美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-15

In a better-than-expected sign for the US economy, retail sales have risen for the first time in four months. NPR's Chris Arnold reports on the latest findings from the Commerce Department today. It's just one-month data, but it's still encouraging a

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-16

The FBI is investigating today's shooting at the headquarters of the Family Research Council in Washington DC. A man is in custody. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports the case could be investigated as an example of domestic terrorism. A security guard has

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-13

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi announced today hes replacing his defense minister and head of the armed forces Hussein Tantawi as well as his deputy. From Cairo, the BBCs Yolande Knell reports. The dramatic changes concerning Egypts two top genera

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-14

The legendary editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, Helen Gurley Brown, has died at the age of 90. Before her success in the magazine world, she heated big in the 1960s with the book Sex and the Single Girl. NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin has this remembranc

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-12

Mitt Romney has selected Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. NPR's Brain Naylor reports Ryan is a seven-term member of Congress best-known for working on budget issues. Ryan is chairman of the House Budget Committee and is author of

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-11

Thousands of mourners, many of them Indian Americans from across North America, are in Wisconsin to pay tribute to the victims of last Sunday's attack at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek. Some people silently sobbed as the crowd slowly filed into a school

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-01

American swiming .. Michael Phelps has just reached a major mile-stone, he won a silver in Men's 200 butterfly, which means he ties the record for most Olympic medals, in this race South Africa won gold. Track off another Olympic medal for US say, th

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-23

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the economy will keep recovering at a modest pace for the rest of this year with unemployment lingering above 8%. But NPR's Craig Windham reports the CBO is warning the economy will suffer if Congress

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-22

The fallout from Missouri Congressman Todd Akin's comments on women and rape are shaping up to be a political standoff between him and the Republican leadership. The GOP is pressuring Akin to drop out of the Senate race against incumbent Democrat Cla

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-20

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appeared in public today for the first time in two months. He has been inside Ecuador's embassy in London where he is evading arrest by British authorities who want to send him to Sweden for questioning in two sexual

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-19

General Motors said today it is recalling a quarter of a million SUVs in the United State because of problems with the power door lock. As NPR's Yuki Noguchi reports the problem can cause a circuit to short creating a fire hazard. The problem is that

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-18

South Africa police are facing a barrage of questions for how they could have allowed a neighbor dispute with striking miners to end in what's widely described now as a bloodbath with at least 34 deaths. Police maintain it was self-defence because th

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-17

More American deaths in Afghanistan today. NATO says a US military helicopter crashed in the southern part of the country. Seven Americans and four Afghans were killed. It is a somber day for law enforcement in Louisiana. Two sheriffs deputies were k

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-21

The US military's commander in Afghanistan says the campaign remains on track. General John Allen's comments after the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey paid a visit to the war-torn country to address the rising number of a

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-10

The trade deficit has fallen to its lowest point in one and a half year, an unexpected turn in June, according to economist Hugh Johnson. It was a big surprise. Most of us had been expecting a number that was somewhere close to say 47 to 48 billion d

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-09

President Obama is spending the next two days in the battleground state of Colorado, where he is expected to address a crowd in Denver shortly. Kirk Siegler of member station KUNC reports polls in Colorado show the president and his GOP rival former

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-08

Another NATO service members been killed in Afghanistan, and news reports are saying it was an American. Authorities say two others were wounded when two gunmen wearing Afghan National Army uniforms turned on NATO troops. More than 25 coalition servi

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-07

Security is tighter in sea communities around the world a day after police say army veteran Wade Michael Page stormed a temple in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin suburb of Oak Creek and opened fire on worshipers. He killed six people and wounded three other

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-06

Theres been a shooting at a Sikh temple south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Earlier today, a shooter entered the Sikh temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek and began firing. Police Chief Bradley Wentlandt of nearby Greenfield says seven people were killed. The

美国国家电台 NPR 2012-08-05

At the Summer Olympics in London, it's a big day for Michael Phelps. He is swimming in what he says, is the final race of his career this hour. NPR's Howard Berkes says it's Phelps' last chance to add to his record number of Olympic medals. It's a pr