NPR 2009-05-11

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Tens of thousands of civilians in Pakistan's Swat Valley took advantage of a temporary lifting of a curfew there to flee the fighting in the region today as the Pakistani army steps up its offensive to

NPR 2009-05-12

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Officials say a soldier opened fire on fellow soldiers at a US military base near Baghdad today, killing five of them before being taken into custody. There are conflicting reports on whether there were a

NPR 2009-5-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The new US envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan told attendees at a Senate hearing today that while Pakistan faces an extremely difficult situation, the Muslim nation of 175 million people is not in danger

NPR 2009-05-15

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. Chrysler wants to get rid of nearly 800 of its dealers. The company is asking a bankruptcy judge to approve the move next month. NPRs Frank Langfitt has more. To bring its distribution network in line wit

NPR 2009-5-16

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. General Motors has become the latest domestic automaker to sharply slash its dealer network. GM said today it has told more than a thousand of its dealer franchises they will be terminated by late next ye

NPR 2009-6-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. As part of General Motors's bankruptcy announcement this morning, the automaker said it will idle or close 14 manufacturing plants including one in Spring Hill, Tennessee, that's where the Saturn brand wa

NPR 2009-06-03

Brazilian officials are confirming that floating debris spotted earlier today in the water including what they say appears to be an airplane seat and an orange buoy are from missing Air France jetliner. Brazil's defense minister says a search plane

NPR 2009-06-04

President Obama is spending the night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia after a day of meeting there with King Abdullah. Tomorrow, the president heads to Cairo for the most important speech of his trip. NPR's Don Gonyea reports. The speech will be delivered b

NPR 2009-06-05

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. In an address that was targeted at the world's one and a half billion Muslims, President Obama today called for a new beginning in US-Muslim relations. Speaking in Cairo, the President insisted the Palest

NPR 2009-6-6

From NPR News in Washington, I am Jack Speer. President Obama today toured the Buchenwald concentration camp and crematorium. The President joined by German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the camp where an estimated 56, 000 people died has not lost i

NPR 2009-06-07

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Thousands of people gathered at an American cemetery, overlooking Omaha beach in Normandy, France today to mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day. President Obama paid tribute to the courage of the thousan

NPR 2009-06-08

Search crews have recovered four more bodies from the Atlantic Ocean in the area where an Air France jet is thought to have crashed last week and more bodies have been spotted in the water. French military spokesman Christophe Prazuck says objects t

NPR 2009-06-09

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The Supreme Court has put the sale of Chrysler on hold. The court granted a temporary stay in the bankruptcy proceeding that would allow the company be acquired by the Italian automaker Fiat. NPR's Adam H

NPR 2009-6-10

A large bomb that exploded at a luxury hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan has claimed the lives of at least 11 people and left 55 others wounded today. Officials say militants attacked the Pearl Continental Hotel popular with foreigners with guns and a tru

NPR 2009-06-11

A suspected white supremacist who opened fire inside Washington DC's Holocaust Museum, killing a guard before being wounded by other guards, is in critical condition today. Authorities say the alleged gunman tentatively identified as 88-year-old Jam

NPR 2009-04-15

Retail sales fell more than 1% in March, the biggest decline in three months, and a surprise to most analysts who expected sales to increase slightly. According to the Commerce Department, automobile sales fell the sharpest, down nearly 24% from the

NPR 2009-03-07

The news that employer slashed another 651,000 jobs last month coupled with an unemployment rate that is now above 8% shows an economy firmly in the grip of recession. The unemployment rate which rose at 8. 1% in February is the highest it's been in

NPR 2009-03-08

President Obama is urging Americans to be patient and as positive as possible in the face of a seemingly endless succession of negative economic news. Mr. Obama says the nation will make it through the current crisis. This is a moment of challenge f

NPR 2009-03-09

White House Budget Director Peter Orszag says the US economy is fundamentally weak, but he says the stimulus plan enacted by Congress should be given time to kick in fully before any further stimulus measures are considered. You are starting to see

NPR 2009-03-10

President Barack Obama today moved to officially lift the Bush administration's restrictions on human embryonic stem cell research. The move reverses a 2001 directive from Mr. Obama's predecessor in the White House. At a signing ceremony in the East