NPR 2011-07-02

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, has been freed from house arrest and is no longer on bail. NPR's Margot Adler reports that prosecutors now say there are holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who accus

NPR 2011-06-03

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Mitt Romney makes it official. Today, He declared his candidacy for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. NPR's national political correspondent Don Gonyea has more. Romney traveled to a farm in

NPR 2011-06-19

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. The British Foreign Office is urging Britons in Syria to leave that country immediately. The warning comes as violence escalates between anti-government protesters and Syrian security forces. Larry Miller r

NPR 2011-06-18

There are more reports of indiscriminate killing by the autocratic regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Activists say security forces fired on thousands of protesters today, killing a teenage boy and at least 15 other civilians. The three-mont

NPR 2011-06-17

After two weeks of scandal, Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York is leaving office. NPR's Margot Adler reports that Weiner officially resigned this afternoon at the same location where he first asked citizens for their votes some 20 year

NPR 2011-06-16

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Stocks are down sharply partly on news of more uncertainty out of Greece. Thousands of protesters gathering in Athens today outrage about deep cutbacks. The Greek government says the country needs the c

NPR 2011-06-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Home prices across the US are at nine-year lows. The SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Index reveals a steep drop from February to March in 18 of the 20 big metro areas tracked. Patrick Newport, an economist w

NPR 2011-06-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. US stocks are down sharply before the close. At last check, the Dow had fallen 271 points, more than 2%; it's at 12,298. NASDAQ off more than 2% as well; it's at 2,769. SP 500 down 2% at 1,315. NPR's Ma

NPR 2011-06-04

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is fighting charges that he illegally spent campaign funds to cover up an extramarital affair during his 2008 run for the White House. In North Caro

NPR 2011-06-05

Pakistani officials say a US drone attack killed one of the five most wanted men in Pakistan last night. Ilyas Kashmiri was suspected of orchestrating deadly attacks in Pakistan and India, including the siege in Mumbai in 2008, in which more than 160

NPR 2011-06-06

Agricultural officials say they think an organic farm in northern Germany was the source of the deadly E. coli outbreak that has sickened more than 2,000 people in Europe. Twenty-two people have died. Investigators traced the bacteria to beansprouts

NPR 2011-06-07

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The White House is reaffirming what it calls a real drawdown of US forces in Afghanistan. This hours after the president met with his advisors to review US policy in that region. NPR's Ari Shapiro repor

NPR 2011-06-08

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Yemen's president is reported to be gravely wounded. Various news agencies, citing US officials, say Ali Abdullah Saleh has suffered burns on about 40% of his body and shrapnel wounds from an attack on

NPR 2011-06-09

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. For the first time this year, economic recovery has actually slowed across several US regions. A Federal Reserve survey points to a slowdown in four of its twelve bank regions in April and May compared

NPR 2011-06-10

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The top staff of Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign have resigned en masse. As NPR's Mara Liasson reports, their departure raises the question of whether the Gingrich campaign, rocky from the start,

NPR 2011-06-21

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Wal-Mart is hailing the Supreme Courts decision today to block a class-action lawsuit from going forward in its current form. The ruling is a big setback for more than a million women who accused the na

NPR 2011-06-20

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. The Libyan government claims that NATO warplanes are targeting civilians. Officials there say an air strike in Tripoli today killed nine civilians, including two young children. The Libyan foreign minister

NPR 2011-06-22

The Republican field of presidential hopefuls is getting bigger. Today, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman formally announced his candidacy at New Jersey's Liberty State Park, the same place where Ronald Reagan announced his White House bid in 1980. H

NPR 2011-04-22

President Obama's taking his domestic agenda to voters in the western US. His latest stop is Reno, Nevada, where he pledged to protect consumers from price gouging in the wake of higher oil and gas costs. The Attorney General's putting together a tea

NPR 2011-04-21

An acclaimed photojournalist and filmmaker based in New York is reportedly among the casualties in today's fighting in western Libya. Vanity Fair and a photo agency say Tim Hetherington was killed in mortar attacks in Misrata. Various reports say oth