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Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York today, President Obama said the world's leaders who have criticized the US for acting on its own need to join him in tackling global problems. At his first address as president to UN attend

NPR 2010-05-31

New plans to try to contain BP's massive oil spill are in place. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports the company's managing director visited the Sunday news talk shows today to explain its latest containment strategy. It's clear that no long-term solution is ye

NPR 2010-05-20

Senators are voting this afternoon on whether to wrap up debate on a financial regulatory overhaul bill. There's NPR's Audie Cornish. If senators vote to limit debate, then only amendments that are key to the issue of the financial industry bill will

NPR 2010-06-16

Another setback for BP today: a small fire broke out on a ship that's been drawing up crude from the source of the mammoth oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The fire's out; no one was injured. But NPR's Richard Harris says it did stop containment effo

NPR 2010-06-22

Triple-digit gains on Wall Street have(口误) been wiped out. At last check, the Dow was down eight points at 10,443, NASDAQ losing 20 points at 2,289. We'll check back on those numbers a little bit later on. About 35% of the more than million homeo

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CNN 2010-06-05

Oil spill, Day 42 of this oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Still there is no end in sight for this crisis. Right now take a look with me. Work under water and under way to place a custom built dome over that ruptured well. Remember that effort top ki

NPR 2010-06-13

State police say the number of people missing after a flash flooding in Arkansas is down to about two dozen. The early Friday floods have killed at least 17 people. NPR's Wade Goodwyn is near the campgrounds in Langley, Arkansas and tells us more tha

NPR 2010-06-10

Israel is taking its first step toward calming worldwide outrage over its recent raid of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla. Palestinian officials say Israel is easing its embargo, allowing snack foods and other previously banned items, but Hamas, which runs

NPR 2010-06-07

BP says the containment cap that are rigged on its shattered oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is working, but US officials say the effort to contain the spill has only just begun. NPR's Brian Mann reports. In its first day of operation Friday, the cap

NPR 2010-05-11

President Obama's latest nominee to the US Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, says she's grateful for what she called the honor of a lifetime. Mr. Obama says he chose Kagan in part because she understands that law is not an intellectual exercise, a thought

NPR 2010-07-11

Engineers using undersea robots have removed the containment cap on BP's gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The next step is to replace the cap with one that fits better. That will allow all of the oil to be funneled to tankers on the surface. B

NPR 2010-07-06

Much of the East Coast has steeped in a prolonged heatwave that could reach historic levels in some areas. Forecasters are predicting triple-digit temperatures that, they say, could cause a dangerous situation. In New York, Emergency Management Commi

NPR 2010-05-03

New York City police are searching for a white man in his 40s who may have been behind a failed car bombing in Times Square last night. They're poring over hundreds of hours of video surveillance from the area. The device was found in a Nissan Pathfi

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