NPR 2010-08-19

President Obama, confronted with growing worries over economic recovery in the US, is trying to convince voters that his policies are, in fact, working. Slowly but surely we are moving in the right direction. Were on the right track. The economy is g

NPR 2010-08-18

The Iraqi capital's reeling from its deadliest strike in weeks. A suicide bomber attacked army recruits, killing at least 57. The BBC's Hugh Sykes reports security forces are favorite targets. Baghdad traffic policemen and federal police have been mu

NPR 2010-08-17

Flood survivors blocking a highway in southern Sindh province in Pakistan outrage they're not seeing the humanitarian aid promised them. The BBC's Mike Wooldridge says an estimated 20 million people are affected with waterborne diseases on the rise.

NPR 2010-08-27

The latest jobs report reveals an unexpected decline in new unemployment claims last week, but economist Hugh Johnson says the better measure on labor trends, the four-week average, tells a different story. The truth is that the jobless claims have b

NPR 2010-08-30

The Gulf Coast is still not recovered from Hurricane Katrina, which struck five years ago today. President Obama spoke at Xavier University in New Orleans a short while ago and made this promise. On this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and t

NPR 2010-08-28

The US economys growing more slowly than expected. The Commerce Departments downgrading the nations second-quarter growth to 1.6 percent, down from 2.5 percent. Dean Croushore, chairman of the Economics Department at the University of Richmond, says

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 2010-08-29

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 2010-08-26

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

NPR 2010-08-24

Federal officials are focusing on manufacturing and processing facilities as they work to get to the bottom of a salmonella outbreak in eggs. The Food and Drug Administration says there haven't been many standards in place for farms like the two in I