-old was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Seau sp

NPR 2012-05-09

No new security procedures are anticipated at US airports as a result of the discovery of an al-Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. NPRs Craig Windham reports so-called advanced explosive devices are now being examined by FBI experts. The device is sa

NPR 2012-05-02

President Obama has just arrived in Afghanistan in what was an unannounced trip on this anniversary of the US raid that led to the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Mr. Obama and his Afghanistan counterpart Hamid Karzai are expected to approv

NPR 2012-05-27

President Barack Obama is paying tribute to veterans this Memorial Day weekend, honoring those willing to sacrifice their lives for their country. The President opened his weekly * and * an address that reflected on the meaning of the holiday. The Pr

NPR 2012-05-26

Indiana police are reporting a hostage crisis in the northwestern city of Valparaiso. According to the Associated Press, a gunman is holding an unknown number of people captive inside a real estate office. So far, there are no known injures. Local me

NPR 2012-05-25

Police in New York and the Manhattan District Attorney's officer looking into the story of a man who they say has implicated himself in the death of six-year-old Etan Patz whose disappearance 33 years ago. Forever changed the way people looked at iss

NPR 2012-05-24

In his first public testimony about the prostitution scandal that's engulfed his agency. The director of the Secret Service apologized for the misconduct. But as NPR Tamara Keith reports, he insists there isn't a permissive culture of the service. Th

NPR 2012-05-30

Top Syrian diplomats are being told to leave the US and several other countries in a coordinated protest against Syria's leader Bashar al-Assad. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the action follows a massacre in which the United Nations says citizens i

NPR 2012-05-29

In communities, margin small American are honoring US military members today. In Washington president Obama placed grace in tomb of unknown and Vienna memorial. In the upstate ,New York community North country public radio Brand reports observance is

NPR 2012-05-28

The United Nation Security Council is meeting in an emergency session today to discuss Syria. Members are to hear from the head of the UN observer mission in Syria about Fridays massacre in the town of Houla. UN officials say at least 90 people were

NPR 2012-05-31

13 bound corpses have been found in Eastern Syria, UN observers say they discovered the bodies in Deir el-Zour province. The UN team says the victims appear to have been shot at a close range with their hands tied behind their backs. The discovery co