NPR 2011-06-15

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Fierce firefighting efforts are under way in eastern Arizona, where the Wallow Fire is now nearly 470,000 acres, making it the largest in state history. While many people have returned to their homes, A

NPR 2011-06-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The first primary state in the country hosts a much-anticipated presidential debate tonight. NPR's Ari Shapiro has this look at the Republicans and the issues that will be on stage in Manchester, New Ha

NPR 2011-06-13

Calls for the resignation of Congressman Anthony Weiner keep coming from both sides of the aisle. The New York lawmaker has decided instead of stepping down, he'll undergo treatment following his Twitter scandal. Fellow Democratic Congressman Steny H

NPR 2011-06-12

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says al-Qaeda in Africa has been dealt a serious blow with the death of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the man accused of being the mastermind of the deadly 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The att

NPR 2011-06-11

The Dow is hovering just beneath the 12,000 mark, with US stocks turning sharply lower earlier today. NPR's Jim Zarroli says there are a number of factors rattling investors. There's been a lot of pessimism in the markets. We had a series of disappoi

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