NPR 2011-10-16

Occupy Wall Street fever spread around the globe today with protests throughout Europe, Asia and South Africa. Demonstrators called for greater economic equality and stricter financial regulations. In Seoul, South Korea, Jason Strother reports the pr

NPR 2011-10-15

A federal appeals court is putting new restrictions on which parts of Alabama's strict new immigration law can't be enforced. NPR's Debbie Elliot reports on a mixed ruling today from the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeals court is temporar

NPR 2011-10-14

President Obama says he's working with America's international allies to hold Iran accountable for allegedly plotting to assassinate a Saudi diplomat. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports the president called the conspiracy part of a pattern of dangerous behavi

NPR 2011-10-13

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says an international response is necessary to punish Iran for an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US. This plot, very fortunately disrupted by the excellent work of our law enforcement and intellige

NPR 2011-10-12

The Republican presidential hopefuls are gathered tonight in Hanover, New Hampshire. The eight Republican GOP candidates for the nomination embarking on a wide-ranging discussion on the economy, what might be done to fix it. Mitt Romney, the current

NPR 2011-10-11

Markets rally today on signs that European Union leaders are making progress in addressing the debt crisis. On Wall Street the Dow was up 304 points, the NASDAQ up 79. A European Union summits scheduled for next Monday has been delayed to give leader

NPR 2011-10-01

The White House is hailing the death of a prominent al-Qaeda figure today as a significant milestone in the international campaign against terrorism. Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in an air strike in Yemen today. The US says the same military counterter

NPR 2011-10-23

Libya's transitional leaders say they'll hold a liberation ceremony tomorrow to start the clock towards elections in eight months. The chief of the transitional council, Mahmoud Jibril, is at the World Economic Forum meeting near the Dead Sea in Jord

NPR 2011-10-22

President Obama is calling all American troops home from Iraq before year's end, closing a long and deeply divisive chapter in US history. After nearly nine years, America's war in Iraq will be over. Washington and Baghdad have been unable to reach a

NPR 2011-10-20

More than 60 million Americans who receive social security benefits are expected to see a little more in their monthly checks. Starting next year, the Social Security Administration says retirees and the disabled will see a cost of living adjustment

NPR 2011-10-19

Now the hard work begins, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's message in Tripoli today to Libya's interim leaders as they face a transition to democracy. Democracy takes time. It will not be easy or quick. But we are filled with admiration for what

NPR 2011-10-18

All the major US market indexes are down around 2%. They were retreating from last week's gains after Germany downplayed the idea that a solution for Europe's debt crisis might be reached during a summit this Sunday. At last check on Wall Street, the

NPR 2011-10-17

President Obama praised Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today as a man who stirred the nation's conscience and made the nation more perfect. He spoke during the dedication of a memorial of King on the National Mall on the same spot where King had addresse

NPR 2011-10-21

President Obama is calling this a momentous day for Libya hours after the world learned that ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi was dead. Today, we can definitely say that the Gaddafi regime has come to an end. The last major regime strongholds have fal

NPR 2011-10-10

In Cairo, Coptic Christian protesters marching on the state television building came under attack today. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is covering the story. She says Egyptian state radio reports at least 20 people were killed. Traffic was at a stands

NPR 2011-10-09

Texas Congressman Ron Paul is the winner of the non-binding GOP presidential straw poll taken at this weekend's Values Voters Summit of social conservatives. He pulled in 37% of the votes. NPR's Don Gonyea reports Paul's strong showing is not a surpr

NPR 2011-10-08

The nation's jobless rate for September held steady at 9.1%. One hundred three thousand non-farm jobs were added across the nation last month. Economist Diane Swonk of Mesirow Financial in Chicago. The net effect is that the US economy is better than

NPR 2011-10-07

President Obama is calling his jobs proposal and insurance policy against the threat of a double-dip recession. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the president used a White House news conference today to press Congress to pass his bill. President Obama say

NPR 2011-10-06

In a landmark development within stem cell research, scientists say theyve used a cloning technique to make embryonic stem cells that match a patients DNA. The journal Nature highlights a study that shows the potential for using the technology to rep

NPR 2011-10-05

President Obama's pitching his multi-billion-dollar jobs creation plan in Texas this day, challenging Congress's Republican leaders to put the whole package to a vote rather than focusing on sections of the legislation. He's firing back at House Repu