For a crowd of 150 people waiting outside the California Supreme Court today in San Francisco, it was an emotional moment .The crowd erupted with cheers when word came down that the state court, on a four-to-three vote, had decided to overturn a sta...
John Edwards has made it official. The former presidential contender and one-time challenger to Barack Obama, announcing that he will throw his support behind the current front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Edwards made the anno...
The death toll in Chinas earthquake now stands at nearly 12,000. Thousands of people remain missing. So, that number is certain to rise. Today, bodies covered with sheets line the streets as rescue workers continue to dig through schools and homes t...
In China, state media report upwards of 10,000 people were killed in Monday's powerful earthquake. The quake struck in mid-afternoon when schools and offices were full. NPR's Laura Sydell reports from Shanghai. In some areas of Sichuan Province, eig...
Its been a week since a cyclone struck Myanmar, killing an estimated 100,000 people and leaving more than a million survivors in need. The UNs World Food Program says that it will resume aid flights today despite the seizure of food shipments by the...
US military officials in Baghdad are disputing Iraqi government claim that they captured the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq near the northwestern city of Mosul. NPRs Ivan Watson reports from Baghdad. At midnight on Thursday, Iraqi officials announced on...
Its feared the death toll from Saturdays storm in Myanmar will climb to as many as 100,000 people. And the countrys military government says there could be one million homeless from the cyclone that hit five days ago. The BBCs Jonathan Head in Bangk...
Senator Barack Obama won a big victory in North Carolina last night. He was ahead by 14 points with 93% of the vote counted. NPRs Mara Liasson reports. Barack Obama ended last night with more delegates and popular votes than Senator Clinton. A visib...
Voters are going to the polls today for primaries in Indiana and North Carolina. For Democrats, the contest could be a deciding factor in the race for the partys nomination. NPRs Mara Liasson reports. Todays prize is the biggest of the remaining pri...
Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama squared off over a proposed gas tax holiday ahead of primaries tomorrow in North Carolina and Indiana. More from NPRs David Welna. On ABCs This Week, an Obama supporter in the polit...
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is making another journey to Israel. Shes already met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and urged him to lift more blockades on the West Bank. Palestinians complain this badly affects daily life, but Israelis say...
Emergency workers are searching for more victims from deadly storms that raked Arkansas yesterday. At least eight people are dead and more are hurt in four more states. Dozens of homes have been damaged or destroyed. And the National Weather Service...
Turkish warplanes launched overnight air raids against suspected Kurdish separatist targets in the mountains of northern Iraq. NPRs Ivan Watson has this report from Baghdad. Shortly before midnight on Thursday, Turkish warplanes began bombing the Qa...
Theres been an explosion near an American military patrol in Baghdad today. Eight Iraqis have been killed. American officials have not confirmed an Iraqi government report that one US soldier was killed. Islamist rebels in Somalia say a US air strik...
