Retail sales fell more than 1% in March, the biggest decline in three months, and a surprise to most analysts who expected sales to increase slightly. According to the Commerce Department, automobile sales fell the sharpest, down nearly 24% from the...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Barbara Klein. President Obama has fulfilled a campaign pledge to shift US policy toward Cuba. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs formally announced changes that ease limits on Cuba-American's relations with their ho...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. The American cargo ship captain who was held hostage for days by Somali pirates has been rescued and is said to be in good health. A top navy official says the commander in charge ordered snipers to at...
The US cargo ship that was attacked by Somali pirates is back in port in Kenya and 19 crew members have been debriefed by FBI agents. But the ship's captain is still being held hostage by four heavily armed pirates in a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean....
Wild weather continues to plague the Middle West and the South today. Weather officials in central Tennessee said at least two people are dead, 30 others are injured after a twister touchdown there today. Officials said the Blackman community in Mur...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. One of President Obama's top advisors says he thinks the economic downturn will end in the next few months, but Larry Summers says the US economy still faces substantial downdrafts. NPR's Scott Horsley ha...
In a major about face from the policies of the previous president, the Obama administration said today it will participate directly in group talks with Iran over the country's suspected nuclear program. State Department spokesman Robert Woods says t...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Jack Speer. President Barack Obama made a brief visit to Iraq today where he met with the Iraqi leaders and US troops. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports from the Iraqi capital. Bad weather stopped the president fro...
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says authorities have now raised the death toll to at least 150 after a powerful earthquake hit a mountainous region of Italy overnight. The quake which struck just before dawn flattened buildings and left at least...
Pittsburgh police say the gunman who shot dead three police officers responding to a domestic disturbance call was lying in wait. Police Chief Nate Harper describes what happened. Stinace, the officer, stepped in to the doorway. He was immediately m...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Carol Van Dam. Three officers are dead and two more were injured in what is being called the deadliest day in Pittsburgh Police history, following a domestic disturbance call. Arnie Bernard of member station WDUQ rep...
Authorities in Binghamton, New York say 14 people are dead, four others are listed in serious condition after an armed man walked into an immigration services center and opened fire today. Joseph Zikuski is chief of the Binghamton Police Department....
Wrapping up his first international summit meeting, President Barack Obama hailed agreements reached by world leaders at the now-concluded G20 Summit in London. Mr. Obama spoke shortly after G20 leaders reached agreement to providing an additional 1...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. As street protests in London's financial district dispersed this evening, the G-20 leaders and their wives gathered as dinner guests of Queen Elizabeth. Tomorrow they'll attempt to agree on a response to...
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. World leaders including President Obama have converged on London for the G-20 meeting scheduled for this Thursday. It marks the first official foreign tour for the president since taking office. Even as l...
