NPR 2011-02-19

Emotionally charged protests are under way at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin over a bill critics call a union-busting measure. Democrats in the state Senate fled the state yesterday, forcing Republicans to delay action on the controversial m

NPR 2011-02-20

Thousands of protesters are celebrating in the circle that's at the heart of the demonstrations in the capital of Bahrain. It comes a day after a harsh military crackdown. Protesters today began streaming toward the circle again after the royal famil

NPR 2011-01-18

Tunisia is under the rule of a temporary government established by the interim prime minister today in a bid to end a month of unrest that led to the president's downfall last Friday. Eleanor Beardsley reports that Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi

NPR 2012-02-06

This weekend in Syria, more than 200 people have been killed in clashes with government troops. At the same time, Arab states, European nations and the US are condemning China and Russia for their vetoes of the UN Security Council resolution calling

NPR 2012-02-01

All eyes are on the Florida primary which could be a game-changer in the race for the GOP's presidential nomination. Polls show the field afore is led by Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, both of whom have spent recent weeks unleashing a barrage of atta

NPR 2012-03-04

From NPR News in Washington, Im Nora Raum. Rusty words are searching through rubble in several states after a stream of tornados yesterday that demolished small towns tones tractor trailers in the area and broke down power lines from the Gulf Coast t

NPR 2012-03-06

President Obama is offering no sign as yet that the US has convinced Israel to hold its fire against Iran, where the government is suspected of working toward nuclear weapons. As he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today, the presiden

NPR 2012-03-17

A former Rutgers University student is found guilty of hate crimes for using a webcam to spy on his roommates intimate encounter with another man. NPR's Joel Rose reports a jury in New Jersey found Dharun Ravi guilty on all 15 counts. The jury delibe

NPR 2012-03-20

Jewish schools in religious sites across France are under a heightened security as the hunt continues for a gunman who killed three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in the southern city of Toulouse this morning. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley repor

NPR 2012-03-22

The gunman accused of killing seven people in the Toulouse area, France this week and last reportedly is still holed up in his apartment building. The place is surrounded, and police say they are ready to storm that building, but the suspect is said

NPR 2012-03-23

US intelligence officials are warning that global water supplies are unlikely to keep up with demands, and that will pose risks to world food markets and economic growth. NPR's Michele Kelemen has more on feared water wars we could see in the coming

NPR 2012-04-16

Labor reforms in Colombia have cleared the way for the US-Colombia free trade agreement. NPR's Scott Horsley tells us the announcement came at the end of the Summit of the Americas. The free trade agreement was passed by Congress last fall, but its e

NPR 2012-04-06

President Obama surrounded by a bipartisan congressional group has signed the JOBS Act. Because of this bill, startups and small business will now have access to a big new pool of potential investors namely the American people. This was the second ma

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

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 2012-05-21

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 2012-05-20

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 2012-05-19

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 2012-07-22

Police have triggered a controlled explosion at the apartment of James Holmes. He's the man suspected in the mass shooting at the Aurora Colorado movie theater. Police say the apartment is filled with chemicals, explosive material and trip wires. Kir

NPR 2012-07-21

Colorado police are confirming at least 12 were killed; 59 others were wounded in a mass shooting overnight in Aurora. Police chief Daniel Oats says 24 years old suspect James Holmes charged into the theater where movie goers gathered to watch new Ba