NPR 2008-03-10

From NPR news in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Barack Obama is the winner of yesterday's Democratic caucuses in Wyoming. He picks up seven delegates to the Democratic National Convention this summer. Hillary Clinton won another five delegates. Wyom

NPR 2008-03-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. Israeli forces pushed into the northern Gaza Strip today, killing more than 30 Palestinians in some of the fiercest fighting in the coastal territory in weeks. More than 60 Palestinians have been killed in

NPR 2008-03-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Paul Brown. It appears the death sentence of the man known as Chemical Ali will be carried out after a lengthy delay. Iraqi officials say the presidential council has approved the execution of Ali Hassan al-Majid. Th

NPR 2010-12-15

An appeal from Swedish prosecutors is keeping Julian Assange in a British jail for at least another two days. Sweden is fighting a British judge's decision today to free the Wikileaks founder on bail while he fights extradition to Sweden, where he fa

NPR 2010-12-14

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. In a legal blow to the Obama administration, a federal court judge in Virginia has struck down a central piece of the president's health care law. US District Judge Henry Hudson ruled today that requiri

NPR 2010-12-13

NATO says six coalition troops and two Afghan soldiers have been killed in an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan. In Kabul, NPR's Quil Lawrence reports military authorities say a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-packed van at the gates of

NPR 2010-12-10

In Britain, thousands of students are crowded around Parliament in protest at today's vote to triple university tuition. The plan to cap tuition fees to the equivalent of $14,000 was approved 323-302 in the House of Commons, where supporters said the

NPR 2010-12-09

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A Baltimore man is in federal custody for allegedly plotting to blow up a military recruitment site in Maryland. The Justice Department says the suspect, Antonio Martinez, is a 21-year-old Muslim conver

NPR 2010-12-05

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. In the Senate today, Republicans blocked two Democratic proposals for extending the expiring Bush-era tax cuts. NPR's David Welna reports the measures ran into a wall of Republican opposition. Democratic pr

NPR 2010-12-06

Iran announced today it's produced its own uranium, which could be processed into material that could be used for nuclear power. Iran's nuclear energy chief said this means Iran has become self-sufficient in the entire fuel cycle, from extracting ura

NPR 2010-12-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. The White House is wrapping up its effort to get a nuclear arms treaty with Russia through Congress this year. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the latest big Republican gun to come to the White House's aid. T

NPR 2011-08-13

The US markets are reacting in part to more upbeat economic news this time in retail. The Commerce Department reports consumers spent more money in the last three months than previously thought. In July, retail sales rose 0.5%, and the government rev

NPR 2011-09-12

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day when four hijacked planes crashed in three places in the US. The remembrances began in New York, where the first and then the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center. President Obama was there this

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 2011-09-15

The major US stock indexes were all up more than 2% at one point on news of positive development from today's debt crisis emergency talks. Among the heads of France, Germany and Greece, the subject of the teleconference. As Eleanor Beardsley reports,

NPR 2011-04-14

President Obama is pitching a plan to slash the federal budget deficit by about $4 trillion over 12 years. NPR's Brian Naylor says the proposal the president outlined in a speech at George Washington University today relies on a combination of spendi

NPR 2011-04-05

Confronted with significant political opposition, the Obama administration plans to refer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-declared 9/11 mastermind, to a military tribunal at Guantanamo rather than a civilian court in New York. Attorney General Eric

NPR 2011-01-09

The status of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona is uncertain following a shooting in Tucson. In one report, a hospital spokesperson says the congresswoman is undergoing surgery, but there are conflicting reports regarding her condition. She

NPR 2011-02-04

Lawlessness is spreading in central Cairo where protesters for and against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have been engaged in running street battles, allowing businesses to be looted and buildings torched, all this with apparently little intervent

NPR 2011-02-03

The Egyptian military is appealing for calm in the streets of Cairo, where pro- and anti-government protesters have been clashing in Tahrir Square. A spokesman said on state television that the military got the message and now it's time for normal li