NPR 2012-07-08

This is NPR News in Washington I'm Korva Coleman. A heat wave has been pressing the states from Iowa to New Jersy. Tempretures are soaring to the triple digit. Or some people in mid-Atlantic states are still waiting for air conditioning. This far, th

NPR 2012-07-05

Frustration is growing from Virginia to Indiana, where more than a million homes and businesses have been enduring a heat wave without electricity since last Fridays thunderstorms. Utility companies say theyre working as fast as they can to get power

NPR 2012-07-03

GlaxoSmithKline is settling a historic health care fraud case for three billion dollars. The drugmaker has agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges that it promoted its drugs for unauthorized uses and failed to disclose to pertinent inf

NPR 2012-07-02

Millions of people in eastern states are still without electricity in a heat wave after major storms swept the region Friday night. Utilities warn it may be days before power is restored to everyone. But NPRs Alison Keyes reports some people are stic

NPR 2011-05-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nancy Lyons. Volunteers are doing what they can to help victims of the massive tornadoes that swept across the South this week, killing more than 330 people. Walt Maddox is mayor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, one of the har

NPR 2011-05-17

A bit of good news for residents of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin this afternoon: Flood level projections have been lower slightly. But as NPR's Greg Allen reports from Baton Rouge, people who live along the Mississippi River and its bayous are begin

NPR 2011-05-02

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nancy Lyons. NATO is denying it was trying to kill the Gaddafi family after reports that some members died in an air strike. Teri Schultz reports in the politically charged incident. NATO issued an unusual early morni

NPR 2011-08-21

Thousands of Verizon Telecom workers are ending their strike and returning to work Tuesday. But Verizon chief spokesman Peter Thonis says both sides have yet to reach a labor deal. We've agreed on a process. We've, we've, we have agreed collectively

NPR 2011-09-09

President Obama is expected to call for hundreds of billions of dollars in new tax cuts and government spending tonight in an effort to boost the creation of jobs and bring down the nation's high unemployment rate. NPR's Scott Horsley reports the pre

NPR 2011-09-05

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nancy Lyons. President Obama is touring New Jersey today, seeing the effects of Hurricane Irene. He comforted a Wayne resident whose home was damaged by last weekend's storm. Are you OK? I'm so sorry. We will be here

NPR 2011-09-17

The rebel government in Libya is being given a seat in the UN General Assembly. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports Washington's applauding the news as another big step forward for Libya's so-called Transitional National Council. The General Assembly voted

NPR 2011-12-19

Early this morning, the US ended its military involvement in Iraq. A final convoy of heavily armoured personnel carriers rolled across the border into Kuwait. Soldiers cheered, bumped fists and hugged each other in celebration. The nearly nine-year w

NPR 2011-12-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Penn State University is named along with former football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky in the first civil lawsuit to emerge in the sex abuse case. As NPR's Jeff Brady tells us, a 29-year-old man al

NPR 2011-12-09

Virginia Techs on lockdown while police search for a gunman who killed a police officer and another person a few hours ago following a traffic stop on the campus. University spokesman Mark Owczarski is heard on WDBJ Television. As right now, the stat

NPR美国国家公共电台 2013-01-11

From NPR news in Washington, I'm Lakshimi Singh. The government's consumer watchdog plans to force banks to use a new set of criteria aimed at identifying whether potential borrower is likely to afford a mortgage. Richie Corttery, director of the con

NPR 2008-03-15

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Raum. The House and the Senate have approved separate 3-trillion-dollar spending plans while calling on the next Congress to roll back President Bush's tax cuts for wealthier Americans. NPR's Brian Naylor report

NPR 2008-03-14

From NPR News in Washington. Im Paul Brown. European stock markets opened lower today, and that performance mirrors whats been happening elsewhere. Worries about the US economy have sent the dollar tumbling to a 12-year low against the Japanese yen

NPR 2008-03-13

From NPR News in Washington, Im Carl Kasell. Amid calls for his resignation, New York State's Governor Eliot Spitzer has not given any word on his future. After being identified as an alleged customer of a prostitution ring, the governor remains sur

NPR 2010-12-11

The man accused of kidnapping and raping Elizabeth Smart has been found guilty. Today, a jury convicted Brian David Mitchell eight years after he abducted Smart from her Utah home when she was 14. Smart is now 23 years old. NPR's Howard Berkes report

NPR 2011-12-14

No changes to report following the conclusion of the Federal Reserves last meeting of the year. Steve Beckner of Market News International has more. The Fed is not injecting more stimulus at this time, nor is changing its communication about where in