NPR 2012-05-17

The White House is awarding the Medal of Honor this hour to an American solider from Elwood City, Pennsylvania, who is killed in Cambodia(柬埔寨) in 1970. The army says paper work for the award was lost for three decades until a Vietnam War vetera

NPR 2012-05-18

A prosecutor is using John Edwards words against him in his campaign corruption trial in North Carolina. Enclosing arguments today, Bobby Higdon said the former presidential candidate apparently forgot his own rhetoric(虚夸的言辞) when he said s

NPR 2012-05-19

The New president of France is assuring President Obama that French troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by year's end as he pledged in his campaign. Hollande spoke through a translator after meeting with Mr. Obama at the White House. We also discus

NPR 2012-05-20

Leaders of eight leading world economies are meeting today at Camp David, in the Maryland mountains to discuss the European debt crisis. Michael Froman is president Obama's deputy national security advisor on international economics. He says the lead

NPR 2012-05-21

President Obama says Afghanistan is ready to move from a decade of war to a period of peace and development. NPR Scott Horsley reports Mr. Obama is hosting a NATO summit in Chicago on Afghanistans postwar future. President Obama says there is still a

NPR 2012-05-22

A former Rutgers University student, convicted of bias intimidation against his gay roommate is getting 30 days in jail and 3 years probation(缓刑). Dharun Ravi is accused of using a webcam to spy on Tyler Clementi, who suicide days later, fueled n

NPR 2012-05-23

Authorities are trying to learn more about the woman who forced US Airways flight bound to North Carolina to divert to an airport in Maine after she displayed what authorities described as suspicious behavior. The aircraft out of Paris, France, lande

NPR 2012-05-01

White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has given the most extensive justification so far for the USs use of unmanned drone strikes against suspected terrorists. The strikes have been controversial because they can even target US citizens w

NPR 2012-05-10

President Obama now says same-sex marriage should be legal. NPRs Ari Shapiro reports the White House has been under pressure to clarify the presidents position since Vice President Joe Biden expressed support for gay marriage on Sunday. The president

NPR 2012-05-08

Uncertainty is rippling across world markets about Europes ability to deal with its debt crisis. Voters in two countries have punished political leaders who favored austerity measures in order to help rescue Europes ailing economies. In France, the p

NPR 2012-05-07

Socialist Francois Hollande swept to power in France today. He beat incumbent President Nicola Sarkozy in a run-off presidential election. Hollandes supporters took to the streets in Paris to celebrate. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley says it's like Mardi Gr

NPR 2012-05-06

The man who claimed he planned the 9/11 attacks is before a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba today. But Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants would not answer the judge's questions and even refuse to listen to them by taking off the

NPR 2012-05-05

The unemployment rate has edged down to 8.1%, but that's not exactly welcome news to economists. It suggests that more people came up to look for work last month, so they were not counted in the tally. And the employers added a lower than expected 11

NPR 2012-05-04

GOP Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota has endorsed presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney. NPR's Craig Windham reports Bachmann says her one-time rival for the GOP nomination promises a new vision of prosperity and liberty

NPR 2012-05-03

The San Diego Chargers former linebacker Junior Seau has been found dead at his southern California home. Police are investigating the death as a possible suicide. Authorities say the 43-year-old was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Seau sp

NPR 2012-05-09

No new security procedures are anticipated at US airports as a result of the discovery of an al-Qaeda plot to blow up an airliner. NPRs Craig Windham reports so-called advanced explosive devices are now being examined by FBI experts. The device is sa

NPR 2012-05-02

President Obama has just arrived in Afghanistan in what was an unannounced trip on this anniversary of the US raid that led to the death of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Mr. Obama and his Afghanistan counterpart Hamid Karzai are expected to approv

NPR 2012-04-03

President Obama has just wrapped up his summit with leaders of Mexico in Canada, where energy and trade were prominent in their discussions at the White House about strengthening the North American economies. The confidence is up, and the economy is

NPR 2012-04-10

Signs today that North Korea is getting ready for a long-range rocket launch in the next few days, defying international warnings. All three stages of the rocket are now in position, and Doualy Xaykaothao reports South Korea is suggesting the North i

NPR 2012-04-09

A United Nations plan to stop the fighting in Syria fell apart today. The Syrian government had agreed to withdraw its troops from rebel-held areas Tuesday. Both sides had agreed to a ceasefire to begin Thursday. Now the Syrian government is demandin