NPR 2009-01-01

Israel appears to be moving rapidly toward a possible ground offensive in Gaza following the rejection of calls for a 48-hour ceasefire. There are reports today columns of tanks and army vehicles massed along an access road. In the meantime, Israeli

NPR 2011-02-17

An Egypt-inspired uprising is becoming more violent in Yemen. Thousands of police officers and anti-government demonstrators fought in the streets of the capital Sanaa today. Therere reports that tonight university students were being blocked for joi

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 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 2011-07-23

It has been a day of bloodshed in Oslo, Norway. At mid afternoon local time, a mass explosion tore apart a government building housing the prime minister's office. At least seven people are dead there. The prime minister was not in the building at th

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 2011-12-19

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

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Here now, we got a check of the headlines for you. Up first, the breaking story we've been following. The remains of the first American lost in the 1991 Gulf War have been found in Iraq. Captain Michael Scott Speicher was shot down on the first nigh

CNN 2009-07-11

Good morning, I'm Melissa Long here at the CNN Centre in Atlanta. It's Friday, July 10th. Here is a look at some of the stories that are happening NOW IN THE NEWS. This morning President Obama and the G8 made a 15-billion-dollar promise to Africa. I

NPR 2009-07-15

In her first day of questioning, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor explained controversial statement she has made about the role of race and ethnicity playing in judging. She rejected accusation she allows her background to influence her decisio

NPR 2010-07-08

An oppressive combination of heat and humidity continues across the Northeast today. NPR's Tovia Smith reports it's setting records, stressing power grids and sending some to the hospital. Temperatures topped 100 from the nation's capital all the way

NPR 2011-04-10

National parks and monuments are open today, thanks to last night's budget agreement that prevented a government shutdown. President Obama visited the Lincoln Memorial to shake hands with tourists and to make the point that the government is open for

NPR 2011-01-06

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. The 112th Congress is in session with a newly empowered GOP. In the House, where Republicans are now in the majority, Congressman John Boehner of Ohio is the new speaker of the House. He says the top pri

NPR 2011-03-01

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The UN General Assembly plans to vote on a unanimous call from the Human Rights Council to suspend Libya's membership as pressure mounts for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi to step down. Secretary of State Hill

NPR 2012-03-15

Secretary of State Leon Panetta is reported to be safe following a security breach as his plane was landing at a British airfield in southern Afghanistan today. An Afghan national stole a car and sped onto a runway before it crashed into a ditch. NPR

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This is AP News Minute. I. New fighting in Basra, Iraq. Reports indicate militiamen have overrun a number of police stations and an oil pipeline has been blown up. Also today more rockets were fired into the heavily-fortified Green Zone in Bagdad. I

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